b"\n_START_ARTICLE_\nRacoon\n_START_SECTION_\n1997\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nRacoon \xc3\xaencepe ca duo acustic: c\xc3\xa2nt\xc4\x83re\xc8\x9bul Bart van der Weide \xc8\x99i chitaristul Dennis Huige. Ace\xc8\x99tia lanseaz\xc4\x83 trei c\xc3\xa2ntece pe compila\xc8\x9bia c\xc3\xa2nt\xc4\x83re\xc8\x9b/compozitor 'Characters' lansat\xc4\x83 de c\xc4\x83tre Institutul Olandez de Rock \xc8\x99i Pop.\n_START_SECTION_\n1998\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nLui Van der Weide \xc8\x99i Huige li se al\xc4\x83tur\xc4\x83 basistul Stefan de Kroon \xc8\x99i tobo\xc8\x99arul Paul Bukkens. Trupa se mut\xc4\x83 \xc3\xaen Utrecht. Racoon c\xc3\xa2nt\xc4\x83 la festivalul Heineken X-pl'oor \xc3\xaen Melkweg \xc8\x99i \xc3\xaen Rotterdam. Demo-ul lansat de trup\xc4\x83 'It's An Ice Cream Day' c\xc3\xa2s\xc8\x99tig\xc4\x83 aten\xc8\x9bia mai multor case de discuri \xc8\x99i de asemeni multe recenzii pozitive din partea presei olandeze.\n_START_SECTION_\n1999\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nRacoon c\xc3\xa2nt\xc4\x83 \xc3\xaen deschiderea festivalului anual Noorderslag. Semneaz\xc4\x83 cu Sony \xc8\x99i la sf\xc3\xa2r\xc8\x99itul anului intr\xc4\x83 \xc3\xaen studio \xc8\x99i \xc3\xaenregistreaz\xc4\x83 albumul de debut.\n_START_SECTION_\n2000\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\n\xc3\x8en ianuarie Racoon c\xc3\xa2nt\xc4\x83 la festivalul Eurosonic din Groningen. \xc3\x8en aceea\xc8\x99i lun\xc4\x83 este lansat mult a\xc8\x99teptatul album de debut 'Till Monkeys Fly', \xc3\xaenregistrat la studiourile ICP \xc3\xaen Bruxelles.\n_START_SECTION_\n2001\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nSingle-urile 'Smoothly' \xc8\x99i 'Eric's Bar' sunt lansate, ce mai t\xc3\xa2rziu sunt incluse pe noul album 'Here We Go, Stereo'.\n_START_SECTION_\n2002\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\n\xc3\x8en februarie Racoon pleac\xc4\x83 \xc3\xaentr-un turneu \xc3\xaen \xc8\x9bar\xc4\x83 cu melodii de pe Faith No More.\n_START_SECTION_\n2003\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nRacoon c\xc3\xa2nt\xc4\x83 la festivalul Europe Day \xc3\xaen Kiev. Alte trupe prezente la festival: Alphaville (Germania), The Blueberries (Danemarca), K-System (Finlanda) \xc8\x99i alte trupe din Polonia, Lituania, Republica Ceh\xc4\x83 \xc8\x99i Ucraina. Festivalul este organizat de Uniunea European\xc4\x83.\n_START_SECTION_\n2004\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nRacoon semneaz\xc4\x83 un contract cu PIAS. Melodia Feel Like Flying ajunge \xc3\xaen topul 100 a celor mai bune melodii pop olandeze.\n_START_SECTION_\n2005\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nRacoon lanseaz\xc4\x83 al treilea album Another Day. Albumul se dovede\xc8\x99te a fi un mare hit, cu single-uri de mare succes ca Love You More, Laugh About It \xc8\x99i Brother.\n_START_SECTION_\n2006\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nTrupa colaboreaz\xc4\x83 cu Armin van Buuren pentru a crea o variant\xc4\x83 trance a hitului lor Love You More. C\xc3\xa2ntecul are succes pe scena trance \xc8\x99i \xc3\xaencepe s\xc4\x83 fie difuzat de numero\xc8\x99i DJ de top."