Dany Lademacher

{{Short description|Belgian guitarist (1950–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Dany Lademacher | image = Dany Lademacher (1979).jpg | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = Lademacher in 1979 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1950|06|17}} | birth_place = [[Etterbeek]], Belgium | origin = | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2025|07|03|1950|06|17}} | death_place = [[Zaandam]], Netherlands | genre = [[Pop rock]], [[hard rock]] | occupation = Instrumentalist, songwriter, producer | instrument = [[Guitar]] | years_active = 1974–2024 | label = | past_member_of = [[Herman Brood|Herman Brood and his Wild Romance]], [[Vitesse (band)|Vitesse]], [[The Radios]] }}

'''Daniël Germain Jean Lademacher''' (17 June 1950 – 3 July 2025) was a Belgian guitarist.

Born in [[Etterbeek]], he played in a number of Belgian bands before joining prominent Dutch band [[Herman Brood|Herman Brood and his Wild Romance]]. He was also a studio and live guitarist for a variety of artists, including [[Walter de Paduwa|T.U.S.H.]], Gerritsen & Van Dijk<ref>{{cite book|last1=Haagsma|first1=Robert|last2=Ras|first2=Jeroen|title=De Amerikaanse droom|date=2012|publisher=Spectrum|isbn=9789000314591|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j-875OtMEPcC&pg=RA1-PT103}}</ref> and I Travel.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Hoos|first1=Willem|title=Global Music Pulse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51|magazine=Billboard|date=3 December 1993|pages=51}}</ref>

==Kleptomania== Founded in 1968 by Charlie Deraedemaeker (bass), Francis Goya (guitar) and singer [[Lou Deprijck]], Kleptomania was a cult Belgian rock band which underwent several line up changes, Lademacher joining in 1969 and being voted best guitarist in Belgium three years running. Kleptomania's debut single ''Kept Woman'' sounded somewhat similar to [[Black Sabbath]], Kleptomania's popularity peaked in summer 1970 when the band opened for [[The Wallace Collection]] at Puzzle P Festival in Brussels, and shared the bill with [[Badfinger]] at the Bilzen Rock & Jazz Festival.

==Herman Brood and his Wild Romance== [[File:Herman Brood and his Wild Romance.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|260px|L.t.R.: Ani Meerman, Freddie Cavalli, [[Herman Brood]] and Dany Lademacher <br>(Wild Romance, 1979)]] Lademacher recounted in his autobiographical ''Wild Romance--Een fijne hel'' how he, a young man from Brussels, fell into Brood's rock and roll lifestyle, complete with sex and drugs. Writing songs initially came easily, with Brood writing lyrics and Lademacher the music. He co-wrote the singles ''Saturday Night'' and ''Never Be Clever.''<ref>{{cite web |date=3 July 2025 |title=Wild Romance-gitarist Dany Lademacher (75) overleden |url=https://lflmagazine.nl/nieuws/dany-lademacher-overleden |url-status= |access-date= |work=lflmagazine.nl |language=nl}}</ref> But by 1981 he had had enough; he said that Brood's liquor and drugs habit (Brood switched from speed to heroin) made working with him impossible. For six years he played with the bands Innersleeve and [[Vitesse (band)|Vitesse]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=3 July 2025 |title=Dany Lademacher (75), gitarist van The Radios en Herman Brood, overleden |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2025/07/03/gitarist-dany-lademacher-overleden/ |website=[[VRT (broadcaster)|VRT]] |language=nl}}</ref>

In 1981, he won an Edison award for his album ''Dany Lademachers Innersleeve''. In 1987 Brood asked him to return, which he did. They recorded three albums (including ''Yada Yada''), but by 1989 Brood, lacking commercial success, stopped performing.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o7btYAk6i6IC&pg=PA14 |title=Herman is alive!: herinneringen aan het fenomeen Brood |date=2006 |publisher=Kok |isbn=9789033005794 |editor1-last=Groenewold |editor1-first=Martin |page=14-}}</ref>

==The Radios== After his second parting with Herman Brood, Lademacher joined the Belgian pop band [[The Radios]] which had several hit singles in the Netherlands and Belgium. Their single ''She Goes Nana'' became an international hit.<ref>{{cite web |date=3 July 2025 |title=Wild Romance-gitarist Dany Lademacher (75) overleden |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2573526-wild-romance-gitarist-dany-lademacher-75-overleden |url-status= |access-date= |work=NOS |language=nl}}</ref>

==Producer== Lademacher was also active as producer. In 1981, he produced the album ''Black'' ''Out'' by [[The Kids (Belgian band)|The Kids]], which included the hit ''There'' ''Will Be No Next Time''. He was also the producer of the album ''New'' ''Lines'' by [[Machiavel (band)|Machiavel]], with the hit single ''Fly''.<ref name=":0" />

==Death== Lademacher died on 3 July 2025, at the age of 75.<ref>{{Cite web |last=van den Wildenberg |first=Norman |date=3 July 2025 |title=Herman Brood / Wild Romance-gitarist Dany Lademacher overleden |url=https://www.maxazine.nl/2025/07/03/herman-brood-wild-romance-gitarist-dany-lademacher-overleden/ |access-date=8 July 2025 |website=Maxazine |language=nl-NL}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{discogs artist|Dany Lademacher}} * {{imdb name|2097834}}

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