Herman Brood & His Wild Romance

Herman Brood & His Wild Romance - later credited as The Wild Romance

Group from Netherlands

About Herman Brood & His Wild Romance

Wild Romance, also known as The Wild Romance, but best known as Herman Brood & His Wild Romance 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". The band was formed in 1976 in Groningen and had various lineups. The band got its name from the lyric "...and I lost my mind in a wild romance" which they heard on the American jazz and blues singer, Mose Allison’s 1957 recording of the song Lost Mind, which was written by Percy Mayfield in 1951; both Brood and manager Koos van Dijk were fans of Allison. The best known lineup of the band, which lasted between November 1977 and October 1979, was: Dany Lademacher — lead guitar Fred van Kampen ("Freddie Cavalli") — bass guitar Cees "Ani" Meerman — drums Monica Tjen-a-Kwoei and Anna Dekkers (Dee Dee), together known as The Bombita's - backing vocals 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.

Taken from Wikipedia.org