The legendary experimental band The Ex will take the stage at PAARD on March 8. The quartet began in 1979 and has since navigated its way through various genres with just the right dose of chaos. Fierce punk forms the foundation, but soon you’ll hear influences from avant-garde, jazz, and noise. In early 2025, they released their latest work, If Your Mirror Breaks, once again proving that the band continues to move forward in every direction.
What started with raucous punk, rooted in the squatting and punk movements of the late 70s, turned into an impossible-to-label range that made its mark nationally as well as internationally.
The Ex played more than 2.000 concerts in 45 countries, often as pioneers. In the 80s, they were one of the very first Western bands to explore Central and Eastern Europe, from Hungary to the former Czechoslovakia, Poland and Russia. Only after that, Canada and the United States followed. A crucial link turned up at the start of the new millennium, when the band traveled to Ethiopia for the first time, backed by a VPRO tv crew.
The pandemic was a standstill for many, including The Ex. Or perhaps it was more some way of recharging, as the band is back on national and international stages with new music, ready to return to the studio.
