Biography

Herman Brood (pronounced "Broat" /bro:t/; Zwolle, November 5, 1946 – Amsterdam, July 11, 2001) was a Dutch musician, painter and media personality. Brood was the Dutch personification of sex and drugs and rock 'n roll. Image File history File links Herman_brood. ... Image File history File links Herman_brood. ... For other places named Zwolle, see Zwolle (disambiguation). ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°54′E 52°22′N Website www. ... July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... A painter is a person who paints woodwork, walls, etc. ... It has been suggested that prosopopoeia be merged into this article or section. ...

After playing piano in Cuby and the Blizzards and several other bands since 1964, Brood started his own group, Herman Brood and 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 made Herman Brood famous in the Netherlands. For a while in the early Eighties he was romantically involved with similarly outrageous German artist, Nina Hagen, with whom he appeared together in the movie Cha Cha. Brood relished the media attention and became the most famous hard drug user of the Netherlands. In the 1990s he took up painting and became as successful as a painter as he was as a musician. This article is about the modern musical instrument. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Recreational drug use is the use of psychoactive drugs for recreational rather than medical or spiritual purposes, although the distinction is not always clear. ... Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends Computers, technology Bulletin board system popularity Popularization of personal computers, Walkmans, VHS videocassette recorders, and compact disc (CD) players Home video games become enormously popular, most notably Atari until the market crashes in 1983; the rise of Nintendo brings about... Artist is a descriptive term applied to a person who engages in an activity deemed to be an art. ... Nina Catharina Hagen is a singer from East Berlin, Germany. ... The term Hard drugs is only loosely defined but generally refers to illegal drugs that lead to physical addiction, as opposed to soft drugs, such as cannabis (marijuana / hashish), that are generally viewd as only psychologically addictive. ... The nineties is a decade common to a number of centuries. ...

With the band 'Herman Brood and his Wild Romance' he made his best known album 'Schpritz' (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. When in 2001, he found out that he had only a few months left to live, Herman took matters into his own hands and, depressed by the failure of his drug rehabilitation programme, committed suicide on July 11 by jumping off the Amsterdam Hilton at the age of 54. In general usage, alcohol (from Arabic al-ghawl الغول) refers almost always to ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, and often to any beverage that contains ethanol (see alcoholic beverage). ... It has been suggested that Dextroamphetamine be merged into this article or section. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life; it is sometimes a noun for one who has committed or attempted the act. ... July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°54′E 52°22′N Website www. ... Categories: Companies traded on NYSE | Corporation stubs | Fortune 500 companies | Hotels | Companies based in California ...

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Herman Brood, the artist

Although Herman Brood was famous mostly among music fans outside of Holland, in his own country of origin he is primarily known and loved for his contributions to public art, particularly for creating murals in different public places in Amsterdam. Most art critics still have a hard time trying to describe the unique Herman Brood style, but many of his murals have definitely made a great contribution to the ever young beauty of the Dutch capital. Public art is art that is exposed in a public space, either an outdoor location or in a publicly accessible building. ... A mural is a painting on a wall, ceiling, or other large permanent surface. ...

Herman Brood had a great impact on the following generation of Dutch street and public artists. See also:

Herman Brood as an artist

Discography

• Street (1977)
• Shpritsz (1978)
• Cha Cha (1978)
• Go Nutz (1980)
• Wait a Minute... (1980)
• Modern Times Revive (1981)
• Frisz & Sympatisz (1982)
• The Brood (1984)
• Bühnensucht/Live (1985)
• Yada Yada (1988)
• Hooks (1989)
• Freeze (1990)
• Saturday Night Live! (1992)
• Fresh Poison (1994)
• 50 The Soundtrack (1996)
• Ciao Monkey (2000)

50 The Soundtrack is a tribute album for Herman's 50th birthday, on which he sings duets with various guests.

Trivia

• Herman Brood never made it big in the US, but a poster of 'Herman Brood and his Wild Romance' can be seen in the Cronenberg film Scanners (about 53 minutes into the film).

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External links

• Planet Brood (Brood's homepage)
• Zing (Herman Brood page van Jaap Stiemer)