Hans Bos (vocals/guitar) an Eric Maas (bass guitar) founded the band in August 1990 with Dick Brouwers (hammond organ), Joop Pollet (guitar), Edwin Visser (drums) and Marieke Giessen and Sigrid van Woudenberg as backing singers. The group signed with David A. Stewart's (Eurythmics) 'Anxious Records'. A first EP was released in June 1991 ('Nobody Told You Anything'. Stewart produced their album 'Puur', which was followed by tours through the Netherlands, England (with Shakespears Sister) and Germany (with The Godfathers).
Video clips shot in London ("When Violets Meet", "Strange Flowers") and "Nobody Told You" by A. Swietkowiak/TZAR were all on MTV. Soft Parade was described as 'Velvet Underground meets nineties pop'. Other members: Henk Jonkers, Pascal Vermeer, Titia van Krieken, Marjolein Kempen, Gerben Ibelings, Marc Lamb, Jacques Beljaars, Paul van Weert. 'Running for Love' (1992), a duet with singer Toni Halliday from Curve, was recorded at London's Church Studio.