The Kids

1976 Inspired bij the upcoming punkwave Ludo Mariman and the DE HAES brothers formed THE KIDS

1977 THE KIDS signed their first recordcontract with Phonogram. They played support acts for Iggy Pop and Patti Smith.

1978 Their first album "THE KIDS" was recorded and guitarist Luk Van De Poel reinforced the band. The same year they played in the famous JAZZ BILZEN festival. Eight months later the second album "NAUGHTY KIDS" was released

1979 Eddy De Haes was replaced on drums by Cesar Janssens, nowadays hitting the drums by Raymond Van Het Groenewoud. The Kids played in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany and France.

1980 Release of the third album "LIVING IN THE 20TH CENTURY". They toured in Belgium with Jo Lemaire & Flouze. They performed for the second time on the Jazz Bilzen Festival

1981 The album "BLACK-OUT" was recorded with on it their best known song "THERE WILL BE NO NEXT TIME"

1982 Liverecordings with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio in Antwerp and Mechelen resulted in the live album "LIVE"

1983 The single "Mercy Mercy" is the last record released by Phonogram. After the 1983-clubtour , The KIDS stopped playing for almost two years

1985 The album "GOTCHA!" was released by Konexion and THE KIDS toured for the last time in Flanders.

1986 After 10 years THE KIDS decided to stop playing and LUDO MARIMAN started his solocareer.

1991 Release of the Best of CD of THE KIDS: the compilation "1976 - 1986"

1996 20 years after the first gig THE KIDS held a reunion-tour. The first two albums were reproduced on one CD and a double album

1998 "Fascist Cops" and "We Are The Prisoners" are recorded for the soundtrack of "DIEF" After a live performance on TV the received enormous reactions. The Kids played again in the original line-up on the summerfestivals in Belgium, a small club-tour in Germany and a automn tour in clubs in Belgium.

1999 and further on The DE HAES brothers were replaced by ex-THE SCABS-drummer Franky SAENEN and twenty-year-old-bassplayer Pieter VAN BUYTEN. They played on a lot of Belgian festivals and in clubs in Belgium and abroad.

THE KIDS will continue playing as long as ....... THE KIDS ARE UNITED.

2001 THE KIDS are 25 YEARS young and in december of that same year the Live CD FLABBERGASTED! was released

2004
recordings of the live DVD in New York, at southpaw club in June and released ater that year

2005
New CD SINGLE "Freedom, Liberty, Democracy"
Bassplayer Pieter is replaced on permanent bases by our formerly reserve bassplayer Yves.

2006
The Kids are 30!

and the one and only DANNY DE HAES is back in business on the bass.

Danny De Haes rejoined the band on the 25th of March 2006.

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