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Hermanus "Herman" Brood (pronounced "Hairmon Broat" /bro:t/; November 5, 1946 – July 11, 2001) was a Dutch musician, painter, actor, poet and media personality. Initially a musician who achieved artistic and commercial success in the 1970s and 1980s, and called "the Netherlands' greatest and only rock 'n' roll star," later in life he became a well-known painter.
Known for his hedonistic lifestyle of "sex, drugs and rock 'n roll," Brood was an enfant terrible and a cultural figure whose suicide, apparently caused by a failure to kick his drug and alcohol habit, only strengthened his controversial status. His suicide, according to a poll organized to celebrate fifty years of Dutch popular music, was the most significant event in its history.
Herman Brood was born in Zwolle, and started playing the piano at age 12. He founded beat band The Moans in 1964, which would later become Long Tall Ernie and the Shakers. Brood was asked to play with Cuby and the Blizzards, but was removed by management when the record company discovered he used drugs. For a number of years Brood was in jail (for dealing LSD), or abroad, and had a number of short-term engagements (with The Studs, the Flash & Dance Band, Vitesse).
Actors: Andy Nyman (actor), Jean van de Velde (producer), Jean van de Velde (writer), Jean van de Velde (director), Marcel Hensema (actor), Bert Luppes (actor), Denis Wigman (producer), Johan Aders (actor), Daniël Boissevain (actor), Michiel Nooter (actor), Michiel Nooter (actor), Margriet Procee (costume designer), Terry Glinwood (producer), Dennis Overeem (actor), Martijn Nieuwerf (actor),
Plot: Dutch rock singer, junkie and sex addict Herman Brood probably never outgrew his petty native Groningen bars scene, hadn't publican Koos van Dijk neglected his pub and wife to become Brood's devoted manager, even supplying drugs. They form a band, Brood and his Wild Romance, mainly more junk punks, but gradually build a reputation and after replacing the loser musicians launch a record, largely financed by Koos's conservative pa. Now Brood decides to aim for the top, New York's most exclusive club. Nearly Herman is lost to a stable relationship, but an OD saves his career. Koos gets them engaged by a US studio for a tour, but the Yanks plan to take over and Herman surprises everyone.
Keywords: airplane, bare-butt, child-nudity, dancing, drug-use, drugs, female-frontal-nudity, hotel-room, male-frontal-nudity, male-nudityActors: Andy Nyman (actor), Jean van de Velde (producer), Jean van de Velde (writer), Jean van de Velde (director), Marcel Hensema (actor), Bert Luppes (actor), Denis Wigman (producer), Johan Aders (actor), Daniël Boissevain (actor), Michiel Nooter (actor), Michiel Nooter (actor), Margriet Procee (costume designer), Terry Glinwood (producer), Dennis Overeem (actor), Martijn Nieuwerf (actor),
Plot: Dutch rock singer, junkie and sex addict Herman Brood probably never outgrew his petty native Groningen bars scene, hadn't publican Koos van Dijk neglected his pub and wife to become Brood's devoted manager, even supplying drugs. They form a band, Brood and his Wild Romance, mainly more junk punks, but gradually build a reputation and after replacing the loser musicians launch a record, largely financed by Koos's conservative pa. Now Brood decides to aim for the top, New York's most exclusive club. Nearly Herman is lost to a stable relationship, but an OD saves his career. Koos gets them engaged by a US studio for a tour, but the Yanks plan to take over and Herman surprises everyone.
Keywords: airplane, bare-butt, child-nudity, dancing, drug-use, drugs, female-frontal-nudity, hotel-room, male-frontal-nudity, male-nudityHello mamma don't blame me
if I look a lil'
out of control
but life as a Rock 'n Roll idol
is worse than livin'
in a tell tale hole
Last night
as I flew my jet fighter
some ramblin'
jarred upon my ear
Tell me ma
was it plain suspicion
or real lightnin' I did fear
The company
is proud of me
I'm the best sellin'
act around
Talkin' trash to the press
workin' my ass off
from town to town
Hey man take a smoke
take a line
Y'r songs are out a sight
of course we're gonna
make you a star
Don't you worry bout
the copyright
Watch y'r step now
y'r gonna be trapped
in some Rock 'n Roll jive
Y'r gonna be in trouble
Y'r gonna be
buried alive