The Clement Peerens Explosition, or CPeX, is a

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group, created by

Hugo Matthysen Hugo Matthysen (born 30 January 1956, in Ekeren) is a Belgian (Flemish) singer, guitarist, columnist, writer, Master in Philosophy and actor. He lives in the municipality of Hove in Antwerp. Biography In 1978, he played with Bart Peeters and J ...

Bart Peeters Bart August Maria Peeters (born 30 November 1959) is a Belgian singer, musician, television presenter and actor. Biography Early years Peeters studied Germanic philology and drama in Antwerp. There, he met Jan Leyers and Hugo Matthysen, wi ...

and Ronny Mosuse.

History

During the early 1990s, Matthysen played the fictional character "Clement Peerens" on the comedy radio show

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and its televised successor,

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. Peerens was portrayed as a self-proclaimed "

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expert", recounting ever-more outrageous

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s about current and past rock stars which were little more than

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en ramblings. As the character's popularity grew, it was decided to spin off an actual rock band, which began performing in 1994 and went on to release four

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s. The last of these went on sale in 2000 and the band's performances became sporadic. In 2008, CPeX released a

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album featuring some new material and began playing

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again in a modified line-up, as Bart Peeters was forced to withdraw from the band for medical reasons. Aram Van Ballaert as Dave De Peuter/Lady Dave took his place as drummer. In 2011 the album Olraait was released. The band released the single Boormachien in 2014. In 2021 Peerens announced the band would stop performing in december 2022. What was planned to be one concert ended up in ten with 20.000 tickets sold. CPeX played their last ten farewell concerts in december 2022 ending on 7 January 2023 at

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in Antwerp.

Style

Many of CPeX's lyrics cover inconsequential subjects, often reflecting Peerens'

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, borderline-

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world view and lack of any real interests; subjects include ownership of the TV remote, trying not to answer questions about

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, or the poor quality of cheap

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Controversy

In 1995, the band released the album ''Foorwijf!''. The title track caused a minor

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, as some

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operators believed they were being put in an unfairly negative light.

Discography

References

External links

Official website
contains a free download of the latest single {{DEFAULTSORT:Clement Peerens Explosition, The Belgian rock music groups Belgian comedy musicians Parody musicians Belgian parodists