Heideroosjes
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Horst, Netherlands |
| Genre(s) | Punk Rock |
| Years active | 1989 – present |
| Label(s) | Epitaph Records, PIAS, I Scream Records, Sonic Rendezvous |
| Website | http://www.heideroosjes.com/ |
| Members | |
| Marco Roelofs Frank Kleuskens Fred Houben Igor Hobus |
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The Heideroosjes (pronounced; hi-duh-rose-yes, HR in short), is a punk band from Horst aan de Maas, the Netherlands. The band's lyrics are in Dutch, English, German and Limburgs (a Dutch dialect spoken in the Dutch and Belgian province of Limburg). The band, formed in 1989, consists of Marco Roelofs (vocals), Frank Kleuskens (guitar), Fred Houben (Bass) and Igor Hobus (percussion). The band's name means "the heath roses" and was chosen for its ironic contrast with the many punk band names that reflect dark, sexual, or violent themes. The name is derived from a cabaret conference of Belgian comedian Urbanus, who mockingly said he wrote a song for "a punk band from Limburg called de Heideroosjes".
In November and December of 2005 The Heideroosjes did an Ode to the Ramones tour in Holland and Belgium, during this tour they only played covers from their heroes: The Ramones. They dressed like them and called themselves Ramroosjes. The band recently made the Dutch national news by making a song with the mayor of Maastricht, Gerd Leers. In this song 'dope man' they mock the Dutch soft drug policy, which in their eyes is hypocritical. A few weeks later the Dutch minister of Justice, Piet Hein Donner, recorded a rap song with rapper Meester G responding to 'dope man' by defending his soft drug policy. [1]
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[edit] Discography
| Date of Release | Title | Label |
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| 1991 | In Your Face! (DEMO) | |
| 1993 | Noisy Fairytales | Fairytale Records |
| 1994 | Choice For A Lost Generation?! | Fairytale Records |
| 1996 | Fifi | Play It Again Sam (record label) |
| 1997 | Kung-Fu | Play It Again Sam (record label) |
| 1998 | Smile... You're Dying! | Epitaph Records |
| 1999 | Schizo | Epitaph Records |
| 2001 | Fast Forward | Epitaph Records |
| 2002 | It's A Life (12,5 Years Live!) | Epitaph Records |
| 2004 | SINema | Epitaph Records |
| 2006 | Royal To The Bone | I Scream Records |
| 2007 | Chapter Eight, The Golden State | U-Sonic |
[edit] Singles
| Date of Release | Title | Label |
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| 1995 | Goede tijden, slechte tijden | PIAS |
| 1996 | Klapvee | PIAS |
| 1996 | Break the public peace | PIAS |
| 1997 | Paradiso vinyl-single | PIAS |
| 1997 | Würst & Käse | PIAS |
| 1998 | Firstfuckparty at 701 | PIAS |
| 1999 | Iedereen is gek (behalve jij!) | Epitaph Records |
| 1999 | Time is ticking away | Epitaph Records |
| 2001 | Ik wil niks! | Epitaph Records |
| 2001 | Billy broke a bottle again | Epitaph Records |
| 2003 | Damclub Hooligan (2 songs) | Epitaph Records |
| 2003 | Damclub Hooligan (Limited, 4 songs) | Epitaph Records |
[edit] Videos and DVDs
- Bag Full of Stories 2004 (live videos and documentary)
- A Year in the Life of... 2006 (3 live concerts, a Punkmovie from the Heideroosjes in America and a parody on a dutch talkshow called Jensen!)
- 12,5 year anniversary concert VHS (live concert, shot on the 8 of june 2002 @ Paradiso, Amsterdam
[edit] Songs covered by Heideroosjes
- Let me tell you this (cover from The Bips 1989)
- De padvindersclub (cover from Bert Vaan Albers Toen 1986)
- Don't do it (cover from The Boegies)
- Livin' in the city (cover from FEAR)
- Ich liebe Ulrike (cover from Mort Subite 1980)
- Sit back, zapp, grow fat & die! (cover from Brezhnev)
- Enjoy the silence (cover from Depeche Mode)
- Ramones-parade(Teenage lobtomy / I wanna be sedated / The KKK took my baby away)
- Liever dan lief (cover from Doe Maar)
- Wannabe (cover from Spice Girls)
- Da roo ron ron (cover from The Crystals)
- Holland Brandt (cover from The Clash)
- Welterusten Meneer de President (cover from Boudewijn De Groot)
- Marmor, stein und eisen bricht
- The Ring of Fire (cover from Jonny Cash)
- Candy sung together with Sharon of Within Temptation (cover from Iggy Pop)
