The Schizo's
The Schizo's | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Emmen, Netherlands |
| Genres | Punk rock |
| Years active | 1985–1988, 2008-present |
| Labels | none, own label |
| Members | Reinie Hummel, Marco Geerdink |
| Past members | Despo Kristel, René Timmer |
The Schizo's are a Dutch punkrock band from Emmen. The band was formed in the mid-1980s, broke up, and reformed in the 2000s.
History[edit]
The band was formed around 1985 in Emmen; the members (Despo Kristel on bass, René Timmer, and Reinie Hummel) were all heavily influenced by the American rock-and-roll and especially the New York City punk rock scene with bands like The Ramones, Johnny Thunders and New York Dolls.[1] In spring of 1987 they each took out a personal loan and raised 20,000 Dutch guilders (about € 9100,-) and booked a week in the Ballad Sound recording studio near the town of Gorinchem. To keep costs down they lived in a trailer on the local campground and relied on volunteers to help them out. In a single week they recorded 11 tracks, and did the final mix at Jaap Brünner's studio to make a final mix.
Since no record label showed any interest, they self-released 500 copies of the album. Lack of success and problems with alcohol and hard drugs, however, led to the band's downfall.
Comeback[edit]
In 2008, Hummel and Timmer, now clean, reformed the band, getting Marco Geerdink to replace Kristel on bass. They played their first gig in over 20 years during the 2008 Gouden Pijl, a professional Criterium in Emmen.[2]
They recorded a second CD, Overcome Oblivion[3] and played several gigs in Emmen and surroundings. On 4 August 2011, Rene Timmer died after a long illness.[4]
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
- 1987: Bad Image
- 2009: Overcome Oblivion
Album Bad Image[edit]
| Tracks on the Bad Image album[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side track |
Title | writer: | durarion: |
| A - 1 | My pretty girl | The Schizo's | 3:31 |
| A - 2 | I'am a Schizo | The Schizo's | 3:46 |
| A - 3 | You gotta go | The Schizo's | 2:59 |
| A - 4 | Wild and Crazy | The Schizo's (lyrics), Jan G. en Karel R. (music) | 3:41 |
| A - 5 | Mr. Supercool | The Schizo's | 2:13 |
| B - 1 | You're my taste | The Schizo's | 2:06 |
| B - 2 | Final O.D. | The Schizo's | 2:20 |
| B - 3 | Bad Image | The Schizo's | 2:05 |
| B - 4 | Chinese Rocks | Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan, Dee Dee Ramone, Richard Hell | 2:06 |
| B - 5 | Punkrocker | Annemarie(lyrics), The Schizo's (music) | 2:28 |
| B - 6 | Milk Cow Blues | Ester, 1958 | 2:18 |
References[edit]
- ^ Details from the TV-documentary Op zoek naar Bad Image from July 2009
- ^ Interviews during and after the comeback gig of The Schizo's (+part 2)
- ^ Website studio Clashproductions, bezocht 5 August 2009
- ^ Made in Drenthe Rene Timmer died, (Dutch), 4 August 2011
- ^ Source: Cover, disc and added page of the Bad Image album, 1987, Buma-Stemra, 31064