Schizo (album)
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Schizo is the fifth official studio album
Album
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 by the Heideroosjes
Heideroosjes
Heideroosjes , is a punk rock band from Horst aan de Maas, Netherlands. The band is known for their energetic shows and songs with lyrics mostly in Dutch and English, and a few songs in German and Limburgs...

. The album
Album
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 has a mix of English
English language
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 and Dutch
Dutch language
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 songs, which are mostly political. It contains a Spice Girls
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 cover "Wannabe
Wannabe (song)
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". The Heideroosjes
Heideroosjes
Heideroosjes , is a punk rock band from Horst aan de Maas, Netherlands. The band is known for their energetic shows and songs with lyrics mostly in Dutch and English, and a few songs in German and Limburgs...

 play this song as a mocking statement at their live shows. Fans requested if they could put it on a record, so on Schizo they did.

Track listing

All songs written by Marco Roelofs.
  1. "Schizo"
  2. "Watch Me Play"
  3. "Dignity?"
  4. "Val Maar Dood!"
  5. "Time Is Ticking Away"
  6. "Jerry Rules In The Land of the Free"
  7. "What You Own Means Nothing"
  8. "Regular Day In Bosnia"
  9. "Fistful of Ideals"
  10. "Boore Lul"
  11. "Turn Around and Run!"
  12. "Inside My Head (You're All Dead)"
  13. "P.C.P.O.S."
  14. "If Trust Is Broken..."
  15. "Iedereen Is Gek (Behalve Jij)!"
  16. "Wannabe" (Spice Girls/Stannard/Rowe)

Personnel

  • Marco Roelofs - vocals
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    , Guitar
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    , Songwriting, Lyrics
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  • Frank Kleuskens - Guitar
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    , backing vocals
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    , Songwriting
  • Fred Houben - Bass guitar
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  • Igor Hobus - drums
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Singles

Two singles were released from the album:
  • The first single was "Iedereen Is Gek (Behalve Jij)! (1999)" contained another album song "Watch Me Play" as a b-side. Also it tracks 3 and 4, "Overture/Everybody Love Me..." and "United Scum" were recorded live in Paradiso
    Paradiso (Amsterdam)
    Paradiso is an iconic rock music venue and cultural center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.-History:It is housed in a converted former church building that dates from the nineteenth century and that was used until 1965 as the meeting hall for a liberal Dutch religious group known as the "Vrije...

     with the Metropole Orchestra.

  • The second and last single was "Time Is Ticking Away", with the Depeche Mode
    Depeche Mode
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     cover "Enjoy the Silence" a the b-side. It also contained two live recordings from pinkpop
    Pinkpop
    Pinkpop Festival, or Pinkpop for short, is an annual festival held at Landgraaf, Netherlands. It is held annually on the Pentecost weekend...

    1999: "Sjonnie & Anita" and "Fistfuckparty at 701".
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