'We have grown from a charming rattling band into a rocking monster.' Singer Marco Roelofs of punk band De Heideroosjes sums it up very well himself. His band's success story goes against all showbiz rules. Dutch work is just as easily alternated with English and German songs. The lyrics are occasionally super delicious, sometimes humorless and politically correct. Due to the many performances, the
… band now sounds a lot tighter than in the early years. The Heideroosjes don't have to rely on their charm anymore, they don't really want to grow up. Fortunately, because on the eighth album Sinema - a somewhat sought-after word game with the words sin (sin) and cinema - the holy fire is still present. Who else would dare to mix punk with native South African singing? The successful Mamelodi Melodies proves that the Heideroosjes have more to offer than the simplistic punk songs that fill the rest of the CD. (MS)more
