Anneke van Giersbergen
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Anneke van Giersbergen (born March 8, 1973) is the singer in the Dutch goth metal band The Gathering. She has also worked with Lawn, The Farmer Boys and Ayreon.
Biography
Anneke van Giersbergen was born in Sint Michielsgestel, Netherlands. At the age of 8, she participated in soundmix contests. When she was 12, she was in her school choir. Later on, she started taking singing lessons and joined her first band. She joined a few more bands before becoming part of the duo Bad Breath who played a mix of blues, jazz, folk and funk.
She finally joined The Gathering in 1994.
On February 20 2005, she gave birth to Finn, Rob Snijders' son.
Musical roots and influences
Anneke's musical roots are in the classical and jazz music, but she enjoys rock and pop the most. Her main influences are Prince, Ella Fitzgerald and Thom Yorke (Radiohead).nl:Anneke van Giersbergen