Belgium has given the world some fantastic music, including this band “Triggerfinger” who were formed in 1998, in the city of Lier. They are fronted by Ruben Block on guitar and vocals, Paul Van Bruystegem on bass guitar and Mario Goossens on the drums.
Despite forming in 1998, it was a steady climb for the band that finally released their debut eponymous full-length studio album on January 26th 2004 on Green L.F ant Records. It is an album that takes the shape of a hard rock sound fused with blues. The band led with the singles “Inner Peace” and then later released a song called “Camaro”, which showcases a guitar riff that took inspiration from Led Zeppelins, “Kashmir”. The band released the sophomore album “Faders Up” on March 12th 2007, which was a live concert recorded in Antwerp in Belgium. It featured cover versions of “Nothing Achieving” originally by The Police, “Boris the Spider” originally by The Who, “Angelene” originally by PJ Harvey and “Father of Night” originally by Bob Dyland.
The band’s second studio album “What Grabs Ya?” released on February 25th 2008 was a slight rut for the band, which failed to chart, and didn’t achieve much popularity despite the band’s best efforts. Triggerfinger however, made a comeback on November 12th 2010, with their album “All This Dancin’ Around” which was recorded in California. This fortunately put the band back on the map achieving an adequate amount of success. The following year, they embarked on a tour with the band Within Temptation. The band’s success started to grow, when on December 8th 2012, they won four Belgian Music Industry Awards for hit of the year, best group, best alternative music and best live-act. They supported the infamous Rolling Stones on July 6th 2013, in the Summer time Festival in Hyde Park, London.
On April 18th 2014, the band released their fourth studio album “By Absence of the Sun”, leading with the single “Perfect Match”
Courtney Barnett
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