We’ve got a thing and that’s a-called radar love, wails the Dutch rock outfit Golden Earring. Their 1973 raucous anthem “Radar Love” may have been one of the group’s only widespread hits, but what a ...

Sharing a love for music with his neighbor Rinus Gerritsen, George Kooymans decided to start a band. Although they first called themselves the Tornados in the early 1960s, they soon learned there was ...

The news of George Kooymans’ death brings the end of an era for Golden Earring, the iconic Dutch rock band he co-founded as a teenager. His passing at 77 follows a long battle with ALS, a condition he ...

It's the end of an era for the beloved Dutch rock band Golden Earring after the group completed five sold-out performances in their home country of the Netherlands at the end of January 2026. The ...

“George bore this devastating and debilitating illness with exceptional strength and dignity,” the statement from Golden Earring reads in part. “We bid farewell to a great musician and composer, whose ...

A 1973 hit was named one of the best drum solos of all time and it still rocks today.

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NEW YORK (AP) — George Kooymans, the guitarist and co-founder of the Dutch band Golden Earring who co-wrote the hard-rock classic “Radar Love” and wrote and shared lead vocals on the top 10 hit ...