Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-11-05

Place of Birth

Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands

Herman Brood

Biography

Hermanus "Herman" Brood (Dutch pronunciation: [ɦɛrˈmaːnɵs ˈɦɛrmɑn ˈbroːt]; 5 November 1946 – 11 July 2001) was a Dutch musician and painter. As a musician he achieved artistic and commercial success in the 1970s and 1980s, and was called "the greatest and only Dutch rock 'n' roll star". Later in life he started a successful career as a painter. Known for his hedonistic lifestyle of "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll", Brood was an enfant terrible and a cultural figure whose suicide by jumping from a hotel roof, apparently influenced by a failure to kick his drug and alcohol habit,[2] strengthened his controversial status; according to a poll organized to celebrate fifty years of Dutch popular music, it 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). In 1976, Brood started his own group, Herman Brood & His Wild Romance, (and started work with photographer Anton Corbijn)[citation needed] initially with Ferdi Karmelk (guitar), Gerrit Veen (bass), Peter Walrecht (drums), and Ellen Piebes and Ria Ruiters (vocals). They played the club and bar circuit, first in Groningen (the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands.) In 1977 the band released their first album, Street. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known for

Unknown Brood

“When I do my suicide for you, I hope you’ll miss me too,” Herman Brood sang in “Rock ‘n’ Roll Junkie” – just one of many announcements of his own death Brood worked into his songs. It’s a subject Brood, who jumped off the roof of the Amsterdam Hilton 15 years ago, often sang about. In Unknown Brood, a whole range of people look back on the rock and roller’s turbulent life, including fellow musicians, his manager, a former girlfriend, photographer Anton Corbijn, Brood’s wife and their daughter. Video footage shot by Brood himself and never seen before is intercut with a rich collection of archive material, including a humorous clip of Brood barking the Dutch national anthem. His sister Beppie Brood stresses her brother’s split personality: on the one hand the shy, vulnerable man wary of other people, and on the other the one who played Herman Brood – an extravagant, hedonistic junkie and rock and roll star.

Little Sister

After several years without contact, Martijn visits his sister Daantje, who just started to live on her own in Amsterdam. He tells her he is going to make a documentary from her life, and enters her home life with a video camera.

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Rock 'n Roll Junkie

Rock 'n Roll Junkie is a documentary about the extraordinary life of dutch rock 'n roll myth and personification of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll Herman Brood.

Back to the 80's 1980

This is one of the 14 of a 14 DVD/CD box. All the Top 80'S hit songs video clips. Tracklist 1 – Earth And Fire Weekend 2 – Diana Ross My Old Piano 3 – Freddie Aguilar Anak 4 – Goombay Dance Band Sun Of Jamaica 5 – Lipps, Inc. Funky Town 6 – Doris D And The Pins Shine Up 7 – Kate Bush Babooshka 8 – Johnny Logan What's Another Year 9 – Sugarhill Gang Rapper's Delight 10 – Kool & The Gang Celebration 11 – The Nolans I'm In The Mood For Dancing 12 – Gibson Brothers Que Sera Mi Vida 13 – Godley & Creme An Englishman In New York 14 – Sniff 'n' the Tears Driver's Seat 15 – Kelly Marie Feels Like I'm In Love 16 – Janis Ian Fly Too High 17 – Spargo You And Me 18 – Herman Brood & His Wild Romance Hot Shot 19 – Robert Palmer Johnny And Mary 20 – Barbara Dickson January, February

Knockin' on Herman's Door

Documentary about the tempestuous music scene of Amsterdam during the late ’70s and early ’80s, consisting of never-before-seen recordings of Herman Brood songs as well as the chaotic shoots for the film Cha Cha (1979), starring Herman Brood and Nina Hagen. Also features recordings of bands such as White Honey and The Streetbeats (with Jan Rot), The Meteors, and many others.

Ikbenwiedu

Total Love

Three friends concoct the ultimate love drug, TLV, and fall in love with the same woman, Renana. Years later, Renana's ex-lovers team up to rescue her from an Indian prison.

Herman Brood & His Wild Romance: Live and More

3 DVD box with 12 p. booklet containing fragments from the books about Herman Brood by Bart Chabot (in Dutch). DVD 1 & 2 contain the same footage as on this release Herman Brood & His Wild Romance - Live At Rockpalast 1978 + 1990. Disc 1: Concert for ‘Rockpalast’ on December 9th, 1978 at Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany. Disc 2: Concert for ‘Rockpalast’ on December 11th, 1990 at Live Music Hall, Cologne/Köln, Germany. Disc 3: Extras; footage from newsitems and older documentaries.

Kunst.... Begin drrr niet an

A documentary about the painter Herman Brood.

Herman Brood Uncut

This documentary was made with the huge amount of material that was left over after the montage of 'Rock 'n Roll Junkie (1994)'. It is uncut and unpolished: Herman Brood at his most honest, walking through his hometown, working in his atelier, in the studio and during interviews.

Anton Corbijn: Geen Stil Leven

Documentary about the life and works of Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn.

Cha-Cha

Bank robber Herman Brood becomes a rock and roll star with the help of Nina Hagen and Lene Lovich.