Andrew Brel

Quick Facts

Full Name	Andrew Brel
Occupation	Author
Date Of Birth	Sep 28, 1960(1960-09-28)
Age	64
Birthplace	Johannesburg
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Gauteng
Horoscope	Libra

Andrew Brel Biography

Andrew Brel is one of the most popular and richest Author who was born on September 28, 1960 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

After the death of his Atheist father in 1971, when he was age ten, despite being raised by a devoutly Greek Orthodox mother, Brel became an eloquent anti-theist who believes religion will eventually be as widely condemned as racism and remembered as a child-abusing hate crime. Although he has ongoing friendships with believers in most religions.

In 1979, having just turned 18, Brel was forcibly conscripted into the South African Army for two years during the height of the Border War. Brel was from the outset a refusenik in uniform, unwilling to fire a weapon, leading to a court martial. At 18 he remained firm in his position that “All I can do is play the guitar” refusing to participate in any militant activity. Eventually he became the guitarist in the accomplished Entertainment Corps show band, a seat once occupied by Trevor Rabin. Brel toured the Country, often appearing as the musical entertainment for Government functions. He also toured the SADF camps in the Angolan Border war zone, performing with many of South Africa’s biggest musical stars of the era on morale boosting concerts for the troops. Experiencing first hand the traumatized reaction of an average 18-year-old troops personality to firefights. And the barbarism that accompanies all out war. In this guise, with the rank of Bandsman, he met and entertained several of South Africa’s significant Apartheid leaders, including Minister of Defence, Magnus Malan and Minister of Police Jimmy Kruger. Whom he already knew to be among the worst ethical specimens an idealistic 18-year-old could hope to meet. Kruger had only recently overseen the horrible death of Steve Biko, commenting on his awful demise, cooking to death while naked with a broken skull in the back of a Police Land Rover, “It leaves me cold”. Awareness of the personalities he was entertaining sat heavily on the anti- fascist young Brel.

Andrew Brel Net Worth

Andrew Brel is one of the richest Author from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andrew Brel 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Brel was born to Greek parents in the South African suburb of Bryanston, one of Johannesburg’s affluent whites-only areas in 1960. His father was Manoussos Broulidakis, originally from Sfakia, a Cretan village on the South of the Island notable for its resistance during the Ottoman occupation. With a reputation for resistance against oppression going back 1,000 years, Sfakia was the extraction point for the Allied troops caught up in the surprise invasion of Crete by the Nazis in 1941. After emigrating to South Africa in 1934, Manos volunteered for the South African army in 1939, serving as an infantry captain with the British Commonwealth forces, active in North Africa and Italy. He was a multiple medal winner although he gave his medals away, believing medals to be unworthy, seeing the anti-fascist position as every mans duty and not a choice warranting reward. Manos married Helen Evangelou in

1956. They had three children. Katerina, born 1958, Andreas born 1960 and Christina born 1966. The family lived in Linksfield Ridge in what was the ‘House of the Year in 1956. The house on Hannoben street was designed by Frank L. Jarret in 1951 “for Greek timber merchant Manos Broulidakis, who spared no expense in using the richest of timbers for its interiors.” Manos sold in 1960 to L.Ron Hubbard, when he relocated his Scientology business to South Africa. The house that Manos built is currently listed as one of Johannesburg’s hidden treasures of architecture as a museum called ‘The Ron Hubbard House’. Manos Broulidakis’ home was the first 1950’s house to attain Heritage status in South Africa. In 1960 Manos moved his family to Bryanston, where Andreas grew up a native Greek speaker, attending Bryanston Primary, Bryanston High and Damelin College before completing first year at the University of the Witwatersrand medical school. Manos died in 1971 of a coronary thrombosis, leaving Helen, 36, with three children and four dogs in a three acre property with four servants. Andrew was 10, Katherine 12 and Christina 4. Each child would react differently to this early encounter with profound loss. Kathy became a professional ballerina and embraced Eastern mysticism, Andrew became a professional musician and rejected orthodox religion from an early age, while the youngest, Christine embraced materialism, becoming a successful lawyer.

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In 1985, aged 24 and with some skills as a performing and recording musician, Brel left Apartheid South Africa, choosing England as his new home where he arrived with a total of £1,500 and no plan beyond playing music for money. Brel was well received from the outset in the UK where his one-man show led to a stream of bookings on the Pub and club circuit. Soon after arrival he enjoyed a 3-year Saturday night sold-out stint at Bo-Jangles, a wine bar owned by a music Industry personality in Hampton Wick, South West London, opposite Kingston-Upon-Thames. Bo Jangles was at that time a trending in-place for musicians where being the featured attraction every Saturday night led to many musical introductions and album recording opportunities. Providing the social network that formed the start of a new life in the UK.

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Anne Ranked on the list of most popular Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Andrew Brel celebrates birthday on September 28 of every year.

From 1986 until 1991 he owned and operated Hampton Court Studios at no 3 Bridge Road, working as a music writer and producer, developing new talent and creating original musical copyrights. This period included producing the original demos of the Dogs D’Amour which led to their record deal with China Records, launching a colorful chapter in British cartoon Rock and Roll. After 8-hour studio sessions on most days, in the evenings Brel continued public performances as a guitarist/singer, increasingly in duo context with musicians including Duncan Mackay (10cc), John Edwards (Status Quo) and Ronnie Johnson (Van Morrison).