 They changed their name to The Incrowd (after the Ramsey Lewis song) before discovering that name was already taken.Finally they settled on the name Ekseption in 1967.The group played jazz, pop and R&B covers, but in 1969, shortly after keyboardist Rick van der Linden joined, they were impressed by a gig of The Nice, and van der Linden decided to concentrate on producing classical rock, modern re-interpretations of classical works for rock band.