The Bintangs are a Dutch rhythm and blues band. Founded in 1961 in Beverwijk (Holland) as an indorock band, they soon began playing a rougher, rhythm and blues-inflected style. The band had a four-year hiatus in the 1980s but reunited and are still active. The band has gone through many members (in 1985 they were in their 33rd lineup[2]), with Frank Kraaijeveld (bass and vocals) as a constant element. They scored one hit, in 1970, and though commercial success has eluded them nationally and internationally they remain a popular live act.
The performances were exciting and Bintangs became a kind of Dutch Rolling Stones - the Mick Jagger-esque voice of Gus Pleines certainly contributed to that.
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Bintangs had many line-ups, with Frank Kraaijeveld as (almost) constant factor. Frank was only missing in the period 1972-1974 when he founded the Kraaijeveld group (later Circus Kraaijeveld) with his brother Arti. Singer Gus Pleines and guitarists Jack van Schie and Jan Wijte, among others, have been part of the band for many years with interruptions.
Pleines left the band permanently in 2004 and passed away in 2007. Guitarist Arti Kraaijeveld passed away in May 2018 at the age of 71.
