By Syndicated Content Veteran Dutch band Golden Earring has broken up after 60 years together, Dutch newspaper The rock group, best known in the U.S. for its hits Radar Love and Twilight Zone, decided to call it quits after founding guitarist George Kooymans revealed to his band mates in late 2020 that he was suffering from the degenerative disease ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig s disease. Kooymans confirmed his diagnosis to the newspaper in a phone interview. It s a very bad prognosis and I m not really in the mood to say much about it, he told the paper. I am being treated at the university hospital in Leuven [Netherlands]. That s it. It s a progressive disease. Unfortunately, performing is no longer possible.