query: place_of_birth gert bettens
supports: The Verve Pipe is an American rock band now based out of West Michigan. It was formed in 1992 in East Lansing by Brian Vander Ark, Brad Vander Ark, Brian Stout and Donny Brown. Sarah Bettens (born 23 September 1972) is the lead singer of the Belgian band K's Choice. Sarah and her brother Gert Bettens are the two best-known faces of the band. She is known for her enigmatic, husky voice. The band is popular in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, and has toured in the U.S. with The Verve Pipe, Tonic, Alanis Morissette and the Indigo Girls, as well as on their own. Bettens has maintained a successful solo career as well by providing vocals for movie soundtracks, including "Underworld", "Wild Things", "Zus and Zo" and more recently "Leef!". Eric Grossman (born November 25, 1964, New York) is an American musician, best known for playing bass and recording gold and platinum albums with the Belgian band K's Choice. Gert Bettens ( born 19 March 1970 ) is the lead guitarist of the Belgian band K 's Choice . He , with his sister Sarah Bettens , is the face of the band . The band is popular in Europe and had toured in the U.S. with The Verve Pipe , Tonic , Alanis Morissette and the Indigo Girls , as well as on their own . In 2003 K 's Choice decided to split ways , but then reformed in 2009 . Bettens was born in Merksem . After more than a decade of composing , recording and touring all around the world with one of the most successful Belgian bands , in addition to many side projects as a songwriter , guitarist and producer , Gert is making his comeback in the music scene with his first solo project . Along with some self - respected musicians , Gert founded Woodface . Written in his backyard studio and recorded at Jet Studios in Brussels , `` Good Morning Hope '' sheds light on the wide range of Gert 's musical influences and tastes , blending power - driven rock with intimate singer - songwriter compositions . This contrast is probably the only similarity to his former band . Driven by Gert 's original sound and voice , there is a fusion of styles . The album stretches from typical 1970s rock - tinged guitar bands like The Who and Led Zeppelin to the dulcet sounds of Crowded House , The Smiths and The Beatles . Some songs embrace the drive of more contemporary critical favorites such as David Gray , Eels and the late Elliott Smith . The colourful palette of sounds was recorded by Werner Pensaert who also engineered the K 's Choice platinum record Paradise in Me . Indigo Girls are a Grammy Award-winning folk rock music American duo consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They met in elementary school and began performing together as high school students in Decatur, Georgia, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. They started performing with the name Indigo Girls as students at Emory University, performing weekly at The Dugout, a bar in Emory Village. Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American alternative rock singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actress. Morissette began her career in Canada in the early 1990s, with two commercially successful dance-pop albums. Afterwards, she moved to Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, and in 1995 released "Jagged Little Pill", a more rock-oriented album which sold more than 33 million units globally and is her most critically acclaimed work. Her following album, "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie", was released in 1998. Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a sovereign state in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and the North Sea. It is a small, densely populated country which covers an area of and has a population of about 11 million people. Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe, Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups: the Dutch-speaking, mostly Flemish community, which constitutes about 59% of the population, and the French-speaking, mostly Walloon population, which comprises 41% of all Belgians. Additionally, there is a small group of German-speakers who live in the East Cantons located around the High Fens area, and bordering Germany. K's Choice is a Belgian rock band from Antwerp, formed in the mid-1990s. The band's core members are siblings Sarah Bettens (lead vocals, guitar) and Gert Bettens (guitar, keyboard, vocals). They are joined by Eric Grossman (bass), Thomas Vanelslander (lead guitar), Reinout Swinnen (keys) and Koen Liekens (drums). The band has produced gold and platinum albums.
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answer: antwerp