The lyrics of their own songs are about daily life: fun, rock ‘n’ roll, holidays, summer, love and (ex-)boyfriends. Ever since their first shows The Riplets have decide together on what to wear. There are so many Riplet-outfits, they have lost count.

The Riplets have existed since 1998 and started performing in 1999. They opened for bands like Dee Dee Ramone and Dead Moon. After two years of performing they decided to record their 7”, Our Engine Is Running, and release it on their own Riplet Records label. In May of 2001 they held the release party at Rotterdam’s Nighttown with the Donnas and the Sahara Hotnights. In the fall of that year they did their first tour; they were invited by Travoltas to join them on a five week concert tour through Holland. Following the tour the Riplets continued to do weekly gigs.
In May of 2002 The Riplets recorded their first full-length, Rock ‘n Roll Beat with producers duo PeVi (Vincent and Perry of Travoltas). This debut album was released on My First Sonny Weissmuller in October, 2002. The release party was in the large hall of Nighttown, where The Riplets opened for The Undertones. With an album out, The Riplets started to gain more and more recognition and media attention. The album got great reviews, and Riplets interviews were featured in every major music magazine in Holland. Besides all the good reviews, the album also did very well in magazine and radio charts. It reached the number 7 position in ‘De Moordlijst’ (Holland’s top music magazine, OOR’s charts) and the title song even reached the highest position in Kink FM’s (Holland’s number 1 alternative radio station) Outlaw top 41. Janneke made a music video for the song Rock ‘n Roll Beat which was played regularly on the national music station “The Box”.
In 2003, The Riplets played and played and played. They opened for Sum 41 in a sold-out 013 in Tilburg and played at a variety of festivals during the summer. After the summer, Honey Lovebux, who had joined the band for a year to played organ and tambourine, departed. She was replaced by Alice in October. Besides Holland, Belgium, Germany and Denmark, The Riplets can now add America to the list of countries where they’ve performed. With the help from some friends, Janneke booked The Riplets’ first U.S. tour, from September 18th through 28th. The tour consisted of 8 shows, 4 on the East Coast and 4 in the Mid-West.

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