Picture (band)

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Picture
Picture at Heathen Rock Festival 2016
Background information
Origin	Rozenburg, Netherlands
Genres	Heavy metal hard rock
Years active	1978–1987, 1996–1999, 2007–present
Labels	Backdoor, Touchdown, Artist Station
Members	Peter Strykes Jan Bechtum Rinus Vreugdenhil Laurens Bakker Appie de Gelder
Past members	(see below)
Website	pictureband.nl

Picture is one of the first Dutch heavy metal bands. Formed in 1979,^[1] they were especially popular in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy for their live performances, and still have a fan base in South America, Mexico and Japan.

Picture supported AC/DC, Ted Nugent and Saxon in the Netherlands. With Saxon, they did a full European tour in 1981. Later on they toured with Rose Tattoo in Germany and headlined tours in Italy and Israel.