97-572: Catharina " Nina " Hagen ( German: [ˈniːna ˈhaːɡn̩] ; born 11 March 1955) is a German singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her theatrical vocals and rise to prominence during the punk and Neue Deutsche Welle movements in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is known as "The Godmother of German Punk". Born and raised in the former East Berlin , German Democratic Republic , Hagen began her career as an actress when she appeared in several German films alongside her mother Eva-Maria Hagen . Around that same time, she joined
194-470: A dressed-down style of T-shirts, jeans, combat boots or trainers, and crewcuts . Women in the hardcore scene typically wore army trousers, band T-shirts, and hooded jumpers. The style of the 1980s hardcore scene contrasted with the more provocative fashion styles of late 1970s punk rockers (elaborate hairdos , torn clothes, patches, safety pins, studs, spikes, etc.). Circle Jerks frontman Keith Morris described early hardcore fashion as "the...punk scene
291-615: A swastika for shock value; Vivienne Westwood's DESTROY shirt featured an upside-down crucified Jesus and a swastika, notably worn by members of the Sex Pistols. Most contemporary punks are staunchly anti-racist and are more likely to wear a crossed-out swastika symbol than a pro-Nazi symbol. Some punks cut their hair into mohawks or other dramatic shapes, style it to stand in spikes, and colour it with vibrant, unnatural hues. Some punks are anti-fashion , arguing that punk should be defined by music or ideology. Punk clothing choices challenge
388-557: A CD single by G.I.B Music and Distribution GmbH. In 1999, she played the role of Celia Peachum in The Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht , alongside Max Raabe . She also regularly performs songs by Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler and Paul Dessau set to Brecht's texts. 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"
485-497: A bra and underwear. Although that act can seem sexualised, to punks it was just a way of self-expression. Punk seemed to allow people to sexualise themselves and still be taken seriously. The nature of punk allowed many to create a non-gender-conforming style. Punks could be free to use femininity or masculinity to make what they were doing even more shocking to their audience. It became popular for some punks to accentuate societal norms. At one concert, Donita Sparks , lead singer of
582-481: A comprehensive exhibit, PUNK: Chaos to Couture , that examined the techniques of hardware, distress, and re-purposing in punk fashion. In the United Kingdom, the advent of punk in the late 1970s with its "anyone can do it" ethos led to women making significant contributions. In contrast to the rock music and heavy metal scenes of the 1970s, which were dominated by men, the anarchic, counter-cultural mindset of
679-546: A cover of " Spirit in the Sky " and also featured a 1979 recording of her hardcore punk take on Paul Anka 's " My Way ", which had been one of her signature live tunes in previous years. She performed songs from this album during the 1985 version of Rock in Rio . While in Brazil she met and befriended Brazilian musicians as diverse as samba diva Beth Carvalho and Brazilian punk singer Supla (who
776-467: A dichotomy. There was a notable amount of cross-dressing in the punk scene; it was not unusual to see men wearing ripped-up skirts, fishnet tights, and excessive makeup, or to see women with shaved heads wearing oversized plaid shirts and jean jackets and heavy combat boots. Punk created a new cultural space for androgyny and all kinds of gender expression. In trying to reject societal norms, punk embraced one societal norm by deciding that strength and anger
873-591: A dissonant mix of punk, funk, reggae, and opera. She then went on a world tour with the No Problem Orchestra. In 1983, she released the album Angstlos and a minor European tour. By this time, Hagen's public appearances 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
970-472: A long romantic relationship that would end when Hagen could no longer tolerate Brood's drug abuse. She would refer to Brood as her "soulmate" long after Brood committed suicide in 2001. A European tour with a new band in 1980 was cancelled, and Hagen turned to the United States. A limited-edition 10-inch EP was released on vinyl that summer in the U.S. Two songs from her first album Nina Hagen Band were on
1067-404: A male framework." For some punks, the body was a symbol of opposition, a political statement expressing disgust of all that was "normal" and socially accepted. The idea was to make others outside of the subculture question their own views, which made gender presentation and gender identity a popular factor to be played with. In some ways, punk helped to tear apart the normalised view of gender as
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#17329014591791164-540: A new contract with CBS and released her debut solo album NunSexMonkRock , which became her first record to chart in the United States. She followed it with two more albums: Fearless (1983) and Nina Hagen in Ekstasy (1985), before her contract with CBS expired and was not renewed. In 1989, she was offered a record deal from Mercury Records . She released three albums on the label: Nina Hagen (1989), Street (1991), and Revolution Ballroom (1993). However, none of
1261-410: A part of the punk subculture hold pro-Nazi or Fascist views, however, these Nazi/Fascist groups are rejected by almost all of the punk subculture. The belief that such views are opposed to the original ethos of the punk subculture, and its history, has led to internal conflicts and an active push against such views being considered part of punk subculture at all. Two examples of this are an incident during
1358-528: A person who adopts the dress, speech, and/or mannerisms of a particular subculture, yet who is deemed to not share or understand the values or philosophy of the subculture. Never one to shy away from criticising the music industry and even punk culture, in Chickenshit Conformist Dead Kennedys opined that "Punk's not dead It just deserves to die When it becomes another stale cartoon...Ideas don't matter, it's who you know.", saying punk
1455-461: A punk style (spiked hair and a bondage belt ) to adopting a hardcore style (i.e. boots and a shaved head) as being based on a need for more functional clothing. A punk scholar states that "hardcore kids do not look like punks", since hardcore scene members wore basic clothing and short haircuts, in contrast to the "embellished leather jackets and pants" worn in the punk scene. In contrast to Morris' and Rollins' views, another punk scholar claims that
1552-419: A quantity in a plastic bag and "huffing" (inhaling) the vapour. Liquid solvents were typically inhaled by soaking a rag with the solvent and inhaling the vapour. While users inhale solvents for the intoxicating effects, the practice can be harmful or fatal. Straight edge is a philosophy of hardcore punk culture, adherents of which refrain from using alcohol, tobacco, and other recreational drugs, in reaction to
1649-444: A role in many punk communities, providing shelter and other forms of support. Squats in abandoned or condemned housing, and communal " punk houses " often provide bands a place to stay while they are touring. There are some punk communes , such as Essex's Dial House . The Internet has been playing an increasingly large role in punk, specifically in the form of virtual communities and file sharing programs for trading music files. In
1746-496: A small town, or as many as thousands of in a major city. A local scene usually has a small group of dedicated punks surrounded by a more casual periphery. A typical punk scene is made up of punk and hardcore bands, fans who attend concerts, protests, and other events, zine publishers, reviewers, and other writers, visual artists illustrating zines, and creating posters and album covers, show promoters, and people who work at music venues or independent record labels . Squatting plays
1843-453: A unique style of punk rock, although not every style of punk rock has its own associated subculture. The earliest form of music to be called "punk rock" was 1960s garage rock , and the term was applied to the genre retroactively by influential rock critics in the early 1970s. In the late 1960s, music now referred to as protopunk originated as a garage rock revival in the northeastern United States. The first distinct music scene to claim
1940-419: Is a dance in which the dancers jump up and down, while either remaining on the spot or moving around; the dance takes its name from its resemblance to the use of a pogo stick, especially in a common version of the dance, where an individual keeps their torso stiff, their arms rigid, and their legs close together. Pogo dancing is closely associated with punk rock and is a precursor to moshing. Moshing or slamdancing
2037-440: Is a later development influenced by all of the above-mentioned styles. Psychobillies prefer to "wreck", a form of slam dancing that involves people punching each other in the chest and arms as they move around the circle pit. Punk has generated a considerable amount of poetry and prose . Punk has its own underground press in the form of punk zines , which feature news, gossip, cultural criticism, and interviews. Some zines take
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#17329014591792134-679: Is a standout example. Early British punks expressed nihilistic and anarchist views with the slogan No Future , which came from the Sex Pistols song " God Save the Queen ". In the United States, punks had a different approach to nihilism which was less anarchistic than the British punks. Punk nihilism was expressed in the use of "harder, more self-destructive, consciousness-obliterating substances like heroin, or methamphetamine". Early punk fashion adapted everyday objects for aesthetic effect: ripped clothing
2231-434: Is a style of dance where participants push or slam into each other, typically during a live music show. It is usually associated with "aggressive" music genres, such as hardcore punk and thrash metal . Stage diving and crowd surfing were originally associated with protopunk bands such as The Stooges, and have appeared at punk, metal, and rock concerts. Ska punk promoted an updated version of skanking . Hardcore dancing
2328-424: Is still popular with punks. The New York City punk rock scene arose from a subcultural underground promoted by artists, reporters, musicians, and a wide variety of non-mainstream enthusiasts. The Velvet Underground 's harsh and experimental yet often melodic sound in the mid to late-1960s, much of it relating to transgressive media work by visual artist Andy Warhol , is credited for influencing 1970s bands such as
2425-559: The DIY ethics , the culture originated from punk rock . The punk ethos is primarily made up of beliefs such as non-conformity, anti-authoritarianism , anti-corporatism , a do-it-yourself ethic , anti-consumerist , anti- corporate greed , direct action , and not " selling out ". There is a wide range of punk fashion, including T-shirts, leather jackets, Dr. Martens boots, hairstyles such as brightly coloured hair and spiked mohawks, cosmetics, tattoos, jewellery, and body modification . Women in
2522-811: The Misfits , Black Flag , Suicidal Tendencies , and the Circle Jerks . My Rules was a photo zine that included photos of hardcore shows from across the US. In Effect , which began in 1988, described the New York City scene. Punk poets include: Richard Hell , Jim Carroll , Patti Smith , John Cooper Clarke , Seething Wells , Raegan Butcher , and Attila the Stockbroker . The Medway Poets performance group included punk musician Billy Childish and had an influence on Tracey Emin . Jim Carroll's autobiographical works are among
2619-569: The New York Dolls , the Stooges , and the Ramones . Punk political ideologies are mostly concerned with individual freedom and anti-establishment views. Common punk viewpoints include individual liberty , anti-authoritarianism , a DIY ethic , non-conformity, anti- corporatism , anti-government, direct action , and not " selling out ". Some groups and individuals that try to self-identify as being
2716-473: The Sachsenhausen concentration camp on 28 May 1942, at age 56. Hedwig Elise Caroline Staadt, Nina's paternal grandmother, was also murdered at Sachsenhausen. Nina's maternal grandfather Fritz Buchholz died during World War II. Her parents divorced when she was two years old. During her childhood, she saw her father infrequently. At age four, she began to study ballet, and she was considered an opera prodigy by
2813-723: The Zarah Leander (No. 45 USA) song "Ich weiss, es wird einmal ein Wunder geschehen") and the disco/punk/opera song, " New York New York " (No. 9 USA). During 1984, Hagen spent a lot of time in London and UK based MusicSzene magazine chief-editor Wilfried Rimensberger, in conjunction with Spree Film, produced a first TV feature on her and what was remaining from London's 70 Punk movement induced by artist and model Frankie Stein . Her 1985 album In Ekstase fared less well, but did generate club hits with "Universal Radio" (No. 39 USA) and
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3007-596: The gutter punk lifestyle in the 1990s. Loren Cass is another example of the punk subculture represented in film. The Japanese cyberpunk movement has roots in the J-rock subculture that arose in the 1970s. The filmmaker Sogo Ishii introduced this subculture to Japanese cinema with his punk films Panic High School (1978) and Crazy Thunder Road (1980), which portrayed the rebellion and anarchy associated with punk, and went on to become highly influential in underground film circles. Crazy Thunder Road in particular
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3104-597: The punk label appeared in New York City between 1974 and 1976. Around the same time or soon afterward, a punk scene developed in London. Los Angeles subsequently became home to the third major punk scene. These three cities formed the backbone of the burgeoning movement, but there were also other punk scenes in cities such as Brisbane , Melbourne , and Sydney in Australia, Toronto , Vancouver , and Montreal in Canada, and Boston , Detroit , Cleveland , and San Francisco in
3201-503: The "'90s, zines were the primary way to stay up on punk and hardcore." They were the "blogs, comment sections, and social networks of their day." In the American Midwest, the zine Touch and Go described the regional hardcore scene from 1979 to 1983. We Got Power described the LA scene from 1981 to 1984, and included show reviews of and interviews with such bands as Vancouver's D.O.A. ,
3298-497: The "allowable" set lists during shows. From 1972 to 1973, Hagen enrolled in the vocal training performance program at The Central Studio for Light Music in East Berlin ( de ). Upon graduating, she joined the band Automobil. 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
3395-504: The 2016 American Music Awards, where the band Green Day chanted anti-racist and anti-fascist messages, and an incident at a show by the Dropkick Murphys , when bassist and singer Ken Casey tackled an individual for giving a Nazi-style salute and later stated that Nazis are not welcome at a Dropkick Murphys show. Band member Tim Brennan later reaffirmed this sentiment. The song " Nazi Punks Fuck Off " by hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys
3492-671: The A side, and two songs from her second album Unbehagen were on the B-side . All four songs were sung in German, although two had English titles and the other two were covers of English-language songs with new German lyrics. In late 1980, Hagen discovered she was pregnant, broke up with the father-to-be Ferdinand Karmelk , and moved to Los Angeles. Her daughter, Cosma Shiva Hagen , was born in Santa Monica on 17 June 1981. In 1982, Hagen released her first English-language album: NunSexMonkRock ,
3589-466: The Colour Film) as one of the three pieces to be played at her Großer Zapfenstreich military leaving ceremony. Punk subculture The punk subculture includes a diverse and widely known array of music , ideologies , fashion , and other forms of expression, visual art , dance, literature , and film. Largely characterised by anti-establishment views, the promotion of individual freedom, and
3686-598: The Colour Film)", with words by Kurt Demmler to music by Michael Heubach, a subtle dig mocking the sterile, gray, Communist state, in 1974. Hagen performed comic songs like "Hatschi-Waldera" and "Was denn" in Karel Gott ´s Czech TV show in Slaný . and "Wir tanzen Tango" in 1976. Her musical career in the DDR was cut short, when she and her mother left the country in 1976, following the expulsion of her stepfather. The circumstances surrounding
3783-574: The German television station ZDF . This was followed by a launch of Nina's UFO fashion underwear at anti-SAFT in Zurich, where again Rimensberger joined her up with New Romantic icon Steve Strange performing on stage. Simultaneously fashion photographer Hannes Schmid produced a Nina Hagen cover for German Cosmopolitan magazine. This also coincided with leading music publications like BRAVO and MusicSzene running cover stories that all put Hagen back on
3880-603: The Sex Pistols in The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle , and Social Distortion in Another State of Mind . Derek Jarman and Don Letts are notable punk filmmakers. Penelope Spheeris ' first instalment of the documentary trilogy " The Decline of Western Civilization " (1981) focuses on the early Los Angeles punk scene through interviews and early concert footage from bands including Black Flag , Circle Jerks , Germs , and Fear . The Decline of Western Civilization III " explores
3977-416: The United States. The punk subculture advocates a do-it-yourself (DIY) ethic. During the subculture's infancy members were almost all from a lower economic class, and had become tired of the affluence that was associated with popular rock music at the time. Punks would publish their own music or sign with small independent labels, in hopes to combat what they saw as a money-hungry music industry. The DIY ethic
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4074-476: The album, Nina Hagen , which was backed up by another German tour. In 1989, she had a relationship with French stylist and music manager Franck Chevalier which yielded their son, Otis Chevalier-Hagen (b. 1990). In the 1990s, Hagen lived in Paris with her daughter Cosma Shiva and son Otis. In 1991 she toured Europe in support of her new album Street . In 1992 Hagen became the host of a TV show on RTLplus . Also in
4171-576: The albums achieved notable commercial success. Hagen made her musical comeback with the release of her album Return of the Mother (2000). Besides her musical career, Hagen is also a voice-over actress . She wrote three autobiographies: Ich bin ein Berliner (1988), Nina Hagen: That's Why the Lady Is a Punk (2003), and Bekenntnisse (2010). She is also noted for her human and animal rights activism. Nina Hagen
4268-548: The band L7 , pulled out her tampon and threw it into the audience. Riot grrrl is an underground feminist hardcore punk movement that originated in the early 1990s in Washington, D.C., and the Pacific Northwest , especially Olympia, Washington . It is often associated with third-wave feminism , which is sometimes seen as its starting point. It has also been described as a musical genre that came out of indie rock, with
4365-608: The band Automobil and released the schlager single " Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen ". After her stepfather Wolf Biermann 's East German citizenship was withdrawn in 1976, Hagen followed him to Hamburg . Shortly afterwards, she was offered a record deal from CBS Records and formed the Nina Hagen Band . Their self-titled debut album was released in late 1978 to critical acclaim and was a commercial success selling over 250,000 copies. The band released one more album, Unbehagen , before their break-up in 1979. In 1982, Hagen signed
4462-462: The beginning of the 2000s, militant straight edge punks had largely left the broader straight edge culture and movement. Punks come from all culture and economic classes. Compared to some subcultures, punk ideology is much closer to gender equality . Although the punk subculture is mostly anti-racist , it is overwhelmingly white. However, members of other groups (such as African Americans, other black people , Latinos, and Asians) have contributed to
4559-399: The development of the subculture. Substance abuse has sometimes been a part of the punk scene, with the notable exception of the straight edge movement. Violence has also sometimes appeared in the punk subculture, but has been opposed by some subsets of the subculture, such as the pacifist strain anarcho-punk . Punks often form a local scene, which can have as few as half a dozen members in
4656-480: The eccentric singer were aired on many TV-channels. Hagen dubbed the voice of Sally in the German release of Tim Burton 's The Nightmare Before Christmas , Yubaba/Zeniba in Spirited Away and she has also done voice work on the movie Hot Dogs by Michael Schoemann. Due to the death of Elisabeth Volkmann (†2006), the German voice of Marge, during the dubbing of the hit TV show "The Simpsons" 17th season, Nina
4753-458: The excesses of punk subculture. For some, this extends to refraining from engaging in promiscuous sex, following a vegetarian or vegan diet, and not drinking coffee or taking prescribed medicine. The term straight edge was adopted from the 1981 song " Straight Edge " by the hardcore punk band Minor Threat . Straight edge emerged amid the early-1980s hardcore punk scene. Since then, a wide variety of beliefs and ideas have been associated with
4850-1080: The extreme subgenres of heavy metal (mainly thrash metal , death metal , speed metal , and the NWOBHM ). The punk subculture is centered on a loud, aggressive genre of rock music called punk rock, usually played by bands consisting of a vocalist, one or two electric guitarists, an electric bassist, and a drummer. In some bands, the musicians contribute backup vocals, which typically consist of shouted slogans, choruses, or football-style chants . While most punk rock uses distorted guitars and noisy drumming sounds derived from 1960s garage rock and 1970s pub rock , some punk bands incorporate elements from other subgenres, such as surf rock , rockabilly , or reggae . Most punk rock songs are short, have simple and somewhat basic arrangements using relatively few chords, and typically have lyrics that express punk ideologies and values, although some punk lyrics are about lighter topics such as partying or romantic relationships . Different punk subcultures often distinguish themselves by having
4947-500: The family's emigration were exceptional: Biermann was granted permission by East German authorities to perform a televised concert in Cologne , but denied permission to re-cross the border to his adopted home country. Hagen 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
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#17329014591795044-528: The first known examples of punk literature. The punk subculture has inspired the cyberpunk and steampunk literature genres, and has even contributed (through Iggy Pop) to classical scholarship. Many punk-themed films have been made. The No Wave Cinema and Remodernist film movements owe much to punk aesthetics. Several famous punk bands have participated in movies, such as the Ramones in Rock 'n' Roll High School ,
5141-572: The forefront of something that, in retrospect, became a final highpoint of what the punk movement was all about. At the end of 1986, her contract with CBS was over and she released the Punk Wedding EP independently in 1987, a celebration of her marriage to an 18-year-old punk South African nicknamed 'Iroquois'. It followed an independent 1986 one-off single with Lene Lovich , "Don't Kill the Animals" (see Animal Liberation ). In 1989, Hagen released
5238-460: The form of perzines . Important punk zines include Maximum RocknRoll , Punk Planet , No Cure , Cometbus , Flipside , and Search & Destroy . Several novels, biographies, autobiographies, and comic books have been written about punk. Love and Rockets is a comic with a plot involving the Los Angeles punk scene. Just as zines played an important role in spreading information in
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5432-420: The hardcore scene typically wore clothing categorised as masculine. Punk aesthetics determine the type of art punks enjoy, which typically has underground , minimalist , iconoclastic , and satirical sensibilities. Punk has generated a considerable amount of poetry and prose , and has its own underground press in the form of zines . Many punk-themed films have been made. The punk subculture emerged in
5529-567: The larger punk scene. Queercore is an offshoot of the hardcore punk scene and draws its name from a combination of the words " queer " and "hardcore." As in the larger punk scene, DIY is an integral component of the queercore subculture. Many zines that came out of the riot grrrl movement explored issues of queer identity, contributing to the queercore subculture. The queercore and riot grrrl subcultures are often considered to be connected. These two punk scenes are intertwined, with many bands being both queercore and riot grrrl. Punk aesthetics determine
5626-500: The mid-1970s; in New York in 1974 and in the United Kingdom in 1976. Some suggest the name " punk " was borrowed from prison slang. Early punk had an abundance of antecedents and influences, and Jon Savage describes the subculture as a " bricolage " of almost every previous youth culture in the Western world since World War II, "stuck together with safety pins". In the late 1970s,
5723-492: The movement, including vegetarianism and animal rights. Ross Haenfler writes that as of the late 1990s, approximately three out of four straight edge participants were vegetarian or vegan. While the commonly expressed aspects of the straight edge subculture have been abstinence from alcohol, nicotine, and illegal drugs, there have been considerable variations on how far to take the interpretations of "abstaining from intoxicants" or "living drug-free". Disagreements often arise as to
5820-527: The notion of equal recognition, such as guitarist Viv Albertine , who stated that "the A&;R men, the bouncers, the sound mixers, no one took us seriously. So, no, we got no respect anywhere we went. People just didn't want us around." The anti-establishment stance of punk opened the space for women who were treated like outsiders in a male-dominated industry. Sonic Youth 's Kim Gordon states, "I think women are natural anarchists, because you're always operating in
5917-470: The popular image of young punk women musicians as focused on the fashion aspects of the scene (fishnet stockings, spiky blond hair, etc.) was stereotypical. She states that many, if not most women punks were more interested in the ideology and socio-political implications, rather than the fashion. Music historian Caroline Coon contends that before punk, women in rock music were virtually invisible; in contrast, in punk, she argues "[i]t would be possible to write
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#17329014591796014-459: The primary reasons for living straight edge. Straight edge politics are primarily left-wing and revolutionary but there have been conservative offshoots. In 1999, William Tsitsos wrote that straight edge had gone through three eras since its founding in the early 1980s. Bent edge began as a counter-movement to straight edge by members of the Washington, D.C. hardcore scene who were frustrated by
6111-409: The punk and hardcore subcultures, members of the scene are often evaluated in terms of the authenticity of their commitment to the values or philosophies of the scene, which may range from political beliefs to lifestyle practices. In the punk subculture, the epithet poseur (or "poser") is used to describe "a person who habitually pretends to be something [they are] not." The term is used to refer to
6208-552: The punk era (e.g. British fanzines like Mark Perry's Sniffin Glue and Shane MacGowan's Bondage ), zines also played an important role in the hardcore scene. In the pre-Internet era, zines enabled readers to learn about bands, shows, clubs, and record labels. Zines typically included reviews of shows and records, interviews with bands, letters to the editor, and advertisements for records and labels. Zines were DIY products, "proudly amateur, usually handmade, and always independent", and during
6305-420: The punk scene in mid- and late 1970s encouraged women to participate. "That was the beauty of the punk thing," Chrissie Hynde later said. "[Sexual] discrimination didn't exist in that scene." This participation played a role in the historical development of punk music, especially in the US and UK at that time, and continues to influence and enable future generations. Rock historian Helen Reddington states that
6402-399: The punk scene serving as an inspiration for a musical movement in which women could express themselves in the same way men had been doing for the past several years. Queercore is punk movement that focuses on LGBT issues. Queercore is an anti-establishment subculture based around a rejection of heteronormativity . This rejection extends beyond mainstream society and resists homophobia in
6499-474: The revival of stencil art, spearheaded by Crass . The Situationists also influenced the look of punk art, particularly that of the Sex Pistols created by Jamie Reid . Punk art often uses collage , exemplified by the art of Jamie Reid, Crass, The Clash, Dead Kennedys , and Winston Smith . John Holmstrom was a punk cartoonist who created work for the Ramones and Punk . Two dance styles associated with punk are pogo dancing and moshing . The pogo
6596-473: The rigidity and intolerance in the scene. During the youth crew era, which started in the mid-1980s, the influence of music on the straight edge scene was at an all-time high. By the early 1990s, militant straight edge was a well-known part of the wider punk scene. In the early to mid-1990s, straight edge spread from the United States to Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and South America. By
6693-549: The same year (1992) she collaborated with Adamski on the European smash and minor UK hit single "Get Your Body". The following year, she released Revolution Ballroom . In 1994, Hagen starred in the acclaimed San Francisco Goethe Institut 's The Seven Addictions and Five Professions of Anita Berber , playing the singer version of "Anita" alongside dancer Darla Teagarden who portrayed the other "professions" of "Anita". Also, her voice
6790-687: The single " TV-Glotzer " (a cover of "White Punks on Dope" by The Tubes , though with entirely different German lyrics), and "Auf'm Bahnhof Zoo", about West Berlin 's then-notorious Berlin Zoologischer Garten station . The album also included a version of "Rangehn" ("Go for It"), a song she had previously recorded in East Germany, but with different music. The debut album gained significant attention throughout Germany and abroad both for its hard rock sound and for Hagen's theatrical vocals which drew heavily from her operatic training, far different from
6887-711: The standard hardcore punk clothing and styles included torn jeans, leather jackets, spiked armbands and dog collars, mohawk hairstyles, and DIY ornamentation of clothes with studs, painted band names, political statements, and patches. Yet another punk scholar describes the look that was common in the San Francisco hardcore scene as consisting of biker-style leather jackets, chains, studded wristbands, pierced noses and multiple piercings, painted or tattooed statements (e.g. an anarchy symbol), and hairstyles ranging from military-style haircuts dyed black or blonde to mohawks and shaved heads. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2013 hosted
6984-508: 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
7081-442: The subculture began to diversify, which led to the proliferation of factions such as new wave , post-punk , 2 Tone , hardcore punk , no wave , street punk , and Oi! . Hardcore punk, street punk, and Oi! sought to do away with the frivolities introduced in the later years of the original punk movement. The punk subculture influenced other underground music scenes such as alternative rock , indie music , crossover thrash , and
7178-535: The theme song for the film Tenchi Muyo! in Love . In May 1996, she married David Lynn, but divorced him in the beginning of 2000. In 1997 she collaborated with German hip hop musician Thomas D . 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
7275-400: The time she was nine. When Hagen was 11, her mother had a relationship with Wolf Biermann , an anti-establishment singer-songwriter. Biermann's political views later influenced young Hagen. She later returned to Germany and joined the cover band Fritzens Dampferband ("Fritzen's Steamboat Band"), together with Achim Mentzel and others. She added songs by Janis Joplin and Tina Turner to
7372-452: The topic of youth culture, when she demonstrated (while clothed, but explicitly) various female masturbation positions and became embroiled in a heated argument with other panelists, in particular, writer and journalist Humbert Fink . The talk show host, Dieter Seefranz, had to step down following this controversy. She also acted with Dutch rocker Herman Brood and singer Lene Lovich in the 1979 film Cha Cha . Brood and Hagen would have
7469-416: The type of art punks enjoy, usually with underground , minimalistic , iconoclastic , and satirical sensibilities. Punk artwork graces album covers , flyers for concerts, and punk zines . Usually straightforward with clear messages, punk art is often concerned with political issues such as social injustice and economic disparity. The use of images of suffering to shock and create feelings of empathy in
7566-403: The viewer is common. Alternatively, punk artwork may contain images of selfishness, stupidity, or apathy to provoke contempt in the viewer. Much of the earlier artwork was black and white, because it was distributed in zines and reproduced by photocopying at work, school, or at copy shops. Punk art also uses the mass production aesthetic of Andy Warhol 's Factory studio. Punk played a hand in
7663-443: The vocals in Los Angeles. It included the single "African Reggae" and "Wir Leben Immer... Noch", a German language cover of Lene Lovich 's " Lucky Number ". The other band members, sans Hagen, soon developed a successful independent musical career as Spliff . Meanwhile, Hagen's public persona was steadily creating media uproar. She became infamous for an appearance on an Austrian evening talk show called Club 2 , on 9 August 1979, on
7760-476: The way in which individuals in a nation dress, and the ideals of a traditionalist nation. This is most common in the post-1980s US hardcore punk scene, where members of the subculture often dressed in plain T-shirts and jeans, rather than the more elaborate outfits and spiked, dyed hair of their British counterparts. Many groups adopt a look based on street clothes and working-class outfits. Hardcore punk fans adopted
7857-515: The whole history of punk music without mentioning any male bands at all – and I think a lot of [people] would find that very surprising." Johnny Rotten wrote that 'During the Pistols era, women were out there playing with the men, taking us on in equal terms ... It wasn't combative, but compatible.' Women were involved in bands such as The Runaways , The Slits , The Raincoats , Mo-dettes , Dolly Mixture , and The Innocents . Others take issue with
7954-561: Was Vivienne Westwood , who made clothes for Malcolm McLaren 's boutique in the King's Road , which became famous as " SEX ". Many punks wear tight "drainpipe" jeans, plaid/tartan trousers, kilts or skirts, T-shirts, leather jackets (often decorated with painted band logos, pins and buttons, and metal studs, chains or spikes), and footwear such as high-cut Chuck Taylors , trainers , skate shoes , brothel creepers , Dr. Martens boots, and army boots . Early punks occasionally wore clothes displaying
8051-570: Was a minor hit the same year. The album Return of the Mother was released in February 2001, accompanied by another German tour. Hagen wrote the song "Handgrenade" on the album Return of the Mother for Christine Maggiore . In 2001 she collaborated with Rosenstolz and Marc Almond on the single "Total eclipse"/"Die schwarze Witwe" that reached No. 22 in Germany. On 14 October 2002 Nina hit Moscow by coming there with her concert, while interviews with
8148-402: Was a strong contender for the role, which eventually went to Anke Engelke . Hagen has been featured on songs by other bands, for instance on Oomph! 's song "Fieber". She did a cover of Rammstein 's " Seemann " with Apocalyptica . Later albums include Big Band Explosion (2003), in which she sang numerous swing covers with her then husband, Danish singer and performer, Lucas Alexander. This
8245-419: Was adopted by punks because public perceptions of sniffing fitted in with their self-image. Originally used experimentally and as a cheap high, adult disgust and hostility encouraged punks to use glue sniffing as a way of shocking society." Model aeroplane glue and contact cement were among the numerous solvents and inhalants used by punks to achieve euphoria and intoxication. Glue was typically inhaled by placing
8342-400: Was an influential biker film , with a punk biker gang aesthetic that paved the way for Katsuhiro Otomo 's manga and anime franchise Akira (1982 debut). Ishii's next film was the frenetic Shuffle (1981), an unofficial short film adaptation of a manga comic strip by Otomo. The documentary film Afro-Punk covers the black experience in the punk DIY scene. " [Glue] sniffing
8439-538: Was baptized in the Protestant Reformed church of Schüttorf . On 21 October after seven years passed she visited Moscow again. After a four-year lapse her next album, Personal Jesus , was released 16 July 2010, followed by Volksbeat , released 11 November 2011. When Angela Merkel ended her 16-year chancellorship of Germany in December 2021, she chose Hagen's song Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen (You Forgot
8536-536: Was basically based on English fashion. But we had nothing to do with that. Black Flag and the Circle Jerks were so far from that. We looked like the kid who worked at the gas station or submarine shop." Henry Rollins echoes Morris' point, stating that for him getting dressed up meant putting on a black shirt and some dark pants; Rollins viewed an interest in fashion as being a distraction. Jimmy Gestapo from Murphy's Law describes his own transition from dressing in
8633-436: Was best expressed through masculinity, defining masculine as the "default", where gender did not exist or had no meaning. However, the main reasoning behind this argument equates femininity with popular conceptions of beauty. Everything that was normally supposed to be hidden was brought to the front, both literally and figuratively. This could mean anything from wearing bras and underwear on top of clothing to wearing nothing but
8730-557: Was born in what was then East Berlin , East Germany , the daughter of Hans Oliva-Hagen , a scriptwriter, and Eva-Maria Hagen (née Buchholz), an actress and singer. Her father Hans survived the Holocaust , being held as a prisoner at a prison in Moabit between 1941 and 1945 until the liberation by the Soviet Army . Her paternal grandfather Hermann Carl Hagen , who was Jewish, was murdered at
8827-611: Was distributed exclusively online and included an unadulterated musical version of the Hare Krishna mantra. Hagen believes that the Hindu incarnation of Lord Vishnu known as Krishna was "the King of Jerusalem", and sometimes refers to Krishna as "Christ". She also provided vocals to "Witness" and "Bereit" on KMFDM 's Adios . Also in 1998, she recorded the official club anthem Eisern Union for 1. FC Union Berlin and four versions were issued on
8924-680: Was followed by Heiß , a greatest hits album. The following album, Journey to the Snow Queen , is more of an audio book – she reads the Snow Queen fairy tale with Tchaikovsky 's The Nutcracker in the background. In 2005 Nina Hagen headlined the Drop Dead Festival in New York City. Hagen was an active protester against the war in Iraq . In 2006 she was a part of the Popstars team. In August 2009 she
9021-734: Was granted, and she settled in Hamburg , where she was signed to a CBS -affiliated record label. Her label advised her to acclimatise herself to Western culture through travel, and she arrived in London during the height of the punk rock movement. Hagen was quickly taken up by a circle that included The Slits . Back in West Germany by mid-1977, Hagen formed the Nina Hagen Band in West Berlin 's Kreuzberg district. They released their self-titled debut album, Nina Hagen Band in late 1978: it included
9118-633: Was heard on the Freaky Fukin Weirdoz single " Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick ". 1995 brought the German-language album FreuD euch , equally recorded in English as BeeHappy in 1996. Nina returned to San Francisco to star in another San Francisco Goethe Institut show, "Hannusen, Hitler's Jewish Clarvoyant". Hagen also collaborated with electronic music composer Christopher Franke , along with Rick Palombi (credited as Rick Jude) on "Alchemy of Love",
9215-443: Was held together by safety pins or wrapped with tape; ordinary clothing was customised by embellishing it with marker or adorning it with paint; a black bin liner became a dress, shirt or skirt; safety pins and razor blades were used as jewellery. Also popular have been leather, rubber, and PVC clothing that is often associated with transgressive sexuality , like BDSM and S&M . A designer associated with early UK punk fashion
9312-483: Was in danger of becoming a "meaningless fad" because people had stopped caring about what they saw as the core values of punk ("Change and caring are what's real"). In particular, metal bands, which were seen as an offshoot, they saw as not only as a sell-out, but as morally repugnant to the core values of punk saying labels were making money by signing "the most racist queerbashing bands they can find." Zentrales Studio f%C3%BCr Unterhaltungskunst From Misplaced Pages,
9409-459: Was leader of a punk-new wave band named Tokyo), that invited her to contribute vocals to the hit 1986 song "Garota de Berlim" (Portuguese for "girl from Berlin") that received huge airplay in radio in Brazil. To this day, Brazilians remember Nina above all things as the Berlin Girl from Tokyo's song. Wilfried Rimensberger and award-winning film director Lothar Spree produced a TV documentary for
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