Herman Brood & His Wild Romance - Saturday Night - Live At Rockpalast (live video)
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2016
- ROCK ’N ‘ ROLL JUNKIE
The rise and fall of a Dutch icon: HERMAN BROOD - 1946-2001
Ten years ago, in July 2001, the Dutch musician, painter and media personality HERMAN BROOD put an end to his life by jumping from the roof of the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel. To many, his suicide was the most significant event in the history of Dutch pop music of the 20th century.
Ten years without BROOD, but he still lives on: His music, an impressive art collection and, last but not least, the story of his life, have made him immortal. HERMAN BROOD (1946-2001) was an “enfant terrible” and a cultural figure whose suicide only strengthened his controversial status. According to his friends, he could not cope with his failure to kick his drug and alcohol habit. Herman was called “the Netherlands’ greatest and only rock ‘n’ roll star.” Later in life he became also a well-known painter. He set up his atelier in Amsterdam, and it became his second home.
HERMAN BROOD was born on November 5, 1946 in Zwolle in the eastern part of Holland. In 1959 the Dutch ‘icon to be’ got his first piano lessons. In school he was rather slow. He was more into playing the piano at his father’s abandoned factory building. The young HERMAN BROOD went to the art academy in Arnhem in 1964 where he started his first band, The Moans. During their numerous gigs for American military in Western Germany, a soldier offered him speed (amphetamine). This was the moment when BROOD knew: This is it. It was the beginning of an addiction that never stopped.
In 1967, BROOD switched from The Moans to Cuby and the Blizzards. “It was the best I could get into,” Brood said some years later in an interview. ”It was the first time in my life I was on record.” In this period, BROOD had a short relationship from which his son Marcel was born in 1968. Then his record company found out about his drug addiction and he was kicked out of the band. A hard blow for his career and a rough time followed. Burglaries and drug dealing earned him several terms in prison.
Crucial Encounter
In 1976, Brood’s career took a turn, when he met Koos van Dijk, the owner of a bar in Winschoten near the city of Groningen.
Koos van Dijk invited the artist to perform at his bar, and it was a great success. Subsequently, van Dijk became BROOD’s manager, and in the same year BROOD started his own group, HERMAN BROOD & HIS WILD ROMANCE. In 1977, the band released their first album, Street. They are still best known for their second album, Shpritsz, a pun on the German word for syringe from 1978. This album contained their first Dutch hit single, “Saturday Night”.
BROOD’s outspoken statements in the press about sex and drug use brought him into the Dutch public arena even more than his music. He was romantically involved with the German singer Nina Hagen, with whom he appeared in the 1979 film “Cha-Cha”. He is also reputed to be the subject of her song “Herrmann hieß er” (Herrmann was his name), a song about a drug addict, from the 1979 Unbehagen album. BROOD relished the media attention and became the most famous user of hard drugs in the Netherlands. “It is quite common for an artist to use drugs, but not for him to tell everybody. I admit that I was afraid that my popularity could make people start using drugs,” he once said in an interview. In the summer of 1979, BROOD managed to enter the American market, where he toured as a support act for The Kinks, The Cars and Foreigner. A re-recorded version of “Saturday Night” peaked at number 18 in the Billboard Hot 100, they had a national break-out and even made it into the Hawaiian Top Ten, but the big break BROOD had hoped for didn’t happen.
Bad Times
When BROOD returned to the Netherlands in October 1979, his band had already begun to fall apart, and soon his popularity went downhill. Brood continued to record throughout the 1980’s and had a few hits, but he spent more and more time on his art.
At the end of the 1980’s he made a comeback of sorts. He toured Germany with a renewed Wild Romance. In 1990, he won the BV pop award, one of the highest Dutch awards for popular music, and recorded the album Freeze with Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band and Tejano accordion player Flaco Jiménez. 
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Mis je goser,je bent een legend, voor eeuwig in onze warme harten❤
Ja, wat een mooie tijd was dat toen. Manager Koos altijd weer proberen hem op het podium te lokken, en zeker de bombitaas . Meer Rock&roll heb ik daarna nooit zo meer gezien , ok, behalve gruppo &claw boys claw.
Echt he❤❤❤❤
I’m currently staying at the Hilton Amsterdam. I’m from the states and never knew of Herman Brood. My Uber driver told me about him last night. I was 13 when he died, but here I am listening to his music in the same hotel he jumped from. I wish I had heard of him earlier.
His band, Wild Romance, is still playing gigs in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. So, check out the concert calendar if you’re here next time.
Years after his passing, this performance still has that pop.
Sadly never gained popularity in the UK but I've loved his music since I first heard him in 78 & now have his art on my wall. I love that he's a true icon over in the Netherlands & beyond
There is a saying amongst some of my Brood friends it goes like this.... Give us our daily Brood. I've seen him several times. Believe it or not most times he was great even when he was "out" of it. 🍞
@@andrewvanderklugt9684 You have indeed lived in fortunate times
I agree, and he was a very charismatic person, it was also a gentle soul, a honest human being, no cruelty inside him.
I love that music yes Rock'n'Roll
@@parisinicola9343 Yes and that's what we love!True Rock'n'Roll!🤘🏻😻
1998 hatte ich noch das Vergnügen, diese Band mit Herman Brood in Kiel live zu erleben. Ein Concert, dass unvergesslich geblieben ist, sehr skurill sein Auftritt, am Tropf hängend absolvierte er den Auftritt. Seine Musik kannte ich natürlich schon Jahrzehnte und bin froh, ihn noch einmal erleben zu dürfen R.I.P. in a better world----
I remember hearing this on an FM station in Houston. And bought the record.
Herman ❤️ er hat mir 50 Rosen geschenkt zu seinem eigenen Geburtstag... Das werde ich nie vergessen..
Have loved this one ever since it was first released in the States. Fantastic song with a compelling, edgy riff and featuring top flight work by the late great Herman Brood and the excellent Dany Lademacher. Thanks for posting & cheers from here in Nashville, TN ...
❤❤❤ love Hermann brood.
Also, Respekt Niederlande, ihr habt echte Knallerbands am Start gehabt....Einfach nur stark....
Ich liebe Nina Hagen, Kraftwerk and Grumpy. Ganz gut und sehr toll.
Einen danke aus die NL
1978 - Norderney (BRD) - I danced 12 days every night at the best dance club of the Island - remember as it was yesterday 🤘🏿
One of the greatest of all time... RIP Herman (1946-2001)
Yes indeed!
today 20 years
He died the exact day I was born
Herman Brood Rock 'n Roll ! R.I.P ONVERGETELIJK ❤ ( 5 MEI 2021)
The Immortal Herman Xx
Our most beloved rock n roll junkie. :)
X XL
2021 Herman is nog steeds hier....
This song is a masterpiece.
Herman bro real legend
I met him once when he was painting, he was a great artist musically and artistically
Aad also a very sweet guy!
A reason why i love music
What a great song!
Very good story, thank you! I saw him in TV at the age of 13, it was good! But there was no memory!
Nina Hagen brings me back to this wonderful artist!
R,I,P,CIAO HERMAN....
Play this song all the time since I first heard it in 1980, awesome stuff
What a great Artist & Band forever!...saw him & musicians & meisjes more than 12 Times live...part of my life!....
I love this song ! Wild Romance 4 ever
MISS YOU , LOVE LOVE LOVE
"De Koning van de Rock 'n Roll"
Vet nummer. Maar ik ben blij dat ik niet dezelfde producten heb geconsumeerd op zaterdagavond. Ze zeggen wel eens: live fast, die young. Nou hij heeft het nog een aardig tijdje uitgehouden vergeleken bij de mede-muzikanten uit mijn jeugd maar ik betreur het dat hij een oude dag is onthouden waarin hij berustend heeft terug kunnen genieten van zijn waanzinnige successen.
I agree 💯 % Kees 🤗
vandaag was het
Best ever!!
Danny Lademacher's guitar work is tight and outstanding.
seen him on a dreary rainy Monday night in some ssssh.. youth club , the ceiling just over his head , he sang and played as if his life depended on it .... legend
you love him or you hate him...I LOVE HIM
Me,too! 🥰
We all love him and when he did Nena the love stars shined like Jesus was born.
Saw him in the 80's. Briljant! The last concert held in the Stokvis Hall, Arnhem. The ols Stokvis hall was broken off.
oH this guy was a great musician (and unfortunately a meth and heroin shooter), like so many in this crazy generation!
Saw him live in the Paradiso in Amsterdam and after the show we made a nice interview with him and the band....
Same night I saw him again in the Odeon Club full of a hell lot of stimulants, he didn´t remember much.... I felt so sorry....
Thank you Herman for this great moments full of fantastic music!
He shot speed.
@@pietjeplatzak1656 I know, but if you take speed in the right way (small dosis) it´s a good thing for your creativity....
Anyway, i feel so sorry for Herman - RIP
He played the youth centre in our little village in Drenthe.
First time I saw them was in early eighties in a small club in the east of the netherlands. I was 12 or 13, haha. Last time I saw them live was in the early nineties in Zwolle of all places. Herman showed up about 1,5 hours late and only performed for 30 minutes. I missed the train back home that evening but it was all worth it.
Same age for me haha, except it was in Amsterdam, Jaap Eden hall 🤩
@@MMelanie963 geweldig
Borger, de Boerderij. I was 15
Oldenzaal? Daar heeft hij in de jaren tachtig verschillende keren gespeeld. De naam van die zaal weet ik niet meer, was vlakbij de Plechelmus.
great song, great write up, thanks for sharing!
Herman hat bei uns in unser Musikkneipe 1982 und 1983 gespiel und Kos van Deik ist alsManger auch top gewesen
Top Song!
This guy really made a groundbreaking impact.
hij was zo goed herman brood
Great artist jumped for joy .
Habe Hermann mit wild Romanze mehrmals gesehen,dany ist ein super Gitarrist ,heute noch
Gaaf! Bedankt!....
Great tune. 👍
Beside Herman Brood I am also a big fan of "Gang of Four". Their album " Entertainment!"is brilliant
Herman ,herman
Ik heb verschillende optredens gezien van Herman Brood. Allemaal vanaf 1986. Een stuk of 15. Tuinfeest Nirwana alsmede de Kermis daarzo in een tent bij Cafe de Babbelaar was 100% top. Maar oh oh soms zo slecht. Zo onder invloed op het podium. Maar hij blijft een van mijn helden.
I've seen him alive !!
I saw him perform at Paard van Troy in Den Haag 1980 or 81 when I lived over there for a year. Part of my six and a half year OE away from NZ back in the day.
Underrated
Did my time. Can't believe I'm still alive. Want to express that.
Weltklasse
Hyde Park in Osnabrück, Weihnachten war gerettet.
You don't understand a single bit of the lyrics but damn what a great tune!!!!
Bedankt Herman brood Bedankt
Saw him in '79 open for The Kinks. Good times.
Mister genius himself
Helaas+ Maar Fantastisch. UIT ❤
Anger, love, frustration
r.i.p. Herman
Was in the Jaap Eden hall at age 12 when I saw him live with a mate of mine of the same age... we went backstage and I got him to put his signature on my arm with permanent marker 🤩 then, to be ‘smart’ I took a photo of my arm by itself as proof for future reference, can’t see it’s me haha hahahahaha 😂🤣😂🤣
Just thinking 🤔 that was 40 years ago....L🤪L... such a great artist and memories... miss that time... the 80’s in Amsterdam were fantastic 🤩
@@MMelanie963 today so many years ago took his life today loved that rough voice
@@willemh3319 yes I know he took his own life, however, I didn’t know it was this day exactly, thank you for sharing 🙏
This guy is brilliant! My Dutch friend recommended him, soooo good. But this is the good thing about guyz like him because he's cult figure and that's what makes him even more personal to us! BTW spreading the word, but you guys should listen to John Martyn, an amazing Scottish folk singer
Just like it👯♀️
Rocker✨✨✨
Saw them many years ago in a bar in Edam. They blew the roof off the place!
I have seen them playing the roof off, but I have also been at a concert (in the 1980s) where he was utterly uninspired. But still one of the best! My teenage room had all walls decorated with Herman Brood and his Wild Romance souvenirs. Sadly most are gone (stupid me).
Brood is great
Discovered him from a poster in the background in a scene from the movie “SCANNERS”
Me too
Gouden tijden🔥🔥🔥
#thesanitymachine
🔥🖤🔥
only 75k views unbelievable
Geil, ich weiß wohl noch: Legendär bei uns in Linteln
Ich fand ihn einfach supi...
Superhit. Herman 😘🌈🌈🌈🎸❤️🌈🌈🌈
Underground Rocker✨☯️🐺
Superhit 🌈🌈🎸😘😘🎸🎸❤️🎹🎤🎷💋
I slept on this way too hard
Herman je brood leeft nog .
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In den Achtzigern regelmäßig im Hyde Park in Osnabrück zu Gast
vrije vloer utreg met lademacher TOP
De man die Nina Hagen beminde. En nog veeeeel meer mooie dingen deed en maakte in zijn bijzondere leven. Een parel in de Nederlandse geschiedenis.
Held
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02-December-2023
Zaterdag 02-December-2023
He comitted suicide by jumping of the Hilton Hotel at Amsterdam 10 floors high around 30 meters completely wasted. Its a shame for such a multi talent.
Maybe he was in a Cocain maniac moment ? He was a drug user from hard stuff, do you know that ?
@@ronaldpetterson4226 We know he was a drug addict, that is the first thing that i was reffering too. A shame that the drugs wasted his brilliant mind. The last performances of Herman Brood was hard to watch because i felt so sorry for him and his childeren. It reminds me how fucked up you can get when you become a drugs junkie, so don't do drugs. It shouted that message to me.
@@ronaldpetterson4226 No, he was not. He took a clear decission to end his live.
@@ronaldpetterson4226 cocain? you mean crystal m 🤨 big difference
😍👍👍❤️
Listening em in Alphen now
🎻Wauw🐬
When you act like one finally you will be one.
I'll never forget Herman Brood being booed off stage opening for The Kinks. Thankfully, "Johnny Cougar" at that time-John Mellencamp replaced the dismal act for the rest of the tour, honing his performance skills and launching his career. Thanks Ray and Dave!
Former cuby and the blizzards, kwality blues band
Heel erg dat hy er niet meer is goed geluid zeg,
Heer R. en R. Junkie, in action.
Das war einmal!
Herrrmannnn, woooo bist duuuuu????
op qobus aan het luisteren
nu
ach
geloof me
herman leeft
Bad Ass
Ik mis je...
In hun beste line up
Onsterfelijk - Immortal
Ik mis hem …….
goed