Born out of the remnants of the Amsterdam group Stampei, knew the dike during the first Dutch golf at the beginning of the 1980s his first fame. Bloody Heart was the first single on which the rock and soul of the band came to full fruition. The American-style music got an extra dimension by the urban, romantic lyrics by leader Huub van der Lubbe. To the top group sets heard the dike, which is after the infamous Amsterdam Street the seawall, when yet. That came only years later, when the group is to act by endless supporters had acquired a loyal, ever better sales figures for albums and the first true top 40 hit in 1987 (may the light off). Along with The Scene belonged the dike to the forerunners of the second Dutch golf in the 1990s. But also many of the big names from that time (Volumia!, the closet) knew the dike finally survive. By regularly a ' sabbatical ' in the band knew to be welded to prevent him in a rut. In 2006 celebrated the band his 25th anniversary with the winged words: We start Only.