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Hardcore Happening Thunderdome is the mother of all dance parties . After twenty years you party organizer ID & T have been so nice and collect all the cronies of the country once the RAI for a hard cock. New Revue took stock . "Everyone looked like me, in terms of clothing and bald head . It felt instantly familiar . "
He has normally been no big mop of curls , but especially for Thunderdome XX - The Final Exam will be little head completely bald . " It's tradition , " said gas station employee Patrick Teseling ( 29 ) proud . " I've been doing that since my very first Thunderdome and now also . It's part when you're gabber . "It accompanying kitsch Australian tracksuit and the famous Nike sneakers go on 15 December , as the hardcore party in the last edition RAI experience , also at . "I've been there for years two Aussies in the closet . Always preserved. Of those beautiful shiny , " he adds to it very seriously .
According Utrechter Teseling is hardcore fact a way of life and understand all hakbroeders each other when they come off a night at 180 beats per minute. "We are not called cronies for nothing . They are all friends on the dance floor , sharing a passion . " Teseling may be called a Thunderdome - diehard . In the Wood visited a total of sixteen editions . As a 13 -year-old rookie , he made at the 1996 Thunderdome in Leeuwarden his debut in a shiny tuxedo camp . "I was far too young, but a fake ID I could easily enter. What I saw there , far exceeded my expectations . It was so big and everyone looked like me in terms of clothing and bald head . It felt instantly familiar . "
On a Thunderdome - evening party for Teseling begins at home. " With some friends together , beforehand a pill in it , so they can not take away from the door , at least , and towards the hall . " Arrived in hardcore heaven begins once ' run circles ' , what gabber language is under the influence of ecstasy or other drugs go pretty fast . "Of course there are drugs belong to , but that's not the main reason for the party. It is mainly to do quite crazy and slapping . " Thunderdome is also called the mother of all dances .
PARTY PALACE
The mega event is the brainchild of Duncan Stutterheim and Irfan van Ewijk from Lake Country , a rather dull village in Zaandam. Nevertheless, this duo grew their company ID & T to become the largest party organizer in the country . In the early nineties began with a runaway examefeestje , where a sloppy twelve male audiences. On October 3, 1992 , the first edition of Thunderdome place in Friesland Heerenveen . Only three thousand ravers - pure hardcore is still no - find their way into skating stadium Thiaf , for the occasion renamed party palace. Despite the moderate rise , the tone of Thunderdome is - literally ruckus hall is - put right .
"There was always done craziness and everything was over the top ," says DJ Mark Fox , who formed as Buzz Fuzz with Dano (Daniel Leeflang ) , The Prophet ( Dov Elkabas ) and Gizmo ( Ferry Salee ) the Thunderdome Dream Team . "I remember that I was walked to the first real edition Thialf and a whopper of a fairground attraction saw middle standing in the hallway. Such squid. I did not know what I saw . The strength of the event has always been that no single issue is the same . One time there were strippers and other times there was a demolished car again . That was typical Thunderdome . "
SPACEN
A hacker of the first hour is Brian Timp , who organizes modest hardcore parties in that period and thus the members of the Dream Team has , thus making the trip to Friesland . "I did not know beforehand what to expect total . The massiveness was especially impressive. It was really happening with thousands of guests who all looked the same and used to play on rock hard beats . I was just 18 years old and did not know what I saw . " Dennis also Kornman (37 ) , now a reporter for local station AT5 Amsterdam , cycled in the early years in his own words almost all Thunderdome - off celebrations . He may be the giant octopus in the Thialfstadion still remember well . " I loved to spacen course . In such a revolving thing That was , after all, a world trip in such a device with a pill on . At one point , however, I decided to climb out of the cart and to climb into one of the tentacles . That could not appreciate the security . I was there then no longer , and I understood nothing of . "
More anecdotes than the perilous adventure in the octopus Kornman can not directly ladle . A good Thunderdome was because of a gaping hole in the short-term memory . " There were nights where so many of you could not remember the next day ," he says, laughing . " At that time everything was possible . There were much fewer rules and it was especially hard for as long as possible , and many long do the music and everything in terms of drugs was available . "Even regular visitor Teseling has no spectacular adventures on offer . "I always remember that I had a great time, but who exactly bijwaren and what happened : no idea. That's why I keep all Thun Stained Ransomes train tickets. I know years later where I've been . " All
COMPLETE MADNESS
Those who still remember the success evenings very well be the members of the Dream Team . For by the enormous popularity of Thunderdome also raises the star of this DJ collective from the first edition with pounding beats to vibrate . Windows from the buildings " Those were really good times , " says Daniel Leeflang aka Dano with melancholy . " My hobby suddenly my work . Was We grew to become big stars and I could at one point really my own supermarket anymore. I think I can be that we were the Tiësto and Armin van Buurens of that time . " Immodest
The Amsterdam is particularly proud that an event like Thunderdome typical Dutch hardcore became an international phenomenon . The Dream Team toured all continents . "We have literally conquered the world during that period . Gabber music was number one export product . Recently I had a meeting with a neat clean guy Funda . He suddenly says : " Hey, you 're the Dano ?" At that moment , I am quite proud "Even Hagenees Ferry Salee ( Gizmo ) knows to mention when he talks about his adventures Thunderdome merely highlights. . "But the winter edition of 1996 in the Jaarbeurs was absolutely the coolest . Then I turned a set with The Darkraver who was really sick . We were drunk and totally Wappie . We threw plates in the audience and everyone went completely. Is still a legendary interview after the show . On You Tube Can you see what it was like to be at that time . That to me Thunderdome over the years : complete madness without rules . "
400 THUNDERDOM ES
In twenty years , more than four hundred Thun Stained Ransomes ( On Tour including spin- offs ) at home and abroad organized . Mega Halls with several rooms where you can be bounced to include hardcore , dark core , speed , terror , deathcore and something cozier happy hardcore . Real loyal visitors even have the logo of Thunderdome , the wizard , tattooed on their bodies, which guarantees them free access to the festivities . One of them is Olav Hammer ( 33 ) . He is a diehard Thunderdome Ganger and by fellow hackers called a " walking encyclopedia hardcore ' . His fanaticism even earned him a place in the Thunderdome - organization . Despite his love for the genre , he has his life by now somewhat modified . "Oh , you'll get a job and then disappear the bald head and the tracksuit ," he says, laughing . "But that does not matter : hardcore is in your blood . It is a commitment, which is not in clothing or appearance. It flows through your veins . People live really looking . Gabbers therefore form an official subculture , I think. Like hippies and rockers . "
The Utrechter visited over fifty Thun Stained Ransomes , who were all equally dear to him . " The best part of these celebrations ? Everyone is equal and has the same goal . Whether you're a street kid or director of a multinational company . We all want the stress of everyday life to pop out to loud music . That gives a commitment . " Hammer is the father of two children. He secretly hopes they ever follow in his footsteps and go for hardcore . "They have already received Nike's mine . But even though no Aussie . "
AGGRESSIVE DEALER MIRRORS
The commercial success changed over the years the public on the thunder dome celebrations. Teseling dubs this group as mops . " Fake cronies so . Of those types who want to belong , but are not hardcore . " However, the parties according to the Utrechter were certainly no less enjoyable on . " The stricter door policy ensured that less and less fighting factions occurred over the years . With a football shirt you do not really inside. Then so torn ticket which assist you. " Also, the drug-related incidents are now counting on one hand he says. "You still stumble over the aggressive dealer little horn , but the excesses of the early years are gone . The control is better and that is a good thing . I used to occasionally see someone go down , and that's no fun . Nowadays there is really no more death by a wrong pill . "
Amsterdam Kornman hooked like Thunderdome - round visitor off . The century Not because the atmosphere changed , but because of the many festivals have begun to demand toll . " As you get older , you pull that night long it worse . It holds once . " Rene is such a small newcomer , but absolutely no mop . He's only 24 , but had rather been born twenty years earlier . The native of Horn collects all the glory years of hardcore . "Especially shirt , bomber jackets and CDs. I have a big collection , "he says proudly . Of course , the North Hollander also Thunderdome tattoo , like his wife Cindy , whom he met . Took a haka Meanwhile, the hardcore couple with the now nearly two-year -old Mitchell gabber a real baby in the world put . "That's why I am now also slowed. To the relief of my wife . I used to stand still sometimes in the middle of the night to look for new additions to my collection . "On Marketplace His wet dream collection area , he has unfortunately not been able to get my hands on. " A bomber jacket Thunderdome 1997. I really want to have . "
RACISTS
Because hardcore almost exclusively in the news if somebody gets killed , the scene has been suffering for years from a bad image . Gabbers for the general public, pill-popping and snorting speed racists . To the great grief of the whole scene . Dj Salee also annoyed to be devastated . " This constant association with hooligans and racism is ridiculous . And drugs have always been of secondary importance at parties like Thunderdome . If dope had been the sole motive of the scene was long gone to the dogs "His colleague Leeflang agrees with him ." Of course, the image of drugs hardcore parties harmed , I will not lie . Look , a porridge , you can not come off a whole evening . But the music always comes first. And there is no group so faithful to their style as cronies . Therefore, there are the last Thunderdome just forty thousand men . "
Gert van Veen wrote the book release , the success story of ID & T and studied before in the hardcore culture. According to him, the non - image generation gabber indeed unjust. " Most of those guys are nice guys who work hard during the week as a tiler and painter and use the celebrations to touch . Their excess energy They are also an easy target , because if you can make anywhere photographs of devastated gefeeste types then that hardcore partying . "
ALL OUT OF THE CLOSET
On December 15, go during Thunderdome XX : The Final Exam the fanatical cronies of our country once wild on beats that sound like machine guns . Utrechter Hammer is already looking forward to it . "It is a big reunion . I hear a lot of guests at my age because they go there . Everyone wants to be there . I think if we RAI come running out at seven o'clock in the morning there are a lot of tears will flow . Surely it is the end of an era . " Yet Hamer thinks it might make . A sneaky comeback mega hardcore party ever "I can not say too much about yet , but let me put it this way : this is at least the last harcorefeest ID & T under the name Thunderdome ."
For the members of the Dream Team , the forty - rendez vous at the Amsterdam RAI also a special night. Salee "I think it's smart ID & T that they stop at the peak , but I already get goose bumps when I talk about it . There is a time and ended with a full house is a great opportunity to once again draw . All the stops There are six rooms and nearly a hundred DJs. Anyone who has ever played at Thunderdome , is there ' Leeflang think there mostly tactical and financial considerations are at the decision of ID & T to stop the hardcore party " . I think that ID & T has his hands full with Sensation next year 32 times around the world is organized . But we go out with a bang . Moreover, as a movement and as a hardcore scene will never disappear. My daughter is 20 and who runs the festivities off too. "Release writer Van Veen does not understand so well why Thunderdome explains Bob suddenly after twenty years . "I think like most people involved as usual , but is especially Stutterheim done. " Still, he does a restart of the pioneering hardcore party by the erratic entrepreneur not . "When you sell forty cards , do you still like very much ?"
MAFFE ACTION
Steven ( but do not name because my boss reads it ) is five years have not been to hardcore partying , but draws for the closing ceremony are beautiful Aussie out of the closet . The 41 - year-old bank employee would surpass the 2007 edition in the same RAI . "It is a shame that such an institution disappears. The fact that I no longer visit Thun Stained Ransomes , is purely my social life . When you get older , it died what if one party comes off in the same subcultuurtje every weekend with a pill in your crotch or - even worse - half the night in the ER is a bleeding head after a crazy action . But when I saw that there was a final edition was organized , I immediately bought a card . I am also sure that I 'll go out with the latter . Hardcore remains always in you. "
For diehard fan Teseling is the end of his favorite hakfeestje annoying, but definitely not a disaster . He currently has priorities of a different nature . "I 'm a few weeks ago became a father , so that changes a lot. If I want to go , now occasionally feel loose I'll go to an illegal party. You pay 5 euros and you can without nagging popping all night until no longer standing. Because ultimately it 's there anyway to hardcore . "
John den Braber