Heideroosjes
Heideroosjes Picture: John Klijnen
Background information
Origin	Horst, Netherlands
Genres	Punk rock
Years active	1989 – present
Labels	Epitaph Records, PIAS, I Scream Records, Sonic Rendezvous
Website	http://www.heideroosjes.com/
Members
Marco Roelofs Frank Kleuskens Fred Houben Igor Hobus

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 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 "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 2005 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]

On the album covers before Fast Forward they wrote "De Heideroosjes" (The Heideroosjes), instead of simply "Heideroosjes".

Contents 1 Discography 2 Singles 3 Videos and DVDs 4 Songs covered by Heideroosjes 5 External links

[edit] Discography

Date of Release	Title	Label
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
2009	20 Years: Ode & Tribute	Fairytale Records

[edit] Singles

Date of Release	Title	Label
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
2004	Scapegoat Revolution	??
2006	United Tibet	??
2007	Lekker Belangrijk!	??
2007	My Funeral	??

[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)

[edit] External links

• Official Website
• Heideroosjes at popinstituut.nl
• Fabchannel.com - Watch the entire 2006 Heideroosjes show at Paradiso, Amsterdam