User:Soliwit/sandbox

Denvis, also known as Denvis Wankalot, is the pseudonym (alias) of Dennis Grotenhuis (1972), a Dutch singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is the founder of the Eindhoven rock band The Spades.

Denvis graduated in 2000 from the Dutch Film and Television Academy and has since worked as a freelance filmmaker for different broadcasters and media.

In 2006 and 2007, Denvis was on Dutch television as co-presenter of The National Science quiz, alongside journalist Leon Verdonschot. They also performed together on The Parade and Lowlands. In 2008 the show “Ferry & Freds fantastic frikandel festival” was put to stage at theater festival The Parade. 2009, pop-journalist and friend Leon Verdonschot released a book based on the life of Denvis; "Denvis, a rocknovel." Denvis together with Leon Verdonschot, Nico Dijkshoorn & the Hank Five staged the theater show "Also for women!" in 2010. Denvis was one of the portraits Michael Laub presented in the show "Portrait Series Rotterdam" and he made a children's show for Sinterklaas entitled; “The gingerbread factory”. In 2013 Denvis created  a rock opera along with 200 students of the Summa college called ”The Eindhoven Rockcity Rockopera”, this was performed for 1500 people in the ‘Klok’ building on Strijp S in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Denvis hosted and played (together with band) on Best of the Fest, with the show “Fest Bizarre” 2013, commissioned by Park Theater in Eindhoven.

Music:

With The Spades, Denvis actively toured from 2002 to 2009 in the Netherlands and abroad. They performed at SXSW festival in Austin, Texas in 2003 and 2005, and in 2006 at CMJ, New York. The Spades recorded in Seattle with Jack Endino (Nirvana, Mudhoney) and in Detroit with Jim Diamond (the Dirtbombs, the White Stripes). In 2002 The Spades recorded “learning the hard way not to fuck with the Spades” for Suburban records. In the USA this album was put out on Gokart records in 2003. In 2008 The Spades released the album “Above The Law & Below The Belt” on his own label "Drug Money Records”. In 2009 the Spades stopped playing actively.

In 2006 Denvis released his first solo album “Comin’ Home”. The release of "Circus", the second album by Denvis & The Real Deal on October 13, 2010 took place at the Park Theater in Eindhoven. In April 2012 followed the third album "Corazon" of Denvis & the Real Deal, also on Drug Money records.

The album “ Everyone gets the song they deserve” by D Deadly came out in October 2013. In the Ardennes they recorded the basis for this album in their own studio “Rock & Roll Support” in collaboration with Jon Auer (the Posies, Big Star)

Acting:

In 2014 Denvis played the part of criminal Meeuwis in the television series  “SMERIS” (Cop)

In 2015 Denvis played the part of Govert in the feature movie “Of ik gek ben” (Wether I'm crazy)

In 2015 Denvis played the part of criminal Kemp in the feature movie “Riphagen”

Denvis is married to Maaike van Zijl and has a son named Lou (2007).