Group

Herman Brood & His Wild Romance

later credited as The Wild Romance

From: Groningen, Netherlands
Since: 1976–present
Releases: 26

new wave

About

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.

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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".

From Herman Brood & His Wild Romance on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Bertus Borgers now
Gee Carlsberg now
Freddie Cavalli now
Dee Dee now
Anthony Del Monte Lyon now
Gus Genser now
David Hollestelle now
Erwin Raymond Java now
Kees Meerman now
Ramon Rambeaux now
Ad van der Ree now
Lies Schilp now
Ivo Severijns now
Monica Tjen-A-Kwoei now
Gerrit Veen now
Herman Brood · original member · former eponymous
Rudy Englebert · former
Peter Bootsman 1976–1976 · former
Peter Walrecht 1976–1977, 1979–1980 · original member · former background vocals, membranophone
Ferdi Karmelk 1976–1978 · former
Dany Lademacher 1977–1981, 1986–1989 · former
Roy Bakker 1989–1993 · former

Discography

Albums 14

EPs 1

Hot Shot / Tokyo Nights 1980

Singles 3

Live 3

Compilations 5

Links

Listen

Official

wildromance.eu

Social

YouTube

Concerts

Songkick

Buy

Apple Music

Reference

Also known as

Herman Brood and His Wild Romance · The Wild Romance · Wild Romance

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: 940e6450-5075-463c-9269-35a116cede39
ISNI: 0000000089730333

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.