Helloïse

A Dutch hard rock group featuring Stan Verbraak (vocals), Ben Blaauw (guitar), Arjan Boogerds (guitar), Marchell Remeeus (bass) and Ernst Van Ee (drums), Helloise recorded two moderate studio collections for major label WEA Records in the mid-80s. Both Blaauw and Van Ee had formerly played with Highway Chile, but Helloise was an altogether more polished, musically complex project. Cosmogony, the group's debut, released in 1985, secured strong praise for its musical dynamism and free-flowing rhythms, but sales lagged behind the critical response. That fate also befell Polarity,...