Guus Meeuwis, whose full name is Gustaaf Stephanus Modestus Meeuwis, is a Dutch
singer, songwriter and guitarist born on March 23, 1972 in Mariahout, in the
province of North Brabant. He rose to fame in the 1990s as the central figure of
the group Guus Meeuwis & Vagant, which he formed with several fellow students at
Tilburg University, where he was studying law. The band scored a smash hit in
1994 with the song "Het is een Nacht... (Levensecht)", originally written as a
university project, which became a huge hit in the Netherlands and Flanders.
Several albums followed under the...