Ronald van Prooijen

Ronald van Prooijen was the original singer of the Dutch heavy metal band Picture.

Ronald started out in the band Fragma. He originally sang and played a little guitar but decided to stick to singing. He'd been hanging around with Laurens Bakker and Rinus Vreugdenhil as they went through various incarnations of what was to become Picture. By 1979, he and Jan Bechtum had joined the band for their first stable (and the classic) lineup. He finally left the band after the second album.

Ronald's main influence was Richie Blackmore's Rainbow with Ronnie James Dio as the singer. He is still active musically and is the singer for the Dutch band Roslynn.

Recently (late 2007), he and the other original members of Picture, 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, though he will not be part of it as he is busy with his job and Roslynn. Instead, Shmoulik Avigal from the Diamond Dreamer lineup will take up singing duties.

External links

* [http://www.popinstituut.nl/biografie/picture.2054.html Biography van Picture in Dutch on popinstituut.nl]

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