Herman Brood
Hermanus (Herman) Brood (born November 5, 1946 in Zwolle , † July 11, 2001 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch blues and rock musician , painter , actor and poet .
Life
Brood got his first piano lessons in 1959, and when he was seventeen he played with the group The Moans . In the same year, 1964, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Arnhem for a few months . He then played with Inspirational Blues Combination before he was pianist in the European blues band Cuby and the Blizzards from 1967 to 1969 and 1974 , a Dutch band founded in 1964 by Harry Muskee (Cuby) in Assen (province of Drenthe) . In 1974 the band broke up. Brood accompanied Eddie Boyd , Van Morrison and John Mayall as pianist . For a short time he appeared with the music group STUD and played with Jan Akkerman under the name Flash & Dance Band and with the group Vitesse , which he left in 1975.
In 1976 he founded his band Herman Brood & His Wild Romance , with whom he had some hit singles, Saturday Night and Still Believe , which made him known beyond his home country in France and Germany. The first successes came with the albums Street (1977) and Shpritsz (1978). In the film "Cha Cha" (1979) he acted with Lene Lovich and Nina Hagen , with whom he was close friends. 20 years later he appeared in the German-language documentary Nina Hagen = Punk + Glory, directed by Peter Sempel . In 1979 Brood toured the United States , where Saturday Night reached a chart position, but success did not last long. His album Go Nutz , released in the USA in 1979 , had hardly any response, not even in the Netherlands. The song Saturday Night became his first big hit. Others were Never Be Clever and I Love You Like I Love myself . In 1984 he came out with his remarkable album The Brood . Two years later he appeared in the theater production Kamikaze in the Netherlands and in Germany in the film Stadtrand by Volker Führer. In 1985 he married and had two daughters ("Popinstituut", Netherlands). In the 1980s and 1990s Brood made a name for himself mainly as a painter, draftsman and author, although he continued to give regular concerts. In the late 1980s Brood recorded the album Freeze with E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons . Since the expected success did not materialize, he withdrew from music and devoted himself to painting. In early 1999 he was arrested for illegal possession of weapons. He recorded his new CD Back on the Corner with various musicians in the "Wisseloord Studios", as well as songs by his role models Duke Ellington and Cole Porter .
Brood was addicted to alcohol and drugs for many years , which is also reflected in his songs ( Dope sucks , Rock'n'Roll Junkie ). He painted his pictures in bright colors in the tradition of the Cobra Museum art gallery in Amstelveen . He left behind over 5000 pictures that he painted between 1985 and 2001. In his diary he describes his life at “fast pace”, as the titles of some essays reflect, Leven as een Lavastroom (“Living like a lava flow”), Schilderen as een Straaljager (“Painting like a jet fighter”). The editor of the diary, Jan Donia, calls Herman Brood a " legend of his time ". At the end of 2001, a wax figure of him was made at Madame Tussaud and, at Brood's express request, it was placed next to the figure of Elvis Presley .
On July 11, 2001, Brood committed suicide by jumping from the roof of the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel. His suicide note said that a life without drugs did not seem worth living to him. Literally read: “I don't feel like it anymore. Maybe I'll see you around. ”A few months before his suicide , shortly after the recordings for his last CD “ Ciao Monkey ”, Brood had undergone a final detox, which was necessary because years of drug use had damaged his body beyond repair. Brood's version of Frank Sinatra's My Way was played at his funeral, released as a single, and a few weeks later the song was number 1 in the Dutch Top 40 . The documentary Rock 'n Roll Junkie by Jan Eilander about the eventful life of Herman Brood was released again. In 2001 a tribute to Hermann Brood was held in the Amsterdam rock temple Paradiso , with Nina Hagen performing.
Seven years after his death, a still unknown song was released by him in 2008, which he had written with the rapper MC Drama in 1998: Papa komt vanavond niet thuis ("Papa is not coming home tonight"). The film Wild Romance was released on November 5, 2006 and describes Herman Brood's first five years as a musician. Brood's studio at Spui in Amsterdam was closed in April 2008. At the Nederpop music festival in 2009, the public voted Brood's suicide as the most significant event in the history of Nederpop .
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 NL
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| Herman Brood & His Wild Romance | |||
| 1978 | Shpritsz |
NL6th  (44 weeks)NL |
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| Cha Cha |
NL2 (27 weeks)NL |
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| 1979 | Go Nutz |
NL4 (12 weeks) NL |
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| 1984 | The Brood |
NL13 (14 weeks) NL |
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| 1988 | Yada Yada |
NL12 (13 weeks) NL |
|
| 1989 | Hooks |
NL43 (7 weeks) NL |
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| 1990 | Freeze |
NL79 (4 weeks) NL |
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| Herman Brood | |||
| 1979 | Cha Cha OST |
NL28 (5 weeks) NL |
with Nina Hagen & Lene Lovich
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| 1980 | Wait a minute ... |
NL30 (2 weeks) NL |
|
| 1994 | Fresh poison |
NL48 (6 weeks) NL |
|
| 1996 | 50 The Soundtrack |
NL9  (16 weeks)NL |
Tribute album on the occasion of Brood's 50th birthday, duets with various guests
|
| 1999 | Back on the corner |
NL5 (29 weeks)NL |
with Jan Menu
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| 2000 | Ciao Monkey |
NL36 (8 weeks) NL |
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| 2006 | Final |
NL51 (5 weeks) NL |
|
Other albums
Herman Brood & His Wild Romance
- 1977: Street
- 1981: Modern Times Revive
- 1982: Frisz & Sympatisz
Live albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
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NL
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| Herman Brood & His Wild Romance | |||
| 1992 | Saturday Night Live! |
NL40 (7 weeks) NL |
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| Herman Brood | |||
| 1985 | Stage addiction |
NL30 (3 weeks) NL |
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Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
|
NL
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| Herman Brood & His Wild Romance | |||
| 1992 | Saturday Night 1975-1984 |
NL54 (6 weeks) NL |
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| Herman Brood | |||
| 1997 | 20 Years Of Rock'n'Roll |
NL5 (21 weeks) NL |
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| 2001 | My Way - The Hits |
NL5 (57 weeks)NL |
|
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
NL
|
 BE F
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| Herman Brood & His Wild Romance | ||||
| 1978 | Saturday Night Shpritsz |
NL23 (6 weeks) NL |
BE F20 (2 weeks) BE F |
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| Still believe cha cha |
NL30 (6 weeks) NL |
- | ||
| 1979 | Never be clever |
NL9 (9 weeks) NL |
- | |
| I Love You Like I Love Myself Go Nutz |
NL13 (6 weeks) NL |
- | ||
| 1980 | Hot Shot Go Us |
NL11 (7 weeks) NL |
BE F15 (6 weeks) BE F |
|
| I Don't Need You Go Nutz |
NL33 (3 weeks) NL |
- | ||
| 1984 | Tattoo song The Brood |
NL23 (5 weeks) NL |
- | |
| 1988 | Sleepin Bird Yada Yada |
NL27 (4 weeks) NL |
- | |
| Herman Brood | ||||
| 1980 | Hot shot |
NL10 (6 weeks) NL |
- |
with Henny Vrienten
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| 1984 | Than ever wint |
- |
BE F22 (4 weeks) BE F |
with Henny Vrienten
|
| 1996 | 50 years |
NL33 (3 weeks) NL |
- |
with Henny Vrienten
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| 2001 | My way |
NL1 (10 weeks) NL |
- | |
| 2006 | Saturday night |
NL35 (4 weeks) NL |
- |
vs. Armin van Buuren
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| De Breedbekkikkers | ||||
| 1979 | Maak Van Uw Scheet Een Donderslag! |
NL17 (7 weeks) NL |
- | |
Exhibitions
- 2002: The Cobra Museum in Amstelveen opened the first exhibition about Brood's paintings and photos from 1985 to 2001.
- 2005: The Herman Brood Museum was founded in Wageningen in December . The museum has the largest collection of paintings, drawings, and screen prints.
- 2006: On May 16, the Herman Brood Assembly Hall was opened in the Amsterdam Public Library by Bart Chabot and Jules Deelder . The Herman Brood Academie started in Utrecht in September, it is the first music education for beginners. On November 5th an exhibition was held in the rock art gallery in Hoek van Holland under the title Brood's leven , as a musician and painter. From November 5, 2006 to January 28, 2007 the rock art gallery, opened in Hoek van Holland, will now be exhibited in the Groninger Museum . Cha Cha, Fenomeen Herman Brood (Cha Cha. Phenomenon Herman Brood) is the new title of the exhibition. She concentrated on Brood's studio where he made his paintings, wrote texts and composed music.
- 2017: Opening of the Herman Brood Museum in his hometown Zwolle.
Movies
- Cha Cha , feature film, Netherlands 1979. Directed by Herbert Curiel
- Outskirts , feature film, Germany 1988. Directed by Volker Führer
- Total Love , movie. Israel 2000
- Rock 'N Roll Junkie , documentary about Herman Brood
- Wild Romance , about the first five years by H. Brood, 2006
- Herman Brood Uncut , Unknown footage from the life of H. Brood, 2006
Works
- love blood bath , Revonnah Verlag, Hanover, ISBN 3-927715-23-9 .
- Lief Bloedbad , Diary of H. Brood, edited by Jan Donia. De Buurvrouw publishing house, 1994. ISBN 90-75207-01-8 .
- Woedend licht , Coach Art publishing house, Amsterdam 2000.
literature
- Anton Corbijn (photos), Theo Stokking (text), Herman Brood, Herman Brood and his Romance . Verlag de Gooise Uitgeverij, Bussum 1979. ISBN 90-269-8084-1 .
- Jan Eilander, rock 'n roll junkie: over Herman Brood . Prometheus Verlag, Amsterdam 1994. ISBN 90-351-1565-1 .
- Martin Bril, Herman Brood, Brood . De Verbeelding publishing house, Amsterdam 2001. ISBN 90-74159-38-9 .
- Bart Chabot, Brood en spelen . Verlag Nijgh en van Ditmar, Amsterdam 2002. ISBN 90-388-1408-9 .
- Brigitte Tast, Hans-Juergen Tast “be bop” - Wilhelmshöhe rocks. Disco and concerts in Hell, Verlag Gebrüder Gerstenberg GmbH & Co. KG, Hildesheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-8067-8589-0 .
- Brigitte Tast, Hans-Juergen Tast: "be bop" - Rock Temple & Night Asylum - Volume 2 to the legend , Verlag Gebrüder Gerstenberg & Co. KG, Hildesheim 2009. ISBN 978-3-8067-8733-7 .
- Brigitte Tast, Hans-Juergen Tast Herman Brood. The lady killer in "be bop", Kulleraugen-Verlag, Schellerten 2016, ISBN 978-3-88842-049-8 .
Web links
- Website about Herman Brood (English and Dutch)
- Herman Brood Museum About art, music, exhibitions
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short biography ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Dutch, accessed June 11, 2009
- ↑ Herman Brood (1946–2001) ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from Popinstitut.nl ; Dutch. Retrieved June 11, 2009
- ↑ Universiteitskrant ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated November 2, 2006, No. 9; Dutch. Retrieved June 10, 2009
- ↑ See this in German: liebes blutbad and in Dutch: Lief Bloedbad
- ^ Volkskrant-Archief. Tribute to Herman Brood . Dutch; Retrieved June 10, 2009
- ↑ About the movie Wild Romance ; Dutch. Retrieved June 17, 2009
- ↑ a b c d Chart sources: Albums NL Singles NL BEF
- ↑ a b Awards for Music Sales: NL
- ↑ 45 paintings and some drawings . Dutch, accessed February 24, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brood, Herman |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brood, Hermanus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch blues and rock musician, painter, actor and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zwolle , Holland |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 11, 2001 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |