Formed in 1981 by brothers Huub and Hans van der Lubbe and friend Daniel Derks, De Dijk caught the wave of Dutch rock music, which they've ridden ever since. Having worked with a number of Amsterdam-based groups for close to a decade with very little success, the brothers shifted their attention to their new project featuring Dutch lyrics in 1981. Most rock bands in the area performed either English- or German-language material, making De Dijk something of an anomaly in the market at the time. The band's 1982 debut record, De Dijk, was an enormous success. Joined by keyboard p...