Bodine tribute site

Jay leaves Bodine

1981-10-29 Hitkrant (NL)29 October 2011: According to the Hitkrant that appeared 30 years ago, ruptures started to show between Jay and the rest of the band. The news flash on page 3 suggests that the management was trying to glue the fracture, but the split turned out to be inevitable. Allegedly, the rest of the band was annoyed that Jay appeared in a TV-show on his own. The audiostream of the show hosted by Robert ten Brink can be heard here and is quite amusing:

Robert ten BrinkThis piece of sound bite proves that the allegations about Jay appearing on his own do not make sense, since bass player Armand was present as well! Therefore, Regular Rocker believes that the real turbulence was kept under the lid. Imagine what it must have felt like for the band to lose their singer, after having looked for one for such a long time. The first album was only out for 8 months. For the five months that followed, Bodine would not play live. Read on...(EN)

BODINE on Gatefold in VARA's magazine

1981-10-24 VARA TV Magazine poster

18 October 2011: VARA broadcasting station dedicated a gatefold poster to Bodine! In October 1981, VARA Magazine published a series of 4 posters portraying hard rock bands. Bodine found themselves in the same spot as Ted Nugent, Judas Priest and Michael Schenker! See the Bodinis in full glory and Gerard Haitsma with a beard! Kindly made available by MaxPower!

VARA MUSIC POLL RIGGED?

ALLEGATIONS DENIED BY FORMER FAN CLUB INITIATOR

1981-10-17 VARA Magazine (NL)17 October 2011: The editorial about the poll results in VARA's magazine suggests that the outcome was rigged by a coup of Bodine fanclub (English version here)! However, MaxPower, initiater of the fanclub, denies this allegation. "At the time the poll took place, the fan club did not even exist", he points out subtly, "Our first fan mag was only released a month later".

LEIDEN concert announcement

1981-10-09, LVC Bodine live (NL)17 October 2011: Here at regularrocker.nl even the tiniest bits of news matter! Even this microspcopic concert announcement in Dutch and English did not go unnoticed!