Nina Hagen Band

Biography

One of the most important records in German rock history… Nina Hagen Band is the first album of the Nina Hagen Band, from 1978. Hagen was born in former East Berlin, East Germany and became one of the country’s best-known young stars.In 1976 she left the country, following the expulsion of her stepfather and ended up in London during the height of the punk rock movement. Hagen was quickly taken up by a circle that included The Slits and the Sex Pistols. Back in Germany Hagen formed the Nina Hag...

One of the most important records in German rock history… Nina Hagen Band is the first album of the Nina Hagen Band, from 1978. Hagen was born in former East Berlin, East Germany and became one of the country’s best-known young stars.In 1976 she left the country, following the expulsion of her stepfather and ended up in London during the height of the punk rock movement. Hagen was quickly taken up by a circle that included The Slits and the Sex Pistols. Back in Germany Hagen formed the Nina Hagen Band and released their eponymous debut album in 1978. The album includes the single ‘TV-Glotzer’, a cover of ‘White Punks on Dope’ by The Tubes but with completely different lyrics in German. LP Track listing All lyrics by Nina Hagen; except “Pank” by Hagen and Ariane Forster Music as indicated Side A “TV-Glotzer” (“White Punks on Dope”) (Bill Spooner, Michael Evans, Roger Steen) — 5:15 “Rangehn” (Bernhard Potschka) — 3:27 “Unbeschreiblich ♀” (Manfred Praeker) — 3:30 “Auf’m Bahnhof Zoo” (Manfred Praeker, Reinhold Heil) — 5:25 “Naturträne” (Hagen)— 4:05 Side B “Superboy” (Herwig Mitteregger) — 4:01 “Heiss” (Manfred Praeker, Bernhard Potschka, Herwig Mitteregger, Reinhold Heil) — 4:11 “Fisch im Wasser” (Hagen) — 0:51 “Auf’m Friedhof” (Bernhard Potschka, Herwig Mitteregger) — 6:15 “Der Spinner” (Herwig Mitteregger) — 3:15 “Pank” (Ariane Forster) — 1:45 Personnel Nina Hagen – vocals Manfred Praeker – bass, vocals Bernhard Potschka – guitar, vocals Herwig Mitteregger – drums, vibraphone Reinhold Heil – keyboards Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.