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As a professional music journalist, more stuff tumbles into my mailbox than I can even afford to listen to...but the Cotton Soeterboek album came from a good, reliable source, so I put it on. Immediately those surging organ chords had me digging out old Rainbow and Deep Purple albums for favorable comparison...I kept listening...the Soeterboek guys play modern blues-rock, Southern country-fried tunes, Dylanesque pop...Twisted isn't a homogenous exercise in futility where all the songs sound the same, like so many bands trying to create a brand imprint for themselves. This is rock and roll of the old school; the stamp of quality, urgency and life breathes from every note. It's smooth and warm as a well-aged single malt, commanding attention; gutsy vocals, deep in the pocket bass, guitars to make Eric Clapton stand up and take notice. All I can say is if you wanted the best, in the words of Kiss, you've got the best in the capable hands of
The Cotton Soeterboek Band.
Alex S. Johnson

Cotton Soeterboek Band - Twisted metal-observer.com

No, it’s not a single guy unfortunately named Cotton Soeterboek, but rather two individual guys, Alan Cotton and Robert Soeterboek. Never heard of these guys? Here’s a primer: Cotton is a Birmingham-born, Texas-raised, Los Angeles-trained guitarist who toured with Maestro Alex Gregory, a tour that also included the likes of vocalist Mark Boals and members of JETHRO TULL and David Lee Roth’s band. He’s also made beer commercials. By contrast, Soeterboek may be a little more well-known to you Metalheads, mainly due to his work with the rock opera AYREON. Add in members of HALFORD, AGGRESSOR, AFTER FOREVER, and Rob Rock’s band, and well...you wouldn’t really expect the music to sound like this. You would, however, expect it to be good.

THE COTTON SOETERBOEK BAND’s influences are very clear: take the 1970s British Heavy Metal punch (not to mention the keyboards) of DEEP PURPLE and RAINBOW, add a pinch of the whiskey-fuelled twang of LYNYRD SKYNYRD and THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND, and top it all off with a very polished modern production. If Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie Van Zant found a time machine in 1974, used it to steal mixing equipment from 2008, then wrote and recorded songs together back in 1974, the result would be “Twisted” by THE COTTON SOETERBOEK BAND. more...

Liner Notes

Rock and Roll was made for the stage. The blazing lights, the pumping speakers, the throngs of people screaming for more, there is nothing like it.

The Cotton Soeterboek Band has captured the energy of the live rock ‘n roll experience on Twisted, their new album that's infused with great hooks and inspired performances that reminds you of what music used to be like.

Blending British hard rock from the 70's with Southern rock sensibilities, a bit of blues and a touch of modern influences to create rock and roll at its finest. They let their eclecticism shine through out -- bringing in diverse elements that differentiates them from other hard rock acts. This fusion gives a distinct flavor to the entire album and is a fresh take on the hard rock genre that started with bands like Deep Purple and Whitesnake and is proudly carried on with the Cotton Soeterboek band. more...