The Radios loses its guitarist, Dany Lademacher
In the early 1990s, Belgian pop group The Radios around frontman and artistic jack-of-all-trades Bart Peeters scored success In Belgium, and in near and far abroad. Earlier this week, its star guitarist Dany Lademacher passed away. A short tribute.
When Dany Lademacher (b1950, Etterbeek) joined The Radios as a guitarist in 1990, he had already been swimming through some musical waters. As an adolescent, he played guitar with Belgian band Kleptomania and a number of British bands. He had his breakthrough in 1977, when Dutch rock legend Herman Brood inducted him into his group His Wild Romance as guitarist and composer. It was the man behind top international hits. For instance, he signed for the famous riff in Saturday Night and Never be clever is also pretty much his brainchild.
Drugs got Herman Brood's band under a spell. The signal for Dany Lademacher to seek new horizons. Bart Peeters got wind of it. Without hesitation, he brought the Belgian rock “n” roll talent into The Radios. With his favourite guitarist Dany at the strings and hits including especially She goes nana (1992), they conquered a piece of the world. Even after the group quit in 1994, Dany Lademacher remained active in the music world.
Heart problems marked his last years of life. Not yet fully recovered from a hospital admission, he climbed the stage too early, overconfident and overenthusiastic. Four songs later, he had to drop out, the brief prelude to, as it were, a rock and roll ending.