During spring 2001, singer/guitarist/lyricist René de Wilde decides to move from the Dutch capitol Amsterdam to the even more rural eastern part of the country. In retrospect, this turned out to be a first essential step in the coming about of Parkside. Having to resign his job as a business economist (due to episodes of slight mental instability), René decides to now devote all his time to writing and performing music. Besides an obscure talent for making his guitar sound like Erik Satie on mescaline...