The Sore Losers
Belgian musical group
The Sore Losers is a Belgian rock band, formed in 2009. Jan Straetemans (vocals, guitar), Cedric Maes (guitar), Kevin Maenen (bass) en Alessio Di Turi (drums) combined their love for rock, country, blues and garage and brewed it into a raw and pure rock sound of their own.
History
The Sore Losers made it to the finals of the Belgian contest Humo's Rock Rally on 28 March 2010. The band signed a deal with Excelsior Recordings that led to the recording of their first and self titled album in October 2010. The first single "Beyond Repair" spent 21 weeks in De Afrekening on Studio Brussel and tied for the longest run on the show in 2010. The band played at Pukkelpop 2010 and were invited to open the main stage in 2011. Not long after their show the festival was cancelled due to damage caused by severe storms which killed five people.
The Sore Losers released their second album Roslyn in February 2014, reaching number 5 in the Ultratop albums chart and spent 52 weeks in the chart. The three following singles "Working Overtime", "Don't Know Nothing" and "Tripper" became number 1 in De Afrekening and Hotlist charts from Studio Brussel. In July 2014, the band played at Rock Werchter and on 20 December 2014, they sold out their first headline show at Ancienne Belgique, which was broadcast on Acht.
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