Nederbeat (also: Nederbiet) was the Dutch rock boom of mid-1960s influenced by British beat groups, led by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and, much like British freakbeat, it is essentially the Dutch counterpart to American garage rock. Popular groups were The Outsiders, Q65, The Golden Earrings (the predecessor of Golden Earring), The Motions (with Robbie van Leeuwen who would later form The Shocking Blue), Ro-d-ys, Bumble Bees, The Shoes (Dutch band), Les Baroques, The Hunters (Jan Akkerman's first band), and Cuby & the Blizzards.