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Zipps


Zipps were a progressive/psychedelic freakbeat band from the town of Dordrecht, The Netherlands. The band's name may also be spelled as The Zipps: both 'The Zipps' and 'Zipps' have appeared on record sleeves. The Zipps formed in Dordrecht in the fall of 1965. Lead guitarist Peter Nuyten and drummer John Noce Santoro previously teamed in the Moving Strings, releasing a pair of singles on the Delta label before dissolving, while singer/guitarist Philip Elzerman and vocalist Jan Bek came to the Zipps line-up from the Beat Town Skifflers. Bassist Theo Verschoor tenured in the Twilights. Bek quit the Zipps prior to the release of their debut single, Roll the Cotton Down, issued in early 1966 on the Op-Art label. After signing to the Relax label, the group issued two more singles that year, Chicks and Kicks and Beat and Poetry. Beginning with 1967's Marie Juana -- a record which required significant lyrical revisions before Relax censors would agree to its release -- the Zipps steered their garage-influenced sound towards psychedelia, and thanks in part to their hallucinatory light show, they were regarded by many as The Dutch Pink Floyd. Elzerman openly promoted drug use in interviews, and stickers reading Be Stoned! Dig: Zipps Psychedelic Sound were distributed at live dates. After backing French pop singer Philippe Salerne on his singles Elle and Venez Voir Comme On S'Aime, the group replaced Santoro with drummer Wim Klein, but after a December 1967 date in support of the E...

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