Golden Earring co-founder George Kooymans dies aged 77
Kooymans' family and the surviving members of Golden Earring announced that he had died on Wednesday from complications of ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), which he had been diagnosed with in 2020. He retired from the band soon after.
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Kooymans, from The Hague, was in his mid-teens when he helped found what became Golden Earring in the early 1960s: The band's name was inspired by an instrumental of the time, Golden Earrings.
He was also a core member of the group's best known line-up, which featured drummer Cesar Zuiderwijk, singer-guitarist Barry Hay and bassist-keyboardist Rinus Gerritsen and they stayed together from 1970 until Kooymans' departure.
'George bore this devastating and debilitating illness with exceptional strength and dignity,' a statement from Golden Earring reads in part.
'We bid farewell to a great musician and composer, whose work extended beyond Golden Earring. George was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, but above all, a friend.'
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With more than 20 top 10 singles in their native country, Golden Earring had more success at home than overseas.
But they began to attract an underground following in the US in the late 1960s and broke through commercially in 1973 with the worldwide hit Radar Love, which has been covered by U2, R.E.M. and many others and used on the soundtrack to Baby Driver, Wayne's World 2 and other films.
Radar Love, with its stately opening riff and memorable opening line 'I've been driving all night, my hands wet on the wheel', was once ranked by Rolling Stone as among the greatest road trip songs.
Golden Earring shared bills with Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin among others and toured with such stars as Aerosmith, Rush and the Doobie Brothers.
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In 1982, Twilight Zone became their biggest US song with the help of a video on the recently launched MTV, while other popular tracks included When The Lady Smiles and Going To The Run.
Golden Earring continued to tour and record in the 1990s and beyond. For its 50th anniversary, in 2011, the band was honoured with a commemorative stamp from the Dutch postal service that through an app could be linked to Radar Love.
A farewell performance, without Kooymans, had already been scheduled for early next year.
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