Timeline
2000 Wrecking Crew formed by Buks and Max.
 
2002 Nico Perreijn joins Wrecking Crew. Norbert dies in a terrorist bombing on Bali.
 
2003 Wrecking Crew records Another Fine Wreck and plays at the first Gig for Nob.
 
2004 Max joins cover band 10 Electric for a year and plays at the second Gig for Nob with them.
 
2005 Remco joins Wrecking Crew full-time and they embark on the Spring Tour of Leiden where they record their first official bootleg Live!. Writing for their second album starts and Bram Heijs joins them.
 
2006 Wrecking Crew record their two-song preproduction demo and finish the nine songs for their second album.
Their gig at Nico's Party was recorded for their second official bootleg.
Recording of Where Soldiers Die starts.
 
2007 Wrecking Crew finish recording their second album and start mixing it.
The gig at Bibelot was filmed and recorded for their third official bootleg.
 
2008 Where Soldiers Die is released.
Wrecking Crew wins the Metal Battle preliminary round of Zuid-Holland
Nico leaves Wrecking Crew. The band concentrates on writing new songs and plays at the Gig for Nob.
 
2009 Wrecking Crew start writing new songs.
Johan van der Linden joins the band.
The new line-up plays at the Gig for Nob.
 
2010 Remco leaves Wrecking Crew.
René de Vink joins the band.
Prehistory
1988 Cry Havoc formed by Buks Kemp and Norbert Freriks.
 
1990 Remco de Jong joins Cry Havoc.
 
1991 Ronald Vandenbos replaces Remco.
Max Duijsens forms cover band Low Life.
 
1992 Low Life splits after one year.
 
1994 Cry Havoc on break while Norbert serves in Bosnia.
 
1995 Cry Havoc restarts with Max on drums.
 
1996 Cry Havoc records Live in Leiden.
 
1999 Havoc records War of Mind.
 
2000 Havoc splits.
[wrecking] - damaging something such as a building, vehicle etc so badly that it cannot be repaired
[crew] - a group of people working together with special skills for a particular purpose

Buks Kemp
rhythm & lead guitars
Max Duijsens
drums & vocals
Johan van der Linden
lead vocals
Bram Heijs
rhythm, lead & acoustic guitars
René de Vink
bass guitars
The Story so far...

Wrecking Crew was formed in july 2000 by Buks Kemp and Max Duijsens immediately after their previous band Havoc split. With Havoc they had played numerous covers and eventually even a full-length album of original songs called 'War of Mind' was released in the spring of 1999.

Buks and Max started writing their own material and two years later they had about nine songs finished - except for the vocals and lyrics that was! In came Nico Perreijn, a singer with many years of experience in various bands. With him two more songs were written and in the spring of 2003 'Another Fine Wreck' was recorded with the help of old bandmates Remco de Jong and Ronald Vandenbos who added some blistering lead guitars.

Wrecking Crew went on to promote their album at the very successful Gig for Nob - a gig in memory of Havoc singer Norbert Freriks who passed away in 2002.
Ronald and Remco then concentrated on their own bands while the trio of Buks, Max and Nico started writing new songs. In the beginning of 2005 Remco joined full-time and they started working on their live set. The spring of 2005 saw Wrecking Crew perform at various places where they played four newly written songs.

In the autumn of 2005 Bram Heijs joined. With him Buks and Max wrote five new songs. Early spring 2006 the Crew recorded a 2-track preproduction demo in the SAE Studios. Recording of their second album 'Where Soldiers Die' started at the end of 2006 and was finished in August 2007. Mixing occupied the last few months of the year.
In February 2008 Wrecking Crew won the preliminary round of the Metal Battle for Zuid-Holland. Besides that they played several gigs with lots of new songs to coincide with the release of 'Where Soldiers Die' in spring 2008. In June Nico left the band. Rehearsing for the Gig for Nob took up most of the time in the autumn of 2008, but it led to a fantastic evening that was very well-received.

In October 2009 Wrecking Crew hooked up with new singer Johan van der Linden (ex-Inner Sanctum) and presented their new line-up at the Gig for Nob that year. The first Wrecking Crew gig in 2010 was also the last to see Remco de Jong on lead guitars. Unable to commit fully to the band they parted on a friendly basis. Buks moved back to rhythm guitars, Bram took on lead duties, and in René de Vink the band found a new bass player.
With a renewed drive and a flood of new ideas Wrecking Crew wrote several new songs and worked on a new setlist. In December the band entered the studio to record a new 4-track EP which was released in March 2011.