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Neerlands Hoop in Bange Dagen
12+ albums
cabaretcomedydutch70sfolk rock
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Neerlands Hoop in Bange Dagen (often referred to simply as Neerlands Hoop or, colloquially, Bram & Freek) was a Dutch comedy/cabaret duo based in Amsterdam, active from 1968 to 1979. They are legendary in The Netherlands for their activist theatre shows with rock 'n roll intensity. Successful in their native Netherlands and the Flemish-speaking part of Belgium throughout the 1970s, Neerlands Hoop were praised for the music in their shows. Comprising Freek de Jonge (sketches) and Bram Vermeulen (music), Neerlands Hoop is widely regarded as the most innovative and influential Dutch-language cabaret act of all time, a duo that changed the face, tone and temperament of Dutch comedy (and the Dutch theatre tradition as a whole). Freek de Jonge, Bram Vermeulen and Johan Gertenbach first met in 1967 as students at Amsterdam University. They shared a love of music, wanted to 'do something' on stage and recorded a somewhat hippie-esque debut single under the name De Paradijsvogels, after which they moved on the become the cabaret trio Cabariolet. Partly due to a lack of success, Gertenbach left the group. Bram and Freek carried on as a duo, soon changing their name into Neerlands Hoop in Bange Dagen: 'Netherlands' Hope in Anxious Days' or, in short, 'Dutch Hope'. Music was a key ingredient of their performances from the outset, with Vermeulen playing a buzzing Hammond organ. Fiercely left wing and provokingly anti-establishment, Neerlands Hoop hit small theatres with their debut st
