Nina Hagen

Catharina "Nina" Hagen (born 11 March 1955) is a German singer and actress. Born in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic, Hagen first pursued her career in the mid 1970s. After moving to West Berlin in 1976, she formed the Nina Hagen Band and signed with CBS Records. The band released two album before Hagen decided to pursue her career as a solo artist. In 1982, she signed with CBS Records and released her first solo album "NunSexMonkRock". Hagen is often referred to as the "Godmother of Punk". She is also noted for her human and animal rights activism. (Read more at Wikipedia)

Links to Peel
Throughout his career, Peel expressed a liking for singers with what he described as "extreme voices". Hagen could surely be placed in this category, having a very personal and unusual style of singing. In the late 70s, Nina was, in fact, among the artists John was championing, when he was starting to be really interested in punk. However, the novelty factor may have been wore off soon, since he abandoned her music after the second and last LP by the Nina Hagen Band. He didn't seem to have featured at all her music from her subsequent solo credited albums. The two albums by the Nina Hagen Band ("Nina Hagen Band" and "Unbehagen") were found in his record collection.

Sessions

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Featured Shows
(The list below was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive. Please add further information if known.)
 * 1979
 * 02 April 1979: Unbeschreiblich Weiblich (LP - Nina Hagen Band) (CBS)
 * 03 April 1979: Naturträne (LP - Nina Hagen Band) (CBS)
 * 05 April 1979: Superboy (LP - Nina Hagen Band) CBS
 * 12 April 1979: unknown
 * 08 May 1979: Unbeschreiblich Weiblich (LP – Nina Hagen Band) CBS
 * 16 May 1979: Superboy (LP - Nina Hagen Band) CBS (JP: "I bet parts of that are probably jolly rude if you speak German.")
 * 1980
 * 10 March 1980: African Reggae (LP - Unbehagen) CBS (JP: "music to skin cats to")
 * 13 March 1980: Alptraum (LP - Unbehagen) CBS