Time Bandits is a Dutch new wave band best known for their hits "I'm Specialized in You", "Endless Road" and "I'm Only Shooting Love".
Formation
Time Bandits was formed in 1981 by Alides Hidding, who wrote all songs and sang lead vocals. Other band members were Marco Ligtenberg (keyboards), Guus Strijbosch (bass) and Dave van den Dries (drums). Time Bandits had hits on the American dance charts with the number 6 dance hit "Live It Up" in 1982 and "I'm Only Shooting Love", which peaked at number 2 in 1985.
By the mid-1980s, Time Bandits had also achieved success in Australia, where "I'm Only Shooting Love" and "Endless Road" (where its music video was filmed) were both top 10 hits. These singles and other hits such as "Listen to the Man with the Golden Voice", "Dancing on a String" and "I'm Specialized in You" were also successful in the Netherlands, Germany, France and New Zealand (where "I'm Only Shooting Love" hit number one in June 1984).
After moving from Europe to Los Angeles in 1989, Hidding has had his songs recorded by such artists as
Jennifer Rush
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,
The Nylons
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, and various European performers. He has established song-writing collaborations with such writers as
Charlie Midnight
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(producer of Hidding's last album ''Can't Wait for Another World'' together with
Dan Hartman),
Jackie DeShannon
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, Pamela Phillips Oland, Dwayne Hitchings, Donny Markowitz and Todd Smallwood.
The versatility of Hidding is reflected in his capacity to adapt to a wide range of song-writing and producing styles. His works vary from R&B to blues, dance, rock and pop.
After an absence from the stage, Hidding began touring with his new band in 2006.
From July 2022 Alides Hidding, together with his road manager, have had a YouTube vlog "Roadie&Star react",
where they listen to songs from the 80s up to the present day, and comment on the music and the music videos.
Discography
Albums
* ''Time Bandits'' (1982)
(CBS Records – CX 85543)
* ''Tracks'' (1983)
* ''Time Bandits'' (1984)
ompilation- AUS #81
* ''Fiction'' (1985)
(CBS Records – 25987) - AUS #96
* ''Can't Wait for Another World'' (1987)
(CBS Records – 4508782)
* ''Greatest Hits'' (1990)
ompilation* ''As Life'' (2003)
* ''Out of the Blue'' (2012)
Singles
References
External links
Official site of the band(in Dutch)
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Musical groups established in 1981
Musical groups from Amsterdam
Dutch disco groups
Dutch funk musical groups