Bandits

Bandits is a Flemish teen Pop rock band, current members are lead vocalist Jasper Publie (1996), drummer Toon Smet (1997), guitarist Tim Tielemans (1998) and bassist Thomas Van Achteren (1995). Jasper Publie's father, Jan Publie, and Toon Smet's father are roadies of the band. History The beginnings, Gizonband 2010 The band Bandits has emerged from the band Gizonband (guitar without notes). Publie, Tielemans and Van Achteren already knew each other from the guitar school. When Jasper Publie participated in the Belgian pre-selections for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2007, he met Toon Smet. The band was active from 2007 until the name change in 2011. The Gizonband has played at Maanrock 2010 on the mainstage. The new name was meant as a wordplay on 'band', initially they wanted to call it Bandit, but there already existed a band with that name. Their target audience are teens; female fans call themselves Bandita's, the boys Bandito's.