REPOST Request: A fitting repost for Halloween! Per Discogs: Real Name:
Catharina Hagen
Profile:
German singer, songwriter and actress, born March 11, 1955 in East Berlin (then GDR). She is the daughter of Eva-Maria Hagen. In 1976, following the revocation of her stepfather Wolf Biermann's citizen rights, she was allowed to migrate to the West where she soon made name in the punk scene with the Nina Hagen Band. Between 1980 and 1986 she mostly lived in the USA. She is the mother of Cosma Shiva Hagen.
An unlikely new-wave band formed by former East Berlin female vocalist shortly after her immigration to West-Berlin with musicians from Lokomotive Kreuzberg. Active in 1978 and 1979 only despite the great success of their first album. Due to artistic differences and financial disputes, Nina decided to quit despite being contractually bound to deliver a second album. That album, Unbehagen, was recorded by the band without Nina. She later recorded the vocal tracks individually. Nonetheless, this album too proved to be a big success.
After the band split, Nina Hagen carried on solo with backing musicians, and the rest of the band renamed themselves Spliff.
1 comment:
Anonymous said...
Really awesome stuff. She must have been the first artist to thank RHCP in her LP liner notes.
Cheers & Thanks!!
Nathan.G
MARCH 5, 2014 AT 7:33 AM
totallyXtina said...
OMG, so happy that I found this. Had this on vinyl in the earlier years. Saw her a couple of times in Germany. She's so genius in this 2 dimaonds of german punk. Totally recommandable!!!!! 5/5 Stars!!!
APRIL 21, 2016 AT 4:04 PM
Since I am catching up on my 'solo women' theme posts, I had forgot to include these from the Isksp blog to add to my previous rips. Regarding that last post of Nina, I read an interesting write up at one of my favorite Facebook entities called "Dangerous Minds" saying they thought her English LP's after these two releases were pure psychedelic--beyond even what the Butthole Surfers did!
AUGUST 4, 2016 AT 2:22 PM
Raygun1966 said...
This is the best blog I've ever frequented, hands down.
Thank you for posting Nina...the exact mood I've been in.
cheers!
AUGUST 30, 2016 AT 10:56 PM
salmitch said...
Can you please refresh this post? Thanks!
JULY 5, 2022 AT 12:15 AM
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salmitch said...
Thanks, great post!!
JULY 8, 2022 AT 4:20 PM
jimi2770 said...
please,update the link
FEBRUARY 27, 2023 AT 11:36 AM
MARCH 7, 2023 AT 12:00 PM
Muddy Mike said...
Thanks for these Lps... Nina, along with Lenya Lovich, are just one of a kind artists; so idiosyncratic!
MARCH 18, 2023 AT 9:28 AM
jimi2770 said...
please, update the link.thank you.
NOVEMBER 6, 2023 AT 10:10 AM
November 7, 2023 at 10:00 AM
Anonymous said...
please, update the link. thank you.
October 18, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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