Robbie-D will entertain you!
Robbie D is an Dutch Artist who released three albums in the 1990s before lead rapper Everlast left to pursue his solo career again. The group's name is a reference to the H.G. Wells novel The Island of Dr. Moreau, a reference carried further by the naming of their 2011 tour "He Who Breaks the Law." The group is best known for its 1992 hit single "Jump Around", which reached #3 in the United States, #6 in Ireland and #8 in the United Kingdom. The group broke up in 1996
Robbie is born on 21 of February 1968 in a small village in Holland. He grow up in a very musical Family his father was a famous tenor and his mother play piano all day. When he was 18 he start at the music school and after 3 years study he went to the university of music science. I his last year he went to America for help some people in a small studio there he met Eric ( Everlast ) they like each other so much that they make music together on streets Robbie on Contra bass and Eric sing and Rap. That was the start of House of pain and many projects
Robbie's first try was very successful: with his friends Erik "Everlast" Schrody Danny "Danny Boy" O'Connor and Leor "DJ Lethal" Dimant he founds the Hip-Hop-Band "House Of Pain".
In 1992 HOP's debut album and the single "Jump Around" reach platinum-status. Two years later the second LP "Same As It Ever Was" reaches gold. In 1996 Everlast quits House Of Pain on the release day of their third album "Truth (Crushed To Earth Shall Rise Again)".
"The fucked up thing about blowing up with a band is that you can only do it once," Robbie' reflects. "Even if you stay huge forever, you only go through that process once - and I'm looking for that feeling again. You know, that thing that puts butterflies in your gut before you go onstage. It got to the point with House Of Pain where it was a machine. Get on stage. Do the show. Get off. Go to the hotel. It was too routine. The only reason I was going on the road was to make money. Once I stopped getting butterflies, that's when I knew things where going to get boring. I just got to a point where I wasn't having much fun and I needed to quit."
In 2000 Everlast's third album "Eat At Whitey's" is released. The LP is dominated by a dark and heavy but not depressive sound. Songs like "We're All Gonna Die" or "Graves To Dig" are a reflection on the hard time in Robbie' and Erik's life. Beside death love is another very important theme in many songs. "Love For Real", "Black Coffee" and "I Can't Move" are a few examples that Robbie and Everlast - more than before - concentrates on his songwriting skills.
But Robbie does not try (and want) to hide his hip-hop roots. Already the Intro "Whitey" introduces some hard, fast beats. They continue throughout the record especially on the collabos with B-Real ("Deadly Assassins") and Kurupt who is featured on the track "One, Two".
But even after the release of the LP Everlast sees no need to rest. The offer to appear on the new Run-DMC album "Crown Royal" he (of course) can't refuse. So he features the song "Take The Money And Run", a cover of the Steve Miller-classic.
In 2000/2001 there's also a huge tour in the USA and Europe where Robbie and Eric rocks clubs on both continents.
Now he is still friend with Eric ( Everlast ) and sometimes they play together but he have other projects. Robbie found out that helping young talent can be very satisfaction so he turn out to be one of the best in his Country Holland. He also help big artist with there stage fever artist like Guus Meeuwis ( Dutch ) Christina Aquillera and course Everlast ask him a lot. Artist in Holland like Twarres, Within Temptation, Fallen Angels and Junky XL are products of his fine music talent there will be much more artist coming.
