Career
He is best known as the drummer of the Dutch rock band, Golden Earring, a position he has held since 1970. When Zuiderwijk was twelve he started playing the guitar, but switched to drums two years later. He has been a drummer in a number of bands.
His high school band René & His Alligators, plus Hu & The Hilltops and Livin" Blues.
He was asked to replace Golden Earring drummer Sieb Warner in 1970. Zuiderwijk is known to add a drum solo to each performance, which he concluded by launching himself over his drum kit.
In September 1992, Zuiderwijk and his Golden Earring bandmates joined at least a thousand other drummers to play "Radar Love" on the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam. In 1999 he was invited by War Child to teach children in the Bosnian town Mostar, to play drums.
The theatre show "Alle gekheid met een stokje" consisted of sketches, drum escapades and stories.
In 2014, Zuiderwijk was asked by Veronica DJ Silvan Stoet to attend the Spring Rhythm Event organized by the DJ and the dutch Longfonds organization.