DOE MAAR
Doe Maar
Most important, most popular and most innovative Dutch-language band from the early '80s. Doe Maar spearheaded a new wave of bands that started singing in the Dutch language, a trend that continues to this very day.
Members
Jan Hendriks
gitaar, zang
Henny Vrienten
basgitaar, zang
Ernst Jansz
toetsinstrumenten, zang
Jan Pijnenburg
drums
Former members
René van Collum
drums
Piet Dekker
basgitaar
Carel Copier
drums, zang
Joost Belinfante
mondharmonica, trombone, zang
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1947
Adri-jan Hoes
1948
Jakob Klaasse
1969
Les Cruches
1975
Boudewijn de Groot
1977
Ccc Inc.
1977
Peter Vincent
1977
Tom America
1978
Jan Hendriks
1978
MAM
1978
Nasmak
1979
Joost Belinfante
1980
Henny Vrienten
1982
Erwin Musper
1982
Long Tall Ernie and the Shakers
1982
The Raspers
1983
Polle Eduard
1984
Ernst Jansz
1984
Herman Brood
1984
Powerplay
1984
Spargo
1985
Fungus
1987
Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh
1991
Jan Hendriks
1995
Sjako!
1996
BJ Baartmans
1996
Wild Onions
1997
Mischief
1999
Billy The Kid
1999
Bløf
2000
Brainpower
2000
Caesar
2000
Daryll-Ann
2000
Eboman
2000
Ernst Jansz
2000
Hein Offermans
2000
Martin Verdonk
2000
Postman
2000
Rowwen Hèze
2000
The Prodigal Sons
2000
Will Maas
2001
Ccc Inc.
2006
Daniël Boissevain
2006
Jan Rot
2006
Robert Curiel
2010
Gers Pardoel
2011
Guus Meeuwis
Biography Doe Maar
Most important, most popular and most innovative Dutch-language band from the early '80s. Doe Maar spearheaded a new wave of bands that started singing in the Dutch language, a trend that continues to this very day.
1978
Doe Maar is formed by Ernst Jansz and bassist Piet Dekker. Both were previously active in the Slumberland Band and also accompanied Boudewijn de Groot on his album Waar Ik Woon En Wie Ik Ben ('Where I Live And What I Am'). Drummer with the band is Carel Copier.
Boudewijn de Groot Braak Ivy Green Johnny Hoes Nasmak Noodweer Peter Vincent Rumbones Slumberlandband Toontje Lager Truus
1979
The band records its debut album on the Telstar label, which is owned by popular music tycoon Johnny Hoes.
1980
Piet Dekker is replaced by Henny Vrienten. Vrienten has already made a name for himself both as recording artist and as composer. In 1977 he records a solo album under the name Paul Santos. As a composer he just as easily writes material for carnival duo Twee Pinten ('Two Pints') as for punk outfit Sammy America's Gasphetti.
1981
This year sees the release of the album Skunk, which features guest musician Joost Belinfante (horn player and composer). The single Sinds 1 Dag Of 2 (Since A Day Or So) only gets airplay after one of Holland's most renowned DJ's, Frits Spits, suggests the title to be changed into 32 Jaar ('32 Years'). Although the music press hardly takes any notice of the band, young Dutch music fans do. This, despite the fact that most of the band's lyrics are concerned with typical thirtysomething problems. Drummer Copier is replaced by René van Collum.
1982
Doe Maar's big break comes with the singles Doris Day and Is Dit Alles? ('Is This It?') Both are taken from the album Doris Day En Andere Stukken (Doris Day and Other Babes). Doe Maar-mania breaks out. The single De Bom ('The Bomb') shoots to the top of the charts within no time.
1983
4Us ('virus') is released. Songs like Je Loopt Je Lul Achterna ('You're Following Your Dick') and Heroïne Godverdomme ('Heroine, God damn') cause much uproar among parents. The band has a number 1 hit with Pa ('Dad'). Because the Doe Maar-craze is getting out of hand the band announces a publicity stop. In the meantime the live album Lijf Aan Lijf ('Body to Body') is released.
1984
During the recording of a new album the guys decide to call it quits. Macho is the band's last single and clearly indicates that the band has lost its creativity. On April 14 Doe Maar plays two farewell gigs, which are broadcast live on television. A double album, Het Complete Overzicht ('The Complete Collection), is released.
1985 - 1990
Ernst Jansz writes a book about his childhood in Indonesia, Gideon's Droom ('Gideon's Dream') and also plays with Jan Hendriks in The Midnight Hour and Rienne Va Plus. Vrienten, Belinfante, Pijnenburg, Fay Lovsky, Jakob Klaasse and Jan de Hont play together in the Magnificent Seven. Vrienten also becomes a celebrated composer of film music.
Chicas del Rock Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh Ernst Jansz Fay Lovsky Henny Vrienten Paul de Leeuw Rienne Va Plus The Magnificent Seven
1991
The compilation album De Beste Van Doe Maar (The Best of Doe Maar) leads to a true Doe Maar revival. Sinds 1 Dag Of 2 (32 Jaar) enters the charts for a second time.
1992
In front of a selective audience the four members of Doe Maar once again climb the stage during a CCC Inc. reunion. They play the Belinfante classic Nederwiet ('Dutch Weed').
1994
The CD Het Complete Hitoverzicht ('The Complete Hits') is in the album charts for several months.
1996
A double CD and a video of the band's farewell concerts are released.
1999
Doe Maar fever breaks out for the second time in twenty years when the band announce that they will reunite and do 13 shows in the Ahoy' in Rotterdam. A new album is to be released next April.
2000
A compilation album is released on which Dutch artists such as Postmen (with Def Rhymz), Bløf, Skik, Rowwen Hèze, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Caesar, Prodigal Sons, Grof Geschut, Daryll-Ann, Abel, Heideroosjes, Marcel de Groot, Bob Fosko and Osdorp Posse pay tribute to Doe Maar. The singles Watje ('Wally') and Als Niet Als ('If Not If') precede Doe Maar's new album Klaar ('Ready). The book Doe Maar Het Virus - Het Boek is published. Watje enters the Top 10 and Klaar becomes platinum. The concerts in Rotterdam are released on CD: Hees Van Ahoy ('Hoarse from Ahoy'). 173.634 people went to see the Doe Maar reunion concerts.
Abel Bløf Bob Fosko Daryll-Ann Def Rhymz Grof Geschut Heideroosjes Marcel de Groot Osdorp Posse Postmen Skik The Prodigal Sons
2005
In November Doe Maar announces that a Doe Maar musical is in the works. Albert Verlinde's V&V theatre productions get the production job. The band itself isn't featured in the musical.
2006
Cartoonist Barbara Stok draws a cartoon version of Is Dit Alles? ('Is This All?'). It is featured in the book Strips In Stereo, which contains cartoon versions of 14 Dutch-langue songs. It is presented in Paradiso Amsterdam just before the National Book Week kicks off.
2007
Members of Doe Maar are present in Tilburg on January 28 when the musical Doe Maar is premiered. It gets raving reviews. It is 25 years ago that Doe Maar scored its first number 1 hit with De Bom ("The Bomb'). To commemorate this feat on February 5 the CNR label re-releases the track as a limited edition on both CD and pink vinyl. Apart from this, for the first time ever all Doe Maar tracks are released as one boxed set dubbed Echt Alles ('Really Everything').
2008
Doe Maar's titleless debut album, Doris Day En Andere Stukken and 4Us, are re-released on vinyl. Music companies Pink Records and Foreign Media Group have gotten hold 35.000 songs from Johnny Hoes' Telstar label, including the Doe Maar songs. On 10 and 12 July the band plays stadium De Kuip in Rotterdam. It is the first time the band plays a stadium shows. But this, Doe Maar plays four try-out gigs kicking off on 3 June in Speakers in Delft and ending on 1 July in the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam. Doe Maar Lijf Aan Lijf is a photobook which includes the remastered version of the live album with the same title from 1983. The book contains more than 100 photos by photographers like Bert Nienhuis and Kees Tabak, and eight stories by Joost Belinfante.
Discography Doe Maar
Albums | Singles | Compilations | Other | Guestperformance
Doe Maar
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | LP, 1979 |
Label | Killroy, 19914 KL |
gastmuzikant | Patricia Maessen |
producer | Peter Vincent |
gastmuzikant | Evert Hekkema |
gastmuzikant | Stella Maessen |
gastmuzikant | Zeth Mustama |
gastmuzikant | Sjeng Kraft |
Skunk
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | LP, 1981 |
Label | Killroy, 19934 KL |
gastmuzikant | Joost Belinfante |
producer | Peter Vincent |
Chart position |
27-06-1981, Albumlijst, 55 weeks, number 1
06-05-2000, Albumlijst, 1 week, number 99 |
Doe De Dub
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | LP, 1982 |
Label | Killroy, 17057 |
Doris Day En Andere Stukken
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | LP, 1982 |
Label | Killroy, 21032 KL |
producer | Peter Vincent |
Chart position |
27-03-1982, Albumlijst, 59 weeks, number 1
|
4Us
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | LP, 1983 |
Label | Sky, 24000 SL |
gastmuzikant | Joost Belinfante |
gastmuzikant | Conny Peters |
Chart position |
26-03-1983, Albumlijst, 21 weeks, number 1
20-05-2000, Albumlijst, 1 week, number 98 |
Lijf Aan Lijf
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | 2LP, 1983 |
Label | Unknown |
gastmuzikant | Joost Belinfante |
gastmuzikant | Jakob Klaasse |
gastmuzikant | Tom Barlage |
Chart position |
12-11-1983, Albumlijst
|
5 Jaar Doe Maar, Het Complete Hit-Overzicht
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | LP, 1984 |
Label | Arcade, 3520 |
Chart position |
28-04-1984, Albumlijst, 6 weeks, number 5
|
Het complete hitoverzicht
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | CD, 1994 |
Label | Arcade |
Chart position |
13-11-1999, Albumlijst, 3 weeks, number 53
|
Het Afscheidsconcert
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | 2CD, 1995 |
Label | D&K |
Alles
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | CD, 1999 |
Label | Arcade |
Chart position |
04-12-1999, Albumlijst, 38 weeks, number 5
14-07-2001, Albumlijst, 6 weeks, number 68 |
Hees Van Ahoy'
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | CD, 2000 |
Label | V2, 918.1477.20 |
Chart position |
18-11-2000, Albumlijst, 8 weeks, number 10
|
Klaar
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | CD, 2000 |
Label | V2 |
gastmuzikant | Def P |
gastmuzikant | Ruud Breuls |
gastmuzikant | Rob van Donselaar |
gastmuzikant | Hein Offermans |
engineer | Frans Hendriks |
gastmuzikant | Martin Verdonk |
gastmuzikant | Bert Boeren |
gastmuzikant | Jan Kooper |
gastmuzikant | Gertjan Mulder |
gastmuzikant | Monique Lansdorp |
gastmuzikant | Iwan van Hetten |
engineer | Patrick Mühren |
Chart position |
22-04-2000, Albumlijst, 19 weeks, number 1
23-09-2000, Albumlijst, 3 weeks, number 58 |
Echt Alles
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | 3CD, 2007 |
Label | CNR, 22 222115 |
De Doos Van Doe Maar
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | CD, 2012 |
Label | Top Notch, 3714938 |
Symphonica In Rosso
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | 2CD, 2012 |
Label | Universal, 3717692 |
gastmuzikant | Gers Pardoel |
Versies/Limmen Tapes
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | CD, 2012 |
Label | Top Notch, 3714079 |
Anita
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | 7", 1980 |
Label | Killroy, KR 3035 |
B-side | Wees niet bang voor m'n lul |
Ik Zou Het Willen Doen
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | 7", 1980 |
Label | Killroy, KR 2942 |
B-side | Regen |
32 Jaar (Sinds 1 Dag Of 2)
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | 7", 1981 |
Label | Killroy, KR 3194 |
Chart position |
06-06-1981, Top 40, 5 weeks, number 29
01-06-1991, Top 40, 8 weeks, number 13 |
Smoorverliefd
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | 7", 1981 |
Label | Killroy, KR 3431 |
B-side | Nix voor jou |
De Bom
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | 7", 1982 |
Label | Sky, 3802 |
B-side | Skunk/Man Oh Man |
Chart position |
06-11-1982, Top 40, 13 weeks, number 1
|
Doris Day
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | 7", 1982 |
Label | Killroy, KR 3608 |
B-side | Winnetoe |
Chart position |
27-03-1982, Top 40, 9 weeks, number 9
|
Is Dit Alles
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | 7", 1982 |
Label | Killroy, KR 3690 |
B-side | Tijd Genoeg |
Chart position |
12-06-1982, Top 40, 8 weeks, number 9
|
1 Nacht Alleen
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | 7", 1983 |
Label | Sky, 3925 |
B-side | Alles Gaat Voorbij |
Chart position |
04-06-1983, Top 40, 6 weeks, number 12
|
Pa
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | 7", 1983 |
Label | Sky, 3860 |
B-side | Lajenina |
Chart position |
26-02-1983, Top 40, 9 weeks, number 1
|
Macho
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | 7", 1984 |
Label | Sky, 4085 |
B-side | Grote Broer |
Chart position |
04-02-1984, Top 40, 6 weeks, number 12
|
Belle Helene
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | 7", 1985 |
Label | Sky, 4185 |
B-side | Bella Donna |
Wat ze doet
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | CDS, 1988 |
Label | Sky, TCD 129700 |
B-side | Sinds 1 dag of 2/Pa |
Als Niet Als
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | CDS, 2000 |
Label | V2 |
B-side | Bewoners Van Dit Pand |
gastmuzikant | Gertjan Mulder |
Chart position |
08-04-2000, Top 40, 2 weeks, number 31
|
Bij Elkaar
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | CDS, 2000 |
Label | V2, 918.5478.22 |
Pa (live)
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | CDS, 2000 |
Label | V2, 918.5516.24 |
Watje
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | CDS, 2000 |
Label | V2 |
B-side | Klaar |
engineer | Frans Hendriks |
Chart position |
08-04-2000, Top 40, 8 weeks, number 9
|
De Beste
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | Compilatie, 1985 |
Label | Telstar, TLP 19060 |
De Beste
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | Compilatie, 1988 |
Label | Sky, TCD 10055 |
Chart position |
01-06-1991, Albumlijst, 23 weeks, number 2
20-11-1999, Albumlijst, 5 weeks, number 46 06-05-2000, Albumlijst, 4 weeks, number 89 |
Doe maar...de beste
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | Compilatie, 1991 |
Label | Sky, 655.3202 |
Trillend Op Mijn Benen
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | Compilatie, 2000 |
Label | V2, VVR 1012172 |
producer | Nico Brandsen |
engineer | Frans Hendriks |
producer | Frans Hendriks |
producer | Remon Stotijn |
gastmuzikant | Remon Stotijn |
engineer | Jos Haagmans |
Strips In Stereo
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | Compilatie, 2006 |
Label | De Harmonie, ISBN 9061697883 |
Hees Van Ahoy'
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | DVD, 2000 |
Label | V2 |
engineer | Frans Hendriks |
producer | Frans Hendriks |
Symphonica In Rosso
Act | Doe Maar |
Type and year | DVD, 2012 |
Label | Universal, 0602537176953 |
gastmuzikant | Gers Pardoel |
In the discography you will find all recordings that have been released listed chronologically. We restrict ourselves to the title, the type of audio, year of publication or recording, label, list of guest musicians, plus any comments on the issue.