Bolland & Bolland
The brothers Rob ( born April 17, 1955 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa) and Ferdi Bolland (* August 5, 1956 in Port Elizabeth ) is a Dutch producer duo. In addition, they are also active as a musician, singer and composer for other artists.
Career
Both learn to play very early on by her older brother Tom guitar. Even as a 10 - or 11 -year-old they were discovered in South Africa and could almost get a recording contract. 1969 the family moved Bolland to The Hague in the Netherlands. There, the brothers played in various bands. Bolland & Bolland as written or produced them some songs and albums for Falco ( Rock Me Amadeus, Jeanny, Vienna Calling ), Status Quo ( In The Army Now, which they interpreted already in 1981 itself) and Roger Chapman ( Techno Prisoners ) the Dutch pop singer Gerard Joling ( Without Your Love, Night Life). Bolland & Bolland also originate from the theme songs of some TV shows, such as surprise, for example, Rudi Carrells Let yourself.
Even with their own singles such as Summer of '71 Tears of Ice and they were able to advance into the Dutch and German charts.
Under the name The Bolland Project they released several singles after 1992. The best known and most successful was recorded together with the singer Alida 1998 Tribute to Falco; The Austrian singer, with the Bolland brothers Mitter celebrated great successes of the 1980s (especially with the worldwide hit Rock Me Amadeus) was killed in an accident a few weeks earlier.
In 2003 she presented her in Rotterdam Musical The Three Musketeers on the novel by Alexandre Dumas the Elder. before.