Biography
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Years Active
2011 – present (13 years)
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Members
- Odilo Girod
There are at least two different acts/projects called Happy Camper.
1. Happy Camper is a Dutch musical project founded by Job Roggeveen, who played in El Pino and the Volunteers at the time. The self-titled Happy Camper début album was released in January 2011.
Roggeveen invited many different vocalists to perform the songs, such as Tim Knol, Leine, David Pino & Appel (El Pino & The Volunteers), Janne Schra, Ricky Koole, Johannes Sigmond (Blaudzun), Marien Dorleijn (Moss), Helge Slikker (Storybox), Bouke Zoete (The Kevin Costners) and Odilo Girod (Chop Wood / Coparck).
A second Happy Camper album, entitled, The Daily Drumbeat, came out in 2014. Album number three, Gravity, followed in 2017. In between studio albums, Happy Camper also made scores for animated films, notably 'Mute' (2013) and '(Otto)' (2016).
Happy Camper band leader Job Roggeveen is also working as an animator. The animated frontman and mascot of the band is a Yeti named Manfred.
2. Happy Camper is an in-tents metal band hailing from Brisbane, Australia. Using influences such as Strapping Young Lads, At the Gates, Hypocrisy, Carcass, Meshuggah and Darkane blended in with their own brain juice Happy camper have created their own blend of metal dubbed " In- Tents" Metal. A chaotic blend of Blast beats, thrash drumming, speed picking and good old fashion screaming your lungs out. Touring Nationally soon. This is a band not to miss.
www.myspace.com/happymfcamper
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