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Tom Holkenborg (born December 8, 1967 in Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Netherlands), better known as Junkie XL or JXL, is a Dutch musician. He uses the name JXL in cases where the term "Junkie" might cause offense. XL is for "Xpanding Limits".
He discovered music by learning and playing many instruments, including guitar, bass, piano, and drums. Although he was classically trained by his mother (herself an accredited violin teacher), it was not long until he discovered synthesizers and joined the Dutch New Wave group Weekend at Waikiki as a multi-instrumentalist and producer. In 1993, Holkenborg then produced the second metal album Almost a Dance by Dutch band The Gathering. He then expanded his horizon further to form the industrial rock band Nerve with vocalist Phil Mills and released 2 full-length albums in 1994 and 1995. During this period, Holkenborg built his music repertoire by freelance producing and quickly landed projects for bands such as Sepultura, Fear Factory, and Dog Eat Dog, as well as for video games, movies, and TV spots.
Maximum Effort (Deadpool OST) - Junkie XL aka Tom Holkenborg
VRIJ presents Junkie XL @ ADE2012 (Concertgebouw, Amsterdam)
Mad Max: Fury Road OST - Brothers In Arms by Junkie XL (Extended Version)
Hans Zimmer - Inception (Junkie XL Remix)
Synths of Deadpool - Studio Time with Junkie XL
Making of Deadpool Soundtrack - Junkie XL
Junkie XL - Mushroom [HD]
Episode 1: Template Setup and Workstation Layout - Studio Time with Junkie XL
Episode 4: Mad Max Drums - Studio Time with Junkie XL
Junkie XL - All Guitar Flamethrower Guy Mad Max Fury Road OST Music Mix
Mad Max: Fury Road | Theme / Soundtrack - Junkie XL | HD
OFFICIAL - Beautiful Lie - Batman v Superman: Soundtrack - Hans Zimmer & Junkie XL
No need for confetti bombs
Or phallus symbols
To be obnoxious, outrageous
But the sound will be very contagious
Like nuclear fallout radius
No need for bands with tight Spandex
Macho flex, high voices from Larynex
Tight jockstraps stuffed with socks
With walnuts to show sex
But plain, obscure, high tech
Junkie XL will tell
Junkie XL will tell
Junkie XL will tell
The future in computer hell
Junkie XL will tell
Junkie XL will tell
Junkie XL will tell
The future in computer hell
No slacker trendy attitudes
Or boys that play so crude
Or smokers obsessed on weed
To be hardcore with fatigues
Let the perpetrator weep
That is the Junkie beats that grim reap
And shuffle the feet and put all asleep
In front of their MTV screens sweep
Lost souls are in deep
In their trash cash, middle class heap
Junkie XL will tell
Junkie XL will tell
Junkie XL will tell
The future in computer hell
Junkie XL will tell
Junkie XL will tell
Junkie XL will tell
The future in computer hell