A Silent Express

A Silent Express are a Dutch wave-oriented rock band from Heerenveen in the Netherlands.

The band have been a support act for Duran Duran in 2012.

Background information
Inspired by Duran Duran and Simple Minds, the band released their debut album Get This Right in 2008.

In 2014, the band earned a lot of media-exposure at several radio and TV-stations including 3FM, KinkFM (national radio), Club3voor12 and VPRO, 100% NL, TMF (national TV) and several local stations.

The band members come from Heerenveen and inspired by bands like Duran Duran and Simple Minds. The band was in 2007 winner of the Grolsch Grand Prize of the Netherlands -publieksprijs. [1] Because Will I be around in 2010 was the single most frequently rotated on radio station 3FM, it was in 2011 awarded the Scale Rigter.

The band signed a contract with Fortress Music and U-Sonic Records, they won the public prize at the “Grote Prijs Van Nederland”, played at Eurosonic (Groningen) and released their debut-CD ‘Get This Right’ in 2008. Last year, the band earned a lot of media-exposure at several radio and TV-stations including 3FM, KinkFM (national radio), Club3voor12 & VPRO, 100% NL, TMF (national TV) and several local stations. At this moment, A Silent Express is touring the Netherlands in order to bind the public as much as possible. >>>>>A Silent Express is an indie rock band with influences from new wave, pop and psychedelic music.