His upbringing pretty much ensured that the thought of being in a band was the farthest thing from Bent Van Looy's young mind.
Luckily, the front man for burgeoning pop rockers Das Pop had pals with more lenient guardians who opened a whole new world to him.
"My family lived in a small cabin in a forest in Belgium," explains the vocalist. "My parents didn't allow us to listen to pop music, which wasn't such a problem because it just wasn't around.
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