Herman Brood

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 habit2 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 shortterm 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 Corbijncitation 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