Het Goede Doel (English: The Good Cause) is a Dutch pop-group fronted by Henk Westbroek and Henk Temming as founding members.
The original line-up, formed in 1979:
(vocals)
(vocals, keyboards)
(guitar)
(bass), replaced by in 1982
(drums), replaced by in 1981 and by in 1983
(keyboards), replaced by in 1981
In 1982 they had their breakthrough hit with "België (Is er leven op Pluto?)"; they released an English version (Luxemburg) in 1985, naming themselves The Good Cause.
In 1986 the group was reduced to Henk Westbroek, Henk Temming and Sander van Herk.
Live they were joined by session musicians, among them Stephan Wienjus (bass), (drums) and (keyboards).
They broke up in 1991 and focused on solo-projects. In 2001 the band played a reunion-show in the classic line-up to celebrate their 10th break-up anniversary.
In 2008 Westbroek and Temming reunited again and released three more albums.
Name Vars
- Goede Doel
- The Good Cause
- Благородная Цель
Members
- Henk Westbroek
- Henk Temming
- Sander van Herk
- Ab Tamboer
- Hans Boosman
- Dennis Ringeling
- Ronald Jongeneel
- Stephan Wienjus
- Ron Visser
- Piet Leenders