Growing up in rural Holland, Jop Van Bennekom went to study graphic design. Magazines like The Face, i-D and NME played a defining role in his teenage quest for identity. “I was addicted to otherness,” Jop told Interview magazine. Gert Jonkers was also born in rural Holland, in the family of a preacher. He sang for a while in a country band, but was more at ease writing about music.
