Junkie XL is one of the projects of producer / DJ / musician Tom Holkenborg. The name refers to his workaholic lifestyle: at the age of 29 accounted for a mild heart attack. Before he started Junkie XL, Holkenborg was already active as a producer of various rock bands and played guitar. For Junkie XL, he works with Rude Boy (Urban Dance Squad) that provides the raps on the big beats of the album
… Saturday Teenage Kick (1997). Live the duo is complemented with a DJ, a drummer and a guitarist. In 1998 gets Junkie XL Silver Harp as promising artist "and receives the Pop Award in 1999. In October 1999 the second album Big Sounds Of The Drags. After disagreements Rude Boy gets in 2000 the band. Holkenborg left alone and will focus more on running and producing. In 2002 he made the first artist ever a remix of an Elvis song (A Little Less Conversation) for a Nike commercial. It is a huge hit around the world. (IV)more
