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Roger Francis Peterson (born 1 December 1980) is an
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n-Dutch musician. He is known as the lead vocalist for the now-defunct rock band Intwine, which was active from 2001 to 2010. He also was a competitor on the first season of Dutch talent show '' Idols''.


Biography


Early life

Roger Peterson was born in
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to an
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-born father and a
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-born mother. He grew up in the area of Savaneta and
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. He has an elder brother named Ryan. At the age of six Peterson sang in a local church choir. He was fifteen years old when he drummed in a
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band called Moose and a
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band named Lemonbong. With a fellow band member of Moose he started a new group named Alias, in which Peterson served as a vocalist. With Alias he performed at clubs well known on Aruba, such as The Cellar and Black Hog Saloon. Subsequently he met guitarist Martin Buitenweg, with whom he formed R&M. The duo performed at the Chaos Cafe and released an album titled ''The R&M Project'' in 2000. Four songs of the album were hits on Aruban radio and one of these songs topped the Aruban charts for seven weeks.Red Cross Aruba Celebrates 50 yrs with Charity Event!
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Rockacademie

After graduating at the Colegio Arubano Peterson moved to the
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in early 2000 to study sociology initially. However, he soon decided that he wanted to make a career in music and managed to get approved as a student at the Fontys Rockacademie of
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. There he met guitarist Jacob Streefkerk and bassist Edsel "Touché" Eusebius, who are both from the island of
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. All three joined the roots reggae band Orange Grove, fronted by Michael Maidwell. Peterson served as the second vocalist for Orange Grove and performed with the group at several Dutch music venues and also on Sint Maarten.Intwine (2001 – heden)
Muziek Centrum Nederland.
While they had their activities at Orange Grove, Peterson, Streefkerk and Eusebius decided to start their own band, and with fellow students Erwin Gielen (drums) and Kevin Hissink (guitar) they set up Intwine.


''Idols''

In 2002, Peterson was a participant on the first season of '' Idols'', the Dutch spin-off of the ''
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'' television series. He successfully auditioned with
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's " I'll Be". Singing
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" in the subsequent rounds, he managed to qualify for the live shows as one of the remaining ten finalists. Peterson, however, refused to sign the contract that required him for participating in the finals, because it would prohibit him from recording his own songs and with his own band after the end of the series. Because of this, Peterson was forced to withdraw from the show. His performances in ''Idols'', nonetheless, spawned a lot of attention for himself and his band Intwine as well as a recording contract for the group at Dutch label Dureco. Regarding the significance of ''Idols'' for Intwine, Peterson said: "The show has been a friend in court for us, but has also been a millstone around our necks. ''Idols'' invested a lot in our notoriety and we are grateful for that. However, people relate us with a show that didn't bring anything good. Be honest: that show has flopped."'Los van het Idols-imago'
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Intwine

Intwine's first single "Happy?" reached out for the third position in the
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. Also "Way Out" and "Get Outta My Head", which were spawned by the band's 2003 self-titled debut album as well, hit the Top 40. In 2003 the band was nominated for the TMF Awards and an
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. In 2004, Intwine had their second top-ten hit with "Cruel Man", coming from their second album ''Perfect''. ''Perfect'' was awarded with the 3FM Award for best album of the year. Hereafter, Intwine went through several line-up changes and altered its musical course. The band released ''Pyrrhic Victory'' in 2006, on which they sound darker and heavier than on their first two
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-orientated albums. ''Pyrrhic Victory'' had poor sales, due to financial issues of Intwine's record label
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and the group's decreased notoriety. In 2007, the band started to play ''The Rumshop Sessions'', where they played acoustic sets in Caribbean styles such as
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.Intwine – 'Rumshop Sessions 2010–2011'
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In 2008 Intwine signed to German label Tiefdruck-Musik. The following year they released ''Kingdom of Contradiction'' on which they re-recorded earlier songs in a style more similar to
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'' Rocktribune''.
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As a result of their ''Rumshop Sessions'' concerts, Intwine released an EP titled ''The Original Acoustic Rumshop Sessions Vol I'' in June 2010. It appeared to be Intwine's final release, as the group disbanded in October 2010.


Back to Aruba

After Intwine broke up, Peterson began living permanently on Aruba again. He performs regularly at local Aruban clubs and festivals, playing covers and Intwine songs together with the bands So What! and Roger & the Roosters, among others. In 2017, Peterson collaborated with former Intwine guitarist Jon Symons. Under the moniker JvR, they released three songs online that summer.


Trivia

*As his major influences Peterson cites
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.Roger Peterson & Het Brabants Orkest – "Touch the Sun"
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*He featured in a 2011 commercial for the Caribbean Mercantile Bank, singing "
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Discography


R&M

Studio album: * ''The R&M Project'' (2000)


Intwine

Studio albums: *''Intwine'' (
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, 2003)
*''Perfect'' ( V2, 2004) *''Pyrrhic Victory'' (V2, 2006) *''Kingdom of Contradiction'' ( Tiefdruck-Musik/
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Collaborations

* "Can't You See" of ''The Color Between Black and White'' by Absent Minded (2006) * "Deaf, Dumb and Blind" of '' I'' by
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(2007) * "It Is What It Is" by Jeon (2016) * "Under the Same Sun" by JvR (2017) * "Precious Light" by JvR (2017) * "Ambiology" by JvR (2017)


References

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