"Rigid, razor-sharp and fast like an escalator running out of control", this was how a journalist described Dog Called Phenix, after seeing them perform in the Melkweg, Amsterdam. The band split up by 2011, after existing over 4 years. The Amsterdam based band - influenced by Arctic Monkeys, Danko Jones, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age and White Lies - released their debut album "Someone's Gonna Love Me" end 2008. DCP became 3FM Radio’s Serious Talent, finalist of Emerganza Festival and the Amsterdam Popprize and have played many shows in the club circuit. Their highlights so far are; playing as a support act for a sold out Melkweg, on the main stage of the Zwarte Cross Festival, as the final act for the Amsterdam Uitmarkt and at The United Island Festival in Prague. In 2011 the band, in collaboration with Stefan Schmid of Zuco 103, released new songs (Slow Down and You Are Tonight) and did a tour across the Netherlands and abroad. DCP consisted of three members Guido Vrouwe (bass guitar), Keimpe Bloem (drums) and Robin Verkaik (vocals/guitar). The band always considered the Amsterdam venue Wilhelmina Pakhuis as their home, but they visited most of the larger alternative venues of the Netherlands, such as the Melkweg, Paradiso, Waerdse Tempel, Plein 79 and Panama. The band were included in the line-up of several festivals: Zwarte Cross, Liberation Day Festival Amsterdam, Uitmarkt, United Island Festival (Czech Republic), Madness, Prilpop, Kultuurkuur Festival, Roparun Benefit concert, and more. Dog Called Phenix played their last gig September 24th 2011 at the Wilhelmina Pakhuis, Amsterdam. dogcalledphenix.com Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.