Yukka

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File:Arjan Brentjes at Geuzenpop Enschede 20050522-DSC 0067b.jpg
Guitar player Arjan Brentjes, Geuzenpop festival - Enschede, May 22, 2005
File:Jasper Slaghuis vocalist of Yukka 20051216-DSC 0054.jpg
Singer Jasper Slaghuis, Willemeen - Arnhem, December 16, 2005

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Yukka is an indie Dutch Pop/rockband, founded in 1995. Nowadays, the band is compared with various groups including The Stereophonics, Paul Weller and The Afghan Whigs.[citation needed]

The band has done over a hundred live shows, festivals, radio and television performances.[citation needed]

In 2005, the band released the CD Still. Two years before this, the CD It Isn't Safe was released. From this CD Yukka released a single and video. This video has been broadcast at MTV Holland and The Box.[citation needed]

In December 2005 guitar player Ivo Maassen joined the band.[citation needed]

The band provides free MP3 downloads of their music on their site. They also take advantage of Mininova's Content Distribution Service with which they have uploaded their latest album, Still, in high quality MP3 using BitTorrent.

Band members

Albums

  • Insane, Baby (2000, Mini CD);
  • Momentopname (2001, Compilation CD released after the Enschede fireworks disaster);
  • It isn't safe (2003, CD);
  • Don't Be Sad (2003, CD Single);
  • Dollypop (2004, CD containing recordings from the Dollypop Festival 2003);
  • Still (2005, CD);
  • Nederland Rockt (2008, Compilation CD with Dutch rock bands).