New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Lightening Entertainment) Almost a year ago, former Vandenberg, Manic Eden,
Whitesnake guitarist Adrian Vandenberg was being sued to the rights to his name by former Vandenberg band members singer Bert Heerink, bassist Dick Kemper and drummer Jos Zoomer.
They wanted to prohibit him from using the name Vandenberg which is unheard of because it is his legal last name.
They lost the case and got out of it with a minor fine which is not even close to the unnecessary stress & hassle they have caused to Adrian Vandenberg.
Adrian Vandenberg recently posted on his Official Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/adrianvandenberg007 that he is being sued by bassist Dick Kemper and drummer Jos Zoomer second time around for the rights to his name. Here is the detailed story by Adrian Vandenberg himself:
" You won't believe it, but as we speak another appeal is going on: me defending my own name against two clowns who got a free ride on my coattails ages ago, not having done anything noteworthy in all this time and now trying once again to make a quick buck using/ abusing my name.
The 'funny' thing is that I'm not planning to use my name 'Vandenberg' for my new band anyway, but of course I need to defend it against abuse.
The reason is for this is that I put together a fresh new, young and dynamic band, new albums and concerts coming up and my music style has evolved, as it should because I never like to constrict myself creatively by hanging in the past.
If we'd work under the 'Vandenberg' name, people might expect us to play most of the songs from that era, but the shows for my new band will feature a few Vandenberg and
Whitesnake songs in addition to the new stuff. Maybe some Manic Eden tracks as well.
I am very proud of my past though, but it's sad to see that these individuals that I invited to join my band in 1981(!) behave themselves in such an embarrassing way and put a greasy smudge on the memory of my former band.
At the time when I signed the contracts for my band with the record company and my USA management, these party's put a lot of pressure on me to get rid of the other band members Heerink, Kemper and Zoomer because they felt the guys weren't good enough musicians. In the back of my mind I knew they were right, but I didn't want to let these guys down because I thought they were my friends. So out of loyalty I had to argue and fight to keep them in my band.
What do you know? More than 30 years later this treasonous situation comes up.
I never wanted to let the saying 'No good deed goes unpunished' get a grip on my philosophy in life, but…ehmmm.. a knife in ones back can feel pretty uncomfortable.
Then again if it wasn't such a sad situation it could be highly entertaining in some masochistic way to see the individuals pictured here all pimped up and pouting in their plastic pants and puffed up hair butcher my songs and parade around with my logo on their XXL T-shirts. It's basically like stealing a Ferrari and then cruise down Sunset Strip showing off with someone else's property shouting: "Look at my new car!" Concluded Adrian Vandenberg
Adrian Vandenberg reached global success through his genuine talent and hard work. He is loved by many musician peers and fans throughout the world. Trying to steal his name is not only a cheap attempt to get some kind a recognition by bitter former band members who have not reached any kind of notable success since the dismembering of the band Vandenberg.
It's like insisting on keeping the name Mc Donald's but dropping the "Big Mac" from the menu and hoping that people still buy in to it.
Why would anyone even think about going to a battle they know that there is no chance that they can win? Is the real question.
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