HEIDEROOSJES
Pseudonyms
Nikolaus Raus
Heideroosjes
Most popular Dutch punk rock band of the '90s fronted by charismatic singer Marco Roelofs.
Members
Marco Roelofs
zang
Frank Kleuskens
gitaar
Fred Houben
basgitaar
Igor Hobus
drums
Mentioned in the biography of
1992
Oscar Holleman
1992
Tren van Enckevort
1994
The Obnoxious
1996
Osdorp Posse
1997
Dandruff!!
1998
Brezhnev
1999
Within Temptation
2000
Doe Maar
2000
Volumia!
2001
Rosemary's Sons
2003
Vals Licht
2005
Within Temptation
2006
The Apers
2007
Malle Pietje and the Bimbos
2007
The Riplets
Biography Heideroosjes
Most popular Dutch punk rock band of the '90s fronted by charismatic singer Marco Roelofs.
1989
The Heideroosjes ('Heather') are formed while all members are still at high school. In those early days their repertoire mainly consists of songs in English.
1992
The band releases its debut album Noisy Fairytales independently.
1994
De Heideroosjes are support act for German punk rock veterans Die Toten Hosen.
1995
The album Choice For A Lost Generation is released. For the first time the band has also included songs in Dutch. The band's popularity is increasing after successful performances at the Lowlands festival and on tour with Dutch rappers Osdorp Posse.
1997
In March De Heideroosjes perform a free gig in Amsterdam's Paradiso for those who buy a red t-shirt that reads 'I'm Not Deaf, I'm Just Ignoring You.' In September the new album Kung-fu! is released.
1998
The band signs with punk rock label Epitaph. Their Epitaph label debut is Smile...You're Dead. The album is promoted during an extensive European tour.
1999
'Heideroosjes, Een Teringtyfustakkeband' ('A f#*k!ng crap band') is the newly published biography about them. Schizo is the band's fifth album to be released. It shows the band's move from punk rock towards a more rock and pop-oriented sound.
2000
De Heideroosjes record the song Liever Dan Lief ('Sweeter Than Sweet') that is included on a tribute album to seminal '80s Dutch pop band Doe Maar.
2001
The Heideroosjes' new album Fast Forward is preceded by the single Ik Wil Niks ('I Want Nothing').
2002
On June 8 the band celebrates its 12.5-year anniversary in Amsterdam's Paradiso. Together with Haarlem's hiphop band Relax they play at the renowned South-African OppiKoppi festival (Pretoria). Also, they play some additional club dates.
2003
De Heideroosjes record a German-language version of Nothing's Wrong ('Was Soll Sein') for a compilation album compiled by German punk rock band Terrorgruppe. In July the band starts recordings for a new album. In August De Heideroosjes headline the second day of the Open Air Festival in Ransberg, Germany. Later that month the band also plays the Pukkelpop festival in Belgium. In November the band tours Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The new 16-track album SINema is slated for a release on February 9. First single Damclub Hooligan comes out through Epitaph Europe on December 5.
2004
On February 7, new album SINema is launched during a well-attended show at Amsterdam's Melkweg club. On 8 February two members of the Heideroosjes crew are involved in a serious car accident in which also the band's instruments are heavily damaged. The band members are in another van and are not injured. Consequently, the Belgian part of the album launch of SINema, which was supposed to take place in Brussels, is postponed. In March the Heideroosjes play at the South By South West (SXSW) music conference in Austin, Texas. After returning from the US the band wins an Edison music award for the song Damclub ('Draughts Club') Hooligan for best single of the year. In July the bans plays the main stage of the Rock Werchter festival in Belgium. In the summer the Heideroosjes are compiling their first DVD: A Bag Full Of Stories....15 Years Heideroosjes. The DVD is a documentary directed by Walter Siegers. He followed the band for over a year and a half for this documentary and has selected scenes from well over 100 hours of archive material. The DVD is set for release in November.
2005
As of April 30 the track Holland Brandt ('Holland Is Burning'), based on the Clash's London Calling is downloadable for free on the band's site. It is a statement against growing intolerance in Dutch society. Once more the band plays at the Pinkpop festival. In September De Heideroosjes travel to the US for shows in Manhattan, Brooklyn, New Haven and Boston (Nemo festival).
2006
De Heideroosjes and the mayor of Maastricht record the song Da's Toch Dope Man ('That's Dope, Man') as a protest against the Dutch drugs policy. The DVD A Year In The Life Of... is an account of one year in the life of De Heideroosjes. In October and November the band records about 15 tracks with US top producer Cameron Webb (Social Distortion, Ignite, Motörhead and Sum 41) in an LA studio. Next the band tours Germany under the Nikolaus Raus guise. The tour furthermore includes German bands ZSK, ACK and Go Faster Nuns.
2007
On the album Chapter Eight, The Golden State (Mrach) Ignite's Zoli Tegla is featured on guest viocals on the track Forgotten Continent. Motörhead's Lemmy sings on cynical folk song My Funeral. Lekker Belangrijk ('Very Important (Not)') is the first domestic single off the album. The album also comes out in Japan. Japan. By the end of February the band goes to Japan for the first time ever for a short tour in Tokyo and Nagoya among others. During their show at the Lowlands festival in August De Heideroosjes present their own series of condoms. Under the name Battle Of The Sexes De Heideroosjes, The Riplets, Malle Pietje & The Bimbo's and Jeremy's play several shows together in the Netherlands and Belgium in December. With this tour the bands want to demand attention for Youth Incentives, a Dutch organisation that champions (sexual) equality between men and women worldwide.
2008
In May De Heideroosjes tour Europe with American punk band The Misfits. After the summer the band tours with the show Manie! Manie! (Mania! Mania!). Starting September, the band plays more than seventy shows in the Netherlands and Belgium with comedians Remko Vrijdag, Minou Bosua and Martin van Waardenberg. The Dutch premiere of Manie! Manie! is in Amsterdam on 13 October and the Belgian premiere is on 6 November in Brussels.
2009
Heideroosjes celebrates the 20th anniversary of the band with a special double album and an extensive tour. The album 20 Years: Ode & Tribute (June) is made up of two parts. The first CD contains musical tributes by the likes of Bløf, Di-Rect, Peter Pan Speedrock, Rowwen Hèze, Epica, Gorki, The Opposites, Jacqueline Govaert (Krezip) and Flemish comedian Urbanus. De second CD features songs played by De Heideroosjes of their favorite artists including Johnny Cash and Pennywise. The summer anniversary tour takes the band to Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and of course the Netherlands. On 30 September the exhibition 20 Jaar (Years) Heideroosjes: A Bag Full Of Stories opens. The exhibition is a walk through the career of the band featuring film footage, newspaper clippings, background information and setting. The anniversary tour finishes on 19 December in Venlo, the Netherlands.
2010
De Heideroosjes takes break this year. The theatre tour Manie! Manie!, which was scheduled for February, is postponed a year, just like the release of the DVD.
Discography Heideroosjes
Albums | Singles | Compilations | Other | Guestperformance
Noisy Fairytales
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CD, 1992 |
Label | Fairytale Records, FT 0193 |
Choice For A Lost Generation
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CD, 1995 |
Label | Fairytale Records, FT 0294 |
Fifi
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CD, 1996 |
Label | PIAS, PIAS 527.5018.29 |
gastmuzikant | Tren van Enckevort |
gastmuzikant | Def P |
Chart position |
25-05-1996, Albumlijst, 22 weeks, number 23
|
Kung-fu!
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CD, 1997 |
Label | PIAS, PIAS 527.5019.28 |
Chart position |
18-10-1997, Albumlijst, 10 weeks, number 16
|
Smile...you're Dying
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CD, 1998 |
Label | Epitaph, 6546-2 |
producer | Oscar Holleman |
gastmuzikant | René Merkelbach |
Schizo
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CD, 1999 |
Label | Epitaph, 6560-2 |
producer | Oscar Holleman |
gastmuzikant | René Merkelbach |
Chart position |
15-05-1999, Albumlijst, 14 weeks, number 24
|
Fast forward
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CD, 2001 |
Label | Epitaph |
gastmuzikant | Tren van Enckevort |
producer | Oscar Holleman |
gastmuzikant | Henny Vrienten |
gastmuzikant | René Merkelbach |
Chart position |
02-06-2001, Albumlijst, 3 weeks, number 73
|
It's A Life (12,5 Years Live!)
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CD, 2002 |
Label | Epitaph |
Chart position |
18-05-2002, Albumlijst, 4 weeks, number 42
|
SINema
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CD, 2004 |
Label | Epitaph, 6684-2 |
gastmuzikant | Tren van Enckevort |
producer | Tren van Enckevort |
componist | Tren van Enckevort |
producer | Oscar Holleman |
Chart position |
21-02-2004, Albumlijst, 8 weeks, number 20
|
Chapter Eight, The Golden State
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CD, 2007 |
Label | PIAS |
Chart position |
17-03-2007, Albumlijst, 3 weeks, number 30
|
20 Years: Ode & Tribute
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | 2CD, 2009 |
Label | Fairytale Records, FT1109 |
Cease-fire
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CD, 2011 |
Label | PIAS, 900.A142.020 |
gastmuzikant | Robin Baard |
producer | Frans Vermast |
gastmuzikant | Colette Vermast |
Fistfuckparty At 701
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CDS, 1996 |
Label | Solid, 527.9051.22 |
gastmuzikant | René Merkelbach |
Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CDS, 1996 |
Label | Solid, 527.9043.24 |
Klapvee
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CDS, 1996 |
Label | Solid, 527.9047.24 |
B-side | I Can't Change The World/De Padvindersclub/Let Me Tell You This/Liefje Lief |
producer | Gert-Jan van Avesaath |
Chart position |
06-06-1996, Top 40
|
Wurst Und Käse
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CDS, 1997 |
Label | PIAS, PIAS |
Time Is Ticking Away
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CDS, 1999 |
Label | Epitaph |
B-side | Enjoy The Silence/Sjonnie & Anita (live at Pinkpop)/Fistfuckparty At 701 |
Ik wil niks
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CDS, 2001 |
Label | Epitaph, 1046.2 |
producer | Oscar Holleman |
Damclub Hooligan
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CDS, 2003 |
Label | Epitaph, 1145-2 |
B-side | Psychic/Was Soll Sein/We're All Fucked Up (Live!) |
Scapegoat Revolution
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CDS, 2004 |
Label | Epitaph, 1161-2 |
B-side | Delete Me (Live) |
Lekker Belangrijk
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | CDS, 2007 |
Label | PIAS |
Brezhnev : a tribute to 10 years of destroika punk
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | Compilatie, 1998 |
Label | Vitaminepillen, VP055 |
Back Up The Balkans
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | Compilatie, 1999 |
Label | C.R.A.S.H. |
Do The Aper! 14 Great Benelux Acts Play Songs By The Apers
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | Compilatie, 2006 |
Label | Sonic Rendezvous, SRV 034 |
A Bag Full Of Stories
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | DVD, 2004 |
Label | Epitaph, cdvd15112004 |
A Year In The Life Of…
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | DVD, 2006 |
Label | Fairytale Records, CDVD 1989.2006.02 |
Manie! Manie!
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | DVD, 2011 |
Label | PIAS, PIASCOM86 |
23 Years Of High Energized Rock & Roll
Act | Heideroosjes |
Type and year | DVD, 2012 |
Label | Fairytale Records, FT1512 |
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.
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