Herman Brood & His Wild Romance

For other uses, see Wild Romance.

Wild Romance, also known as The Wild Romance, but best known as Herman Brood & his Wild Romance[1] was the backing band of Dutch singer-pianist Herman Brood.

While labeled as a new wave band, the director of Wild Romance's record label, Ariola, disputed this categorization when first promoting the band to the American audience in 1979, saying it came about "because he [Brood]'s a European artist".[1]

The band was formed in 1976 in Groningen and had various lineups. It takes it name from the line "...and I lost my mind in a wild romance" from the song Lost Mind, by American jazz and blues singer Mose Allison; both Brood and manager Koos van Dijk being fans of Allison.

The best known lineup of the band, which lasted between November 1977 and October 1979, was:

Following this a number of musicians, including Bertus Borgers on saxophone, joined,left and rejoined the band, however the success of the late 1970s was never repeated.

Band personnel

The major incarnations of the band were:-

Initial line up

The first incarnation of the band was:

Shpritsz

In 1978, at around the time of the Shpritsz tour, the line up was:

This incarnation of Herman Brood & his Wild Romance scored the hits "Saturday Night", "Still Believe" (with Bertus Borgers on saxophone), "Never Be Clever" and "I Love You Like I Love Myself". Albums Shpritsz and Cha Cha from 1978 were certified gold and platinum respectively, with the platinum disc for Cha Cha being presented to Brood by celebrity bank robber Aage Meinesz.

Meerman was replaced in October 1979 by Peter Walrecht. In 1981 Lademacher was replaced by David Hollestelle, who was in turn replaced by Erwin Java. In 1983 Renee Lopez joined the band as the new bassist.

Circa 1986

1986 saw the return of Lademacher and the line up at this time was:

Last incarnation

The last incarnation of the band from 1993 to 2001 consisted of:

Related acts

In 1982 Cees "Ani" Meerman and Fred Van Kampen formed the band "The Managers".

In 2010 former band members, Dany Lademacher and Ruud Englebert, formed a band using the name "Lost in Romance", in mid-2011 this was simplified to just "The Romance". The line up in 2010 was:

Discography

Albums

DVDs

DVDs Chart position in the Dutch DVD Top 30YearChartedHighest chart positionTotal number of weeksNotes
Live at Rockpalast 1978 + 19902012May 4, 2012155with Herman Brood

References

External links

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