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Early years

Nina's parents were Hans Hagen (also known as Hans Oliva), a scriptwriter, and Eva-Maria Hagen, an actress and singer. Her paternal Jewish grandparents lost their lives in Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Her parents divorced when Nina was two years old, and she saw her father infrequently growing up. At age four, she began to study ballet, and was considered an opera prodigy by the time she was nine. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (822x744, 124 KB) Nina Hagen Picture taken in Aalborg, Denmark, 2003 © 2003 by Tomasz Sienicki, tsca#sdf. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ...

When Nina was eleven, her mother married Wolf Biermann, a revolutionary anti-establishment singer/songwriter. Biermann's political views incalculably influenced young Nina: she was "dishonorably discharged" from the Free German Youth group at age twelve, and active in political protests against the socialist East German government. Karl Wolf Biermann (born 15 November 1936 in Hamburg) is a former East German dissident who works as a German Liedermacher (songwriter). ... The Free German Youth (Freie Deutsche Jugend or FDJ) was the official youth movement of the government of the German Democratic Republic. ...

Nina left school after completing the 10th grade (at age 16), and joined the cover band "Fritzens Dampferband" (together with Achim Mentzel and others). In part, she dropped out because she felt constrained by what the oppressive regime considered to be "acceptable" music, and added songs by Janis Joplin and Tina Turner to the "allowable" setlists during shows. Janis Lyn Joplin (19th January, 1943 – 4 October 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. ... Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939) is a seven-time Grammy Award-winning African-American rock (one grammy win with ex-husband Ike, six as a solo artist, and one win by Whats Love Got to Do With It songwriters Graham Lyle and Terry Britten...

From 1972-3, Nina enrolled in the crash-course performance program at The Central Studio for Light Music in East Berlin, and upon graduation, formed the band Automobil.

Music career

1970s

In East Germany, she performed with the band Automobil, becoming one of the country's best-known young stars. Her most famous song from the early part of her career was "Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen" (You Forgot the Color Film) in 1974. However, her musical career in East Germany was cut short when she and her mother left the country in 1976, following the expulsion of her stepfather Wolf Biermann.

The circumstances surrounding the family's emigration were exceptional: Biermann was granted permission to perform a televised concert in West Berlin, but denied permission to re-cross the border to his home country. During a period when bureaucracy was the norm, and families divided by the Berlin Wall had not seen one another in decades, Nina submitted an application to leave the country. In it, she claimed to be Biermann's biological daughter, and threatened to become the next Wolf Biermann if not allowed to rejoin her father. Just four days later, her request was miraculously granted, and she settled in Hamburg, where she was signed almost immediately to a CBS-affiliated record label. Her label advised her to acclimate herself to Western culture through travel, and she arrived in London during the height of the punk rock musical movement. Nina was quickly taken up by a circle that included The Slits and the Sex Pistols, and Johnny Rotten was a particular admirer. East German construction workers building the Berlin Wall, 20 November 1961. ... Location Coordinates Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE6 First Mayor Ole von Beust (CDU) Governing party CDU Votes in Bundesrat 3 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  755 km² (292 sq mi) Population 1,754,317 (11/2006)[1]  - Density 2,324 /km² (6,018... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... The Slits are an all female punk rock band. ... The Sex Pistols was an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ... John Lydon John Joseph Lydon (born January 31, 1956), also known as Johnny Rotten (a nickname derived from the state of his teeth) was the iconoclastic lead singer of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd (PiL) and an Irish individualist anarchist. ...

Back in Germany by the summer of 1977, Hagen formed the Nina Hagen Band in West Berlin's Kreuzberg district. In 1978 they released their self-titled debut album, which included the single TV-Glotzer (a cover of White Punks on Dope by The Tubes, lyrically altered to German language and expressing the thoughts of a depressed couch potato whose life revolves around TV), and Auf'm Bahnhof Zoo, about West Berlin's then-notorious Berlin Zoologischer Garten station. The album also included a version of "Rangehn" (approximately, Go On), a song she had previously recorded in East Germany, but with different music. Boroughs of West Berlin West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. ... Kreuzberg Kreuzberg is possibly the most well-known of the boroughs (Bezirke) of Berlin. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... The Tubes are a San Francisco-based theatre rock band, popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for their live performances that combined lewd quasi-pornography with wild satires of media, consumerism and politics. ... “Slob” redirects here. ... Boroughs of West Berlin West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. ... The Bahnhof Zoo in 2004 The Bahnhof Zoo (the official name is Berlin Zoologischer Garten) was the central transport facility in West Berlin during the citys political division and is still the main station for the western central area of Berlin. ...

According to reviewer Fritz Rumler,

… she thrusts herself into the music, aggressively, directly, furiously, roars in the most beautiful opera alto, then, through shrieks and squeals, precipitates into luminous soprano heights, she parodies, satirises, and howls on stage like a dervish.

The album gained significant attention throughout Germany and abroad, both for its hard rock sound and for Hagen's theatrical vocals, far different from the straightforward singing of her East German recordings. However, relations between Hagen and the other band members deteriorated over the course of the subsequent European tour, and Hagen decided to leave the band in 1979, though she was still under contract to produce a second album. This LP, Unbehagen (which in German also means discomfort or unease), was eventually produced with the band recording their tracks in Berlin and Hagen recording the vocals in Los Angeles, California. It included the single African Reggae and a cover of Lene Lovich's Lucky Number. The other band members sans Hagen, soon developed a successful independent musical career as Spliff. Location of Berlin within Germany / EU Coordinates Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE3 City subdivisions 12 boroughs Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit (SPD) Governing parties SPD / Left. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... CD reissue of Lene Lovichs first album, Stateless. ... Spliff was a German New Wave (Neue Deutsche Welle) band in the 1970s and 1980s. ...

Meanwhile, Hagen's public persona was steadily creating media uproar and she became infamous for an appearance on an Austrian talk show called Club 2, in which she simulated masturbation. She also acted with Dutch rocker Herman Brood and singer Lene Lovich in the movie Cha Cha. Woman masturbating, 1913 drawing by Gustav Klimt. ... // Biography Herman Brood (pronounced Broat /bro:t/; Zwolle, November 5, 1946 – Amsterdam, July 11, 2001) was a Dutch musician, painter and media personality. ... CD reissue of Lene Lovichs first album, Stateless. ...

1980s

A European tour with a new band in 1980 was cancelled, and Nina turned to the New World. A limited-edition U.S. album was released on vinyl that summer: one side contained two English-language songs, and the B side was two tracks from Unbehagen. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...

In the fall of 1980, Hagen discovered she was pregnant, broke up with the father-to-be, and moved to Los Angeles. Her daughter, Cosma Shiva Hagen, was born in Santa Monica on May 17, 1981. In 1982, Hagen released her first solo album NunSexMonkRock, a dissonant mix of punk, funk, reggae, and opera, and went on a world tour with the No Problem Orchestra. Cosma Shiva Hagen Cosma Shiva Hagen (born 17 May 1981 in Los Angeles, California) is a German actress and the daughter of New Wave singer Nina Hagen and the late musician Ferdinand Karmelk. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ...

In 1983 came the album Angstlos and a minor European tour. By this time, Hagen's public appearances were becoming stranger and frequently included discussions of God, UFOs, her social and political beliefs, animal rights and vivisection and claims of alien sightings. The English version of Angstlos, Fearless, generated two major club hits in America , Zarah (a cover of the Zarah Leander song Ich weiss, es wird einmal ein Wunder geschehen) and the disco/punk/opera classic, New York New York. Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... UFO can mean: Unidentified flying object United Future Organization, a Japanese-Brazilian electronic jazz band UFO, the rock band that previously featured Michael Schenker UFO, the Gerry Anderson TV series United Farmers of Ontario, a political party that formed the government in Ontario from 1919 to 1923 U.F.O... A civet, or sea fox, photographed in the Zigong Peoples Zoo, Sichuan, 2001. ... Etymologically, Vivisection refers to the dissection of, or any cutting or surgery upon, a living organism. ... Zarah Leander Zarah Leander (March 15, 1907 – June 23, 1981) was a Swedish actress and singer. ...

1985's Nina Hagen In Ekstasy fared less well, but did generate club hits with "Universal Radio" and a cover of "Spirit In The Sky" and also featured a 1979 recording of her hardcore punk take on Frank Sinatra's My Way, which had been one of her signature live tunes in previous years. Her contract with CBS over, she released the Punk Wedding EP independently in 1987, a celebration of her marriage to an 18-year old punk nicknamed 'Iroquois'. It followed an independent 1986 one-off single with Lene Lovich, the anthemic Don't Kill The Animals. In 1989 Hagen released the album Nina Hagen which was backed up by another German tour. 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was a jazz oriented popular singer and Academy Award-winning actor. ... This article is about the Frank Sinatra song. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

1990s

In the 1990s, Hagen lived in Paris with her daughter Cosma Shiva. In 1991 she toured Europe in support of her new album Street. Hagen also has a son, Otis. In 1992 Hagen became the host of a TV show on RTLplus. The following year she released Revolution Ballroom and two years later the German-language album Freud Euch appeared, recorded in English as Beehappy in 1996. Also in 1996, Hagen collaborated with electronic music composer Christopher Franke, along with Rick Jude on "Alchemy of Love", the theme song for the Tenchi Universe movie Tenchi Muyo! in Love. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Cosma Shiva Hagen Cosma Shiva Hagen (born 17 May 1981 in Los Angeles, California) is a German actress and the daughter of New Wave singer Nina Hagen and the late musician Ferdinand Karmelk. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... RTL (formerly RTL plus) is a large German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial) in larger population centers. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Christopher Franke (born Berlin, 6 April 1953) was a member of the German New Age electronic group Tangerine Dream with Edgar Froese and Peter Baumann from 1970. ... Tenchi Universe (Tenchi Muyo! TV in Japan) is a 26-episode anime series produced by AIC and Pioneer Animation (now Geneon Entertainment). ... Tenchi Muyo! in Love ) is the first of three movies set in the Tenchi Muyo multi-verse. ...

In 1998, Hagen became the host of a weekly science fiction show on the British Sci-Fi-Channel, in addition to embarking on another tour of Germany. In 1999, she released the devotional album Om Namah Shivay, which was distributed exclusively online. She also sang "Witness" on KMFDM's Adios. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... KMFDM is an industrial rock band and the brainchild of founding member Sascha Konietzko. ... Adios was originally conceived as KMFDMs parting shot to its longtime record label, Wax Trax! Records. ...

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2000s

In 2000, her song Schön ist die Welt became the official song of Expo 2000. Another cover of a Zarah Leander song "Der Wind hat mir ein Lied erzählt" was a minor hit the same year. The album The Return of the Mother was released in February 2001, accompanied by another German tour. In 2001 she collaborated with Rosenstolz and Marc Almond on the single Total eclipse/Die schwarze Witwe that reached #22 in Germany. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... EXPO 2000 Hannover Germany Logo The Netherlands Pavilion at EXPO 2000 The Venezuela Pavilion Hungary Pavilion EXPO Mascot Matthijs Expo 2000 was a Worlds Fair held in Hanover, Germany from July 2 to October 31, 2000. ... Zarah Leander Zarah Leander (March 15, 1907 – June 23, 1981) was a Swedish actress and singer. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rosenstolz [] is a German music band from Berlin. ... Marc Almond (born Peter Mark Sinclair Almond on 9 July 1957 in Southport, Lancashire) is a popular English singer, songwriter and recording artist, who originally found fame as half of the seminal Synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell. ...

Hagen dubbed the voice of Sally in the German release of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas and she has also done voice work in Hot Dogs by Michael Schoemann. Hagen has been featured on songs by other bands, for instance on Oomph!'s song Fieber. Most recently, she did a cover of Rammstein's "Seemann" with Apocalyptica. In filmmaking, dubbing or looping is the process of recording or replacing voices for a motion picture. ... Timothy William Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an Academy Award-nominated American film director, writer and designer known for his off-beat and quirky style. ... Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 Academy Award-Nominated, stop motion animated musical film about the inhabitants of Halloween Town who take over Christmas, directed by stop-motion animator Henry Selick. ... OOMPH! is a German industrial metal group. ... Rammstein (pronounced Ram-Shtine, IPA: [ˈʁam. ... For other uses, see Seemann (disambiguation) The second single by Rammstein from their LP Herzeleid. ... Apocalyptica is a Finnish musical group consisting of three, formerly four, classically trained cellists and, since 2005, a drummer. ...

Discography

Albums

• Nina Hagen Band (1978) (gold in Germany)
• Unbehagen (1979) (gold in Germany)
• NunSexMonkRock (1982)
• Angstlos (1983), released in English language as Fearless (1984)
• In Ekstase (1985), released in English as In Ekstasy (1985)
• Punk Wedding EP (1987)
• Nina Hagen (1989)
• Street (1991)
• Rock aus Deutschland: Nina Hagen, compilation of East German material (1992)
• Revolution Ballroom (1993)
• Freud Euch (1995), released in English as Beehappy (1996)
• Die Dreigroschenoper (1999)
• Om Namah Shivay (1999)
• Return of the Mother (2000)
• Big Band Explosion (2003)
• Irgendwo auf der Welt (2006)

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References

• [1] biography
• liner notes from the album 14 Friendly Abductions: The Best of Nina Hagen

External links

• Seltene Live/Video Aufnahmen von Nina Hagen
• Nina Hagen discography
• Nina Hagen Electronic Shrine
• Trouser Press Nina Hagen Discography

• Nina Hagen - myspace page

• Nina Hagen at the Internet Movie Database
• Nina Hagen: Interview (Germany)