- Jan Bechtum
Jan Bechtum >http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/heavymetalears/files/ ] (born 1958) is a Dutch guitarist and composer.
Bechtum was the first lead guitarist of Picture. He was influenced by
Deep Purple , mainly byRitchie Blackmore , Yes and Genesis.After having played in a few local bands, in 1979 he got involved with Picture and was responsible for writing most of the songs for their first 3 albums. He left the band for personal reasons in 1983, right after their tour in
Israel .In 1992 and 1993 he played in the gospel rock band
Changed where he played with drummerMark Maas . When that band stopped in 1993, Jan and Mark decided to try something and reformed Picture. With bassplayerJohannes Adema and vocalistMichel Zandbergen the band recorded a demo and did a few good shows in theNetherlands . Jan decided to quit playing live performances in 1997 because of the growing violence in the Dutch nightlife. Bechtum's favourite guitar is aFender Stratocaster . While with Picture, he plugged straight into a Marshall with no effects.Recently (late 2007), Laurens and the original members of Picture, with
Ronald van Prooijen , teamed up for a reunion rehearsal. It went so well that they are going to continue rehearsing for some concert dates and will record a new album in early 2008 withShmoulik Avigal from theDiamond Dreamer lineup as their singer.External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/pictureholland Official website Picture]
* [http://www.popinstituut.nl/biografie/picture.2054.html Biography van Picture in Dutch on popinstituut.nl]
* [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/heavymetalears/ Picture Yahoo Group]References
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