Mariska Veres

Mariska Veres is one of those artists who burned herself into your memory with a single song — "Venus" hit in 1969 and it still sounds like pure rocket fuel today. As the face and voice of Shocking Blue, she had this magnetic, almost otherworldly stage presence: that towering jet-black wig, the heavy kohl around her eyes, a voice that was smoky and powerful all at once. She was born in The Hague and grew up to become one of the most visually iconic figures in late-60s European rock, which was no small feat when British and American acts dominated everything. It's genuinely sad she passed in 2006 at just 59 — I feel like her era never gave her quite the legendary status she deserved. "Venus" alone has outlived half the bands of that generation, and that's entirely her doing.

Name (English)

Mariska Veres

Name (Japanese)

マリスカ・ヴェレス

Reading

まりすか・ゔぇれす

Born

October 1, 1947 – December 2, 2006

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Boar

Origin

The Hague, Netherlands

Occupation

singer

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9

Tags

• singer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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