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Anneke van Giersbergen (born March 8 , 1973 ) is the Singer in the Dutch 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 ). |
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