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Herman Brood (Zwolle, November 5, 1946 – Amsterdam, July 11, 2001) was a Dutch musician, painter and media personality. Brood was the Dutch personification of sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll.

After playing piano in Cuby and the Blizzards and several other bands since 1964, Brood started his own group, Herman Brood & His Wild Romance, in 1977. The band had their first hit single, Saturday night, in 1978. But even more than his music, it was his outspoken statements in the press about sex and drug use that brought Herman Brood into the public arena in the Netherlands. In the early 1980s he was romantically involved with the German artist Nina Hagen, with whom he appeared in the film Cha Cha. Brood relished the media attention and became the most famous hard drug user in the Netherlands. “It is usual that an artist uses drugs, but tells everybody he doesn’t”, he once said in an interview. “I admit that it scared me that my popularity could make people start using drugs.” In the 1990s he took up painting and became as successful as a painter as he was as a musician.

With the band ‘Herman Brood & His Wild Romance’ he made his best known album ‘Shpritsz’ (a play on the German word for injection needle), containing anti-drug use songs like ‘Dope Sucks’, but also ‘Saturday night’. Brood swore off most drugs, reducing his drug use to alcohol and a daily shot of speed.
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  • amoebaturd

    Het is toch ook gebaseerd op tags? en misschien ook wel op de groepen? dus als er 'dutch' in de tags staat komt al gauw de dijk en zo bij de similar artists.

    December 2011
  • Fatbirdsdontfly

    Ik heb altijd begrepen dat de Smiliar artist worden berekend naar de smaak van zijn listeners. Dus het is 'onze' eigen schuld.

    June 2011
  • Comicbase

    R.I.P., Rock 'n' Roll Junkie.

    March 2011
  • justinhale

    ik mis herman

    April 2010
  • radio-tractore

    Golden Earring komt nog aardig in de buurt, maar 'het goede doel' ..? no way

    October 2009
  • Esuda

    Hermand is echt geniaal. Als hij nog leefde had ik graag een keer met hem gechilld :)

    July 2009
  • Mandarijntjee

    Wat een geniale rock & roll heeft deze man toch gemaakt zeg.

    May 2009
  • thetrogg

    impressive

    March 2009
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