DJ Panic, born as Dennis Copier in 1975, was hardly 16 when he performed at a dance-party for the first time; back in 1992 he was asked to play at Pompeï, a small youth-club with a capacity of only 250 people in the south of Rotterdam and wasn't so crowded when he began. They were already playing early hardcore, but mainly very inaccessible records. I changed that very rapidly by playing known and more accessible tracks. It worked, as the numbers in attendance increased from 4 to 200 within a month!". The following year, Dennis started working at Mid-Town Records as a sales person in one of the stores; a perfect place to keep track of all the new records and meet the big players in the scene.
A little while later the Forze DJ Team was founded, consisting of DJ Paul Elstak, DJ Lars and DJ Panic. Being a part of the Forze DJ Team lead to an appearance at Terrordome in January 1994 for DJ Panic, who was only 18 years old at that time. "Terrordome was the first big event I played at. I was so nervous before my set because it excited me very much playing for 6.000 ravers. Imagine yourself standing behind the decks in a monstrous hall for the very first time… the buzz it gave me was incredible". The following years, he toured all over Europe, United States and Japan together with Paul Elstak and Lars.
