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Nina Hagen
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Catharina Hagen (born on March 11, 1955) is a singer from East Berlin, Germany.
She’s a daughter of well-known East German actress Eva-Maria Hagen and writer Hans Oliva-Hagen. They divorced 5 years later due to the rising success of Eva-Maria (called “East Germany’s Brigitte Bardot”) as an actress on stage and in films. When Catharina (Nina) was 10 years old Eva-Maria had a partnership with dissident song-writer Wolf Biermann (see links at the end).
Nina left school in the 10th grade and joined a cover band. Eventually she joined the band Automobil (picture), which released a well-received album in Germany, including her first hit “Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen”.
After a concert for a West German labour union in 1976 Biermann was forbidden to return to the GDR. Because of their protests against it Eva-Maria and Nina were thrown out of GDR in 1977, and followed Wolf Biermann to Hamburg.
Nina subsequently met West-Berlin photographer Jim Rakete (who also produced some bands he shot the cover-photos for), and he brought Nina together with the politically left-wing band “Lokomotive Kreuzberg” (later known as “Spliff”): thus the “Nina Hagen Band” was born.
In 1978 The Nina Hagen Band released their self-titled debut album, which included titles like “TV-Glotzer” (a cover of “White Punks on Dope” by The Tubes) and “Auf’m Bahnhof Zoo”.
She’s a daughter of well-known East German actress Eva-Maria Hagen and writer Hans Oliva-Hagen. They divorced 5 years later due to the rising success of Eva-Maria (called “East Germany’s Brigitte Bardot”) as an actress on stage and in films. When Catharina (Nina) was 10 years old Eva-Maria had a partnership with dissident song-writer Wolf Biermann (see links at the end).
Nina left school in the 10th grade and joined a cover band. Eventually she joined the band Automobil (picture), which released a well-received album in Germany, including her first hit “Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen”.
After a concert for a West German labour union in 1976 Biermann was forbidden to return to the GDR. Because of their protests against it Eva-Maria and Nina were thrown out of GDR in 1977, and followed Wolf Biermann to Hamburg.
Nina subsequently met West-Berlin photographer Jim Rakete (who also produced some bands he shot the cover-photos for), and he brought Nina together with the politically left-wing band “Lokomotive Kreuzberg” (later known as “Spliff”): thus the “Nina Hagen Band” was born.
In 1978 The Nina Hagen Band released their self-titled debut album, which included titles like “TV-Glotzer” (a cover of “White Punks on Dope” by The Tubes) and “Auf’m Bahnhof Zoo”.
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goo_goo_muck wrote:
i get soo pissed off with my german while trying to sing-along.
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k2core wrote:
Her voice is nothing but amazing, the voice range is like ..WOW.
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nenamatahari wrote:
She was one of my biggest role models as a teen. I would dress like her. ;)
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Tipheret wrote:
Addictive
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svanky wrote:
:3
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-Dru- wrote:
<3 Nina
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leifjellow wrote:
da hob ich ab da flog ich los ... heiss
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inhocvince wrote:
Great picture of her up there! Sometimes she's not very photogenic! I love esp her Nunsexmonkrock album
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lainehagen wrote:
I LOVE NINA HAGEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!
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Enidd wrote:
Oh! Hello all Nina`s fans! She is great!!
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JeanneduMal wrote:
Hallo Liebe Kreatur der Bizarren skurrilität Danke für den Hexentanz!Find diesen Song sehr speziell,eigentlich etwas sehr schönes vom künstlerischen Aspekt von Nina Hagen Danke dass es disen inspirierenden Song gibt.Wenn Du lust hast,schau Dir meine Kunst auf www.myspace/atelier_laurin Danke für Deine künstlerische Gedankenwelt...Jedoch zu meinem Pech nur die die Du preis gibst ;) liebe G
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kelch_der_liebe wrote:
Liebe Nina Hagen!
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ludwigthesecond wrote:
Wau Wau
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TallLeprechaun wrote:
I love nina and her masterbation teaching skills :]
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Urbancowboy69 wrote:
Nina Hagen ist spitze!
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cannibalroses wrote:
Best Nina picture ever.
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noiredieu wrote:
new york new york!
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Wiesevuvel wrote:
Nina ist einfach genial. (:
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Sternenmadl wrote:
Ich liebe nina.. klar sie spinnt manchmal.. aber gehört das nicht einfach dazu :)
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