- Cesar Zuiderwijk
Cornelis Johannes Zuiderwijk (commonly known as Cesar Zuiderwijk, born
18 July 1948 ) is a Dutchdrummer . He is best known as the drummer of the legendary Dutch rockbandGolden Earring (since 1970).He was born in
The Hague in 1948. When he was twelve he started playing the guitar, but switched to drums two years later. He found playing the drums helped him deal with the aggression he felt after his father's death. He has been a drummer in a number of bands: his highschool-band, the bandRené & His Alligators ,Hu & The Hilltops and inLivin' Blues .When he was asked to replace
Golden Earing drummerSieb Warner in 1970, Zuiderwijk turned out to be a perfect addition, musically and socially. Apart from two `incidental` line-ups of five (withRobert Jan Stips and laterEelco Gelling ),Golden Earring has consisted of the same four friends (Cesar Zuiderwijk,George Kooymans ,Barry Hay andRinus Gerritsen ). Zuiderwijk is known to add a drumsolo to each performance, which he concludes by launching himself `over` his drumkit.When the police found a gun in his attic after a burglary in 1985, he spent a month in prison. It is said that Zuiderwijk might have smuggled the gun in his drum kit after an American tour. Later that year Zuiderwijk participated in a one-time project called
Labyrinth with jazz musicianJasper van 't Hof and singerJulia Loko .In September 1992 Cesar saw one of his dreams come true when he joined thousands of other drummers to play
Radar Love on theMaasvlakte inRotterdam . In 1999 he was invited by War Child to teach kids in the Bosnian townMostar to play drums. In 2000 he went on tour withPercossa Percussion as members ofGolden Earring took a year off. The theatre show "Alle gekheid met een stokje" consists of sketches, drumescapades and stories and was an unexpected success.In 1994 he married
Marianne Vreeswijk , they have two children. He separated from Marianne in 2001.External links
* [http://www.goldenearring.nl/ Golden Earring website]
* [http://www.musicstation.nl/ Musicstation.nl] (in Dutch)
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