- (This page is about the Belgian band. For the American band of the same name, see Honeymoon Killers(2)).
The Honeymoon Killers were a Belgian experimental rock band originally formed in 1974 by Yvon Vromman, with J.F Jones Jacob, and Gérald Fenerberg. The band's original name at the time was Les Tueurs de la lune de miel (i.e. "The Honeymoon Killers" in French). Their first album, entitled Special Manubre, was produced by Marc Moulin for his short-lived Kamikaze imprint, and came out in 1977.
Live on stage, The Honeymoon Killers often used pre-recorded drum machine loops which were played from cassette, over this they put guitar, bass, drums, trashy percussion, cheap-sounding organ, with Vromman and Vincent taking turns on singing. Some of their songs were extended to 20 minutes with their own brand of dub echo effects.
The group split in 1985. Yvon Vromman died in 1989.
Their album Les Tueurs De La Lune De Miel was rated "best Belgian rock album of all times" by Belgian rock magazine Mofo, and numbered among the top ten Belgian albums of all times according to Le Vif/L'Express magazine.
Links to Peel[]
Tueurs de la Lune de Miel - "Route Nationale 7"
The band's second album (entitled Les Tueurs de la Lune de Miel — the French title of the album being the band’s English name, and vice versa) was warmly welcomed in Germany, France, and the UK where, unusually for a band which didn't sing in English, they received excellent coverage in the press, including the NME, on the cover of which the band appeared in 1982, as well as John Peel, who invited the band to do a session for his show, which they did.
Sessions[]
1. Recorded: 1982-11-13. Broadcast: 24 November 1982. Repeated: 14 December 1982
- Fonce A Mort / Histoire A Suivre / Reveillons-Nous / Romantic Evening
Other Shows Played[]
- 27 October 1981: Histoire À Suivre (album - Les Tueurs De La Lune De Miel) Crammed Discs CRAM 013
- Peel May June 1982: Rush (album - Les Tueurs De La Lune De Miel) Crammed Discs CRAM 013
- 19 May 1982 (BFBS): Rush (album - Les Tueurs De La Lune De Miel) Crammed Discs CRAM 013