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Frank Boeijen Groep
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
The Frank Boeijen Groep came from Nijmegen. The singer and guitarist Frank Boeijen first made music in a duo with Wout Pennings. When Pennings left in 1979, Boeijen carried on with a band, which performed for the first time on 3 November 1979 at Doornroosje. The group belongs to the wave of Dutch-language bands that found a large audience after Doe Maar. Where Doe Maar sounded cheerful and familiar, the Frank Boeijen Groep made new wave in their own language, darker and more serious.
Music and breakthrough
The first album, Frank Boeijen Groep (1981), did not reach the chart. The breakthrough came in 1983 with Linda, which reached number 28 in the Top 40. A year later came Zwart wit, which reached number 4. The song is about the murder of fifteen-year-old Kerwin Duinmeijer, who was stabbed to death by a sixteen-year-old skinhead in Amsterdam on the night of 20 to 21 August 1983. After the song Boeijen was given police protection for a time, because the police feared violent reactions. Kronenburg Park (1985), with backing vocals by Mai Tai, reached number 12.
Influence
The band's members included the guitarist Will Theunissen and the keyboard player Jos Haagmans. In 1991 Boeijen chose a solo career. The group's last concert was on 30 March 1991 in Almere. Zwart wit shows how the Nederpop of the 1980s also dealt with social issues: racism, violence and a city in which a boy was murdered in the street.
Listening
Discography
Studio albums
- 1981Frank Boeijen Groep
- 1982Twee
- 19831001 hotel
- 1984Kontakt
- 1985Foto van een mooie dag
- 1986In natura
- 1987Welkom in Utopia
- 1988Dans in slow-motion
- 1989Een zomer aan het eind van de twintigste eeuw
In School of Rock
The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.
- Mixtape 7: The 1980sNL Reader
- Mixtape 11: NederpopNL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Rock in Dutch Genre
The Frank Boeijen Groep made new wave in their own language, De Dijk soul and rhythm and blues with horns, The Scene solid guitar rock and the Heideroosjes punk.
- Nederpop Genre
Doe Maar played ska and reggae with Dutch lyrics and broke through massively in 1982; Het Goede Doel made synth-pop and the Frank Boeijen Groep new wave.