AUTHOR: MARCEL STOL and Henk Wentink
Marcel Stol
During the years 1984-1990 Marcel was co-founder, first chairman, general manager, gig promoter, poster designer and printer for the punk squat venue De GOUDVISHAL (1984-2007) in Arnhem, The Netherlands.
A punk since he saw The Clash playing at Stokvishal in Arnhem on 20th October 1978, his first ever live punk gig. Marcel ran a couple of Fanzines, Shock and De Zelfkant, on and off from 1979 to 1984. He is also the bass player and present lead singer of Dutch Punk band NEUROOT, with their first run from 1980-1988 and now on their second run from 2012 until the present day.
He was also the bass player of post-punk instrumental hardcore jazz-rock combo Mother from 1999-1994.
Marcel Stol graduated MSc Sociology / Mass Communications in 1995 at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, specialising in ‘Mass Communications and Culture’ with further specialisation in ‘Culture Industry’.
After having completed the first volume in 2021 he is now (co)working on the completion of a second Vinyl LP, ‘Live at Goudvishal 1984-1990: DIY or Die! Volume 2’ that will be released late in 2022. Marcel is also a current attributing member of the Punk Scholar Network (PSN) in the Netherlands.
Henk Wentink
From 1983 to 1990 Henk Wentink was a co-founder, techie, barkeep, ticket seller, member of the board and a jack-of-all-trades at the punk squat venue De Goudvishal (1984-2007) in Arnhem, The Netherlands. Together with his mate Marcel Stol he wanted to tell the story of the Goudvishal and its forerunner De Stokvishal. It’s a tale about how a group young punks in the early eighties squatted an old warehouse and transformed it into a nationally and internationally well-known venue for underground music. It’s also a story of raw creative energy, political activism and anarchistic Do-It-Yourself attitude that thrived in the eighties in the Netherlands.
Henk Wentink graduated as a historian in art and architecture at the University of Amsterdam. He worked as an adviser on arts, culture and the creative industry, and wrote a handful of small books about the architecture, history and heritage of Arnhem. Eventually he made a switch to become an adviser on climate adaptive cities and the use and design of public space and urban green areas. Today he is an enthusiastic attendee of punk and alternative gigs, and also a fruit grower who manages an organic orchard of about 150 fruit trees.