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sound and their live shows, where both Ivens and
Verhaeghen performed with their heads wrapped in gauze, wearing long black leather coats. Ivens' hissing vocals and minimalist lyrics were complemented by Verhaeghen's synthesizer skills and distorted trombone playing. This however, did not last
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Nijs soon left the band to form "Hybryds", followed in 1987 by van
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