History & Now
Last Son of Eve as a band was formed in 2018 by Steef Broekhof (lead vocals & drums), Erik van der Vlis (guitars) and Erik Besselsen (bass guitar). Earlier singles such as Vanity (2015) and Tower (2017) -under the same name- were part of an initial solo project of Steef Broekhof (FKA Steve Brooke). Along the writing process Steef wanted to form a solid band to get the concept of his fantasy story (Bodec- The Tamed Revenge) to the stage so he recruited Besselsen and longtime friend Van der Vlis. As the herald for LSOE's maiden album Gathering Stones (later in 2021) the single The North is Burning was released as the first band effort in the late summer of 2018. With this song the stage was set for the band's rock based melodic sound combined with a proggy twist. Despite some gigging here and there it took another three years before completing the band's debut concept album Gathering Stones. Right in the middle of the pandemic crisis, with zero chance to promote this work live, the eight song concept album yielded a lot of praise by the (prog)rock *mags and radio stations around the globe. Like many bands during the crisis LSOE released a quarantine video of the song Oguani's Hope to support the album. Not long after the release of Gathering Stones bass player Erik Besselsen left the band to focus on his work as a producer. With his departure Steef and Erik realized that it would a hard bargain to find a replacement to continue as a power trio.
After quite some time of numerous auditions replacement was found in bass player Gerard van der Geer (2022 - 2025) . Keyboardist and composer Martijn Versluis joined the ranks as well. In this new configuration the sound and the writing process have changed what can be heard on the single Vertigo (2023).
Founding member Erik Besselsen returned to the bass spot after a four year period of absence in the spring of '25. LSOE is working on their second album.
Last Son of Eve :
Erik van der Vlis: Guitars
Martijn Versluis: Keyboards
Steef Broekhof: Lead Vocals/ Drums
Erik Besselsen: Bass Guitar
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