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69-453: The Pandoras founder/singer/guitarist/songwriter, Paula Pierce, died of a brain aneurysm on August 10, 1991, at the age of 31. The Muffs frontwoman/founder Kim Shattuck , who played bass in the Pandoras from 1985 to 1990, appeared as lead singer/guitarist of the reunited Pandoras until she died of complications from ALS on October 2, 2019, aged 56. The Pandoras began in late 1982 as part of

138-557: 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"

207-518: A European tour in 1990 were cancelled; prompting Shattuck to leave the band two months later. There was a single show with Chris from the Sunset Strip rock band Taz, on bass, and then Kaplan quit the band to join Hardly Dangerous, ending The Pandoras. In the wake of their departure, Vammen and Shattuck, had been plotting a band of their own. They went on to form The Muffs , enjoying great success in

276-718: A band meeting in December 1982, The Pandoras were born, though names such as The Keyholes, Hole, The wHolesome, and The Goodwylls were considered first. After recording their first EP in 1983, I'm Here I'm Gone on Moxie Records, Mendoza left the group. She was replaced on bass by Bambi Conway, a childhood friend of Kahn, who recalled that the pair "used to go to the Whiskey together and we were like . . . in grade school." In 1984 Conway, Kahn, Gomez, and Pierce appeared on The Pandoras' debut album, It's About Time , on Greg Shaw's Bomp! Records . In 1984, The Pandoras split into two factions just as

345-424: A comprehensive European tour, with two U.S. East Coast dates included. In March 2018, the group released an EP titled Hey It's the Pandoras , which featured seven songs. On October 2, 2019, bassist/vocalist/guitarist Kim Shattuck died at the age of 56 due to complications from ALS. The surviving members of Pierce's Pandoras — Vammen, Basset, Burton, and Kaplan — planned to perform at a tribute concert for Shattuck at

414-546: 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

483-671: A decade, Whoop Dee Doo , was released by Burger Records in July 2014. Shattuck wrote all 12 songs, and handled production and engineering of almost the entire album. As conveyed by its self-deprecating title, Whoop Dee Doo was a return to form for the Muffs. Its sound is "rough with punk edges", and it keeps a "heavy emphasis on humor and brevity". A positive review of the album on Pitchfork notes: "They haven't slowed down or softened their attack, or lost their way with tune-construction. Even Shattuck's voice remains barely touched by time... There

552-596: 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

621-413: A reputation for "straightforward pop punk ". In the words of musician and critic Scott Miller , the Muffs had "an uncommon flair for simple, catchy melodies" which, he noted approvingly, were always delivered in "Kim Shattuck's almost comically sneering adolescent rasp". The band released their self-titled debut album in 1993. Crass left soon after its release, and drummer Jim Laspesa filled in during

690-510: A tour in support of Rock Hard , to join Human Drama, which had signed to RCA records. She would go on to found Lucha VaVoom in subsequent years. The Pandoras concert at Z Rock in Dallas, Texas was recorded for a "Coast to Coast Concert Series" broadcast. They also made an appearance on the first episode of The Arsenio Hall Show where they performed "Run Down Love Battery." Billie Jo Hash joined

759-475: 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

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828-467: Is scarcely a more consistent band in all of American pop-punk". Lead singer Kim Shattuck died on October 2, 2019, after a two-year battle with ALS . On October 18, 2019, The Muffs released their final album No Holiday , which comprises tracks spanning the beginnings of the band in 1991 to 2017. Punk rock band The Queers covered the Muffs song "End It All" on their 2007 reissue of the album Don't Back Down . British indie band Silver Sun covered

897-504: The Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "The Freshman" . Also in 1999, the band contributed the song "Pimmel" to the compilation album Short Music for Short People on Fat Wreck Chords . Towards the end of 1999, the group went on hiatus, and didn't create any new material for five years. Their fifth album, Really Really Happy , was released in 2004. It presents a distinct departure from

966-616: The It's About Time LP release. Former members Gomez and Conway joined Kahn in the short-lived Gwynne's Pandoras. The brief dispute over the Pandoras name was discussed on a KROQ-FM radio show hosted by Rodney Bingenheimer and in the local music zines such as BAM , Music Connection, and the LA Weekly (and its "L.A. Dee Da" gossip column). Pierce's fresh, new line-up of The Pandoras included Melanie Vammen on keyboards, Julie Patchouli on bass, and Karen Blankfeld on drums. Momentum began picking up with

1035-415: The It's About Time LP was being released. Founder/Singer/Songwriter Paula Pierce had focus on the direction she wanted to go with her band. Bassist Conway, unhappy with Pierce, quit The Pandoras; followed by Pierce firing keyboardist/guitarist Kahn. Shortly thereafter, drummer Gomez split from Pierce. Pierce decided to continue as The Pandoras, immediately recruiting three new members who embarked on tour for

1104-477: 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

1173-723: 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

1242-638: The college radio hit single, "Sad Tomorrow". The Muffs contributed a cover of the 1981 Kim Wilde hit "Kids In America" to the soundtrack for the 1995 film Clueless . Their version of the song is also used in the music video game Rock Band 2 , and was later reissued on The Muffs' 2000 compilation album, Hamburger . The band made their third album, Happy Birthday to Me , in 1997, and it proved to be their final release through Warner Bros. Moving to independent label Honest Don's Records , they released Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow in 1999. This album includes "I Wish That I Could Be You", featured on

1311-498: 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

1380-523: The 1960s garage rock revival. They were associated with the Paisley Underground era in Hollywood's underground rock scene that shared an aesthetic heavily influenced by 1960s garage rock and psychedelia . Pierce, a resident of Chino, California until 1984, had been a member of the Hollywood music scene; playing in bands since 1976. The Pandoras were formed when singer/guitarist Pierce, a member of

1449-403: The 1979 film Cha Cha . Brood and Hagen would have 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

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1518-655: 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

1587-762: The El Rey Theater in Los Angeles in 2020. However, the show was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions. In June 2022, Vammen (guitar, keyboard and vocals), Blankfeld-Basset (bass and vocals), Kaplan-Weinstein (drums), and Burton (vocals and guitar) played as the "Tigerellas" at the Redwood in Downtown Los Angeles. The Muffs The Muffs were an American pop punk band based in Southern California , formed in 1991. Led by singer and guitarist Kim Shattuck ,

1656-566: The Elektra cover of Come Inside and recorded "Run Down Love Battery" for the album as well. She was replaced on drums in November 1987 by Sheri Kaplan. Before the release of the LP, which had reached the test-pressing stage, Pross was let go by Elektra Records. As a result, the label dropped both bands he had signed — Jetboy and The Pandoras — with their respective records being withdrawn from release. Many of

1725-623: 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

1794-660: The Muffs song "I'm a Dick" on their Too Much, Too Little, Too Late EP. American punk rock band The Huntingtons covered the Muffs song "Big Mouth" on their Rock 'N' Roll Habits For The New Wave LP. "Big Mouth" was also covered by American punk rock bands Off with Their Heads (on the Art of the Underground Singles Series Volume 9 ) and The Linda Lindas (for the soundtrack of the film Moxie ). Nina Hagen Catharina " Nina " Hagen ( German: [ˈniːna ˈhaːɡn̩] ; born 11 March 1955)

1863-493: The Muffs' signature style, with many of the songs sounding softer than previous work, "mellower" and "definitely happier". In 2012, the Muffs appeared at the "Girls Got Rhythm" fest in St. Paul, Minnesota, along with Ronnie Spector , The 5.6.7.8's , Nikki Corvette and L'Assassins . Shattuck credited former member Laspesa as being instrumental in bringing about the reunion of Barnett, McDonald, and herself. The Muffs' first album in

1932-525: The Pierce-led Pandoras prevailed. Gwynne's EP, to be titled Psycho Circus , was never released, and a new band name never settled upon. Bassist Julie Patchouli departed The Pandoras in the spring of 1985. A fill-in bassist Gayle Morency joined The Pandoras on bass for two shows. Morency was replaced by bassist/backing vocalist, and future founder of The Muffs , Kim Shattuck in July 1985. The Pandoras were signed to Rhino Records and began recording

2001-513: The U.S. Two songs from her first album Nina Hagen Band were on 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 ,

2070-511: The United States, Canada and Europe. The Pandoras played the inaugural LA Weekly Music Awards and showcased a slightly harder sound and were interviewed on the roof of the Variety Arts Center for French TV by Laurent Basset who would in later years go on to marry drummer Karen Blankfeld and direct the hit series Below Deck on Bravo. Elektra A&R man Steve Pross signed the band to Elektra Records. The band made numerous attempts to record

2139-513: The addition of bassist Ronnie Barnett and drummer Criss Crass. The Muffs released their initial 7-inch EPs and singles – "New Love" and "Guilty" (1991), and "I Need You" (1992) – on the West Coast independent labels Sub Pop and Sympathy for the Record Industry . Based on the public and critical response to these early releases, the band was signed to Warner Bros. Records . They established

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2208-477: 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

2277-567: The album, to be titled Come Inside. During this period, Blankfeld was forced from the band due to disagreements about band management, and was replaced with Kelly Dillard on drums. Blankfeld went on to play bass with former Enigma recording artists Wednesday Week , before forming the Billboard-charting all-female band The Rebel Pebbles. Dillard was in The Pandoras for only two months; during that time she appeared in photoshoots intended for

2346-576: 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

2415-409: The alternative music scene. In 1991, Pierce slowly worked on new material with guitarist Beltri. A new drummer joined Pierce and Beltri, as they began auditioning bass players. On August 9, a bass player auditioned who both Pierce and Beltri liked. She was to be brought back in for a rehearsal on August 11. However, on August 10, after dinner and an exercise session, Pierce suffered a fatal aneurysm in

2484-608: 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

2553-702: The band on guitar for the second leg of the Rock Hard tour. She lasted through the summer of 1989. Lissa Beltri joined The Pandoras in late 1989. Restless Records release the Z-Rock concert as a live mini-album. Live Nymphomania. Pierce and bandmates were not happy with the release, though the band went out on tour promoting it for Restless. In July 1990, keyboardist Vammen was removed from The Pandoras by Pierce, over Shattuck's and Kaplan's objections. Though Pierce toiled over removing Vammen, she felt keyboards weren't right for band's newest direction. Both an Australian tour and

2622-478: The band released four full-length studio albums in the 1990s, as well as numerous singles including "Lucky Guy" and "Sad Tomorrow", and a cover version of " Kids in America ". After a long hiatus beginning in 1999, the band released a fifth album in 2004 but thereafter effectively disbanded. Almost a decade later, the three core members of the band reunited and started performing again. Their sixth album, Whoop Dee Doo ,

2691-776: The basic tracks for the Stop Pretending album during the winter of 1985 with producer Bill Inglot, who had produced earlier Pandoras and Action Now releases. In 1986, Stop Pretending was released. The Pandoras was labeled "one of the bands that matter" by the LA Weekly . The band continued to play live and record new songs for their major label debut and were a top live club draw outside of Los Angeles, touring with Nina Hagen , and performing on bills with such acts as Iggy Pop , The Fuzztones , The Beat Farmers , Johnny Thunders , The Alarm , Madness , The Blasters , and The Cramps . The music video for "Stop Pretending" appeared on air, in

2760-524: The club, with over 800 images of Pierce and The Pandoras. In October 2013, Pillbox frontwoman Susan Hyatt, guitarist Lisa Black, keyboardist Melanie Vammen, bassist Karen Blankfeld-Basset, and drummer Sheri Kaplan united to play three Pierce-penned Pandoras songs ("You Don't Satisfy", "In and Out of my Life In A Day" and "You're All Talk") at a private party in Redondo Beach, CA in October 2013. In July 2014,

2829-735: The demo recordings The Pandoras made during the Elektra-era eventually surfaced on the Psychedelic Sluts bootleg CD. The band continued to play live while looking for a new record deal. Rita D'Albert joined as a guitarist in 1988. The Pandoras recorded new songs and released the Rock Hard mini-LP on Restless Records . A video for "Run Down Love Battery" received airplay on MTV's Headbangers Ball , expanding their audience to include metal fans. D'Albert left The Pandoras in February 1989, just before

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2898-480: 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

2967-501: 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

3036-552: The final line up of the Pandoras backing them, as well as Precious Metal, who had broken up but who reunited for the show, Robert Hecker and Abby Travis , Dramarama with Clem Burke of Blondie and Sylvain Sylvain from the New York Dolls , The Muffs (Shattuck's and Vammen's band), African Violet (D'Albert band), Hardly Dangerous (Kaplan's band,) White Flag featuring Bill Bartell. Photographer Dianne Carter's 35mm slide show played in

3105-573: 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

3174-719: The mod/garage/pop Action Now, met singer/guitarist/bass player Deborah Mendoza (aka Menday), at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga in 1982. Mendoza, an art major, answered an ad that Pierce, a graphic arts major, had posted on the bulletin board in the cafeteria. The ad read, "Wanted, another female musician to jam with! Influenced by sixties garage punk." They began bringing their guitars to school and jamming between classes. Pierce, lead singer/songwriter/lead guitarist, brought in Gwynne Kahn on keyboards/rhythm guitar. Mendoza on bass/backing vocals, brought in drummer Casey Gomez. After

3243-510: The reformed Pandoras — Shattuck on lead vocals and guitar, Vammen on keyboard, Basset on bass, and Kaplan on drums — recorded four songs at the Green Day studio JingleTown Recording in Oakland, California. One year later, at the same studio, three more songs were recorded with new drummer Hillary Burton. On June 26, 2015, Shattuck, Vammen, Basset, and Kaplan performed their first official live show as

3312-524: The release of the Hot Generation single on Bomp! Records in late 1984. The Pierce-led band toured the east coast with the Fuzztones to promote the single. Gwynne's Pandoras released "Worm Boy" on an Enigma Records compilation, Enigma Variations , in 1985. When readying for an EP on Enigma Records, the label insisted that Gwynne's Pandoras change their name. This ended the gossip-column controversies, and

3381-660: The reunited Pandoras at The Casbah in San Diego, California. On July 4, 2015, there was a reunion show billed as The Pandoras at the 2015 Burger Boogaloo (hosted by Burger Records and filmmaker John Waters at Mosswood Park, in Oakland, CA , which featured Shattuck, Vammen, Basset, and Kaplan. In July 2015, the reunited Pandoras — Shattuck, Vammen, Basset, and newly acquired drummer Hillary Burton — performed in Minneapolis, Minnesota at The Turf Club. The following month, they embarked on

3450-549: 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

3519-523: The shower of her Hollywood Hills apartment at the age of 31. She had been complaining of painful headaches for two weeks before her death, but did not seek medical help. Former Pandoras' crew Dave Eddy and organized a tribute and fundraising show at the Coconut Teaser on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood. The show saw performances by Cherie Currie of The Runaways and her twin sister Marie Currie in their first public performance together in 20 years, with

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3588-687: 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

3657-508: 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

3726-431: The subsequent tour, with Roy McDonald (formerly of Redd Kross ) taking over the position permanently in 1994. By the time the tour was over, Vammen had decided to leave the group as well, eventually joining The Leaving Trains . As a trio of Shattuck, Barnett, and McDonald, The Muffs recorded their second album, Blonder and Blonder . It was released on Warner's subsidiary Reprise Records in 1995. The album included

3795-535: 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

3864-401: 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

3933-400: 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

4002-444: 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

4071-521: 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

4140-402: 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

4209-489: 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

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4278-719: Was born in Santa Monica on 17 June 1981. In 1982, Hagen released her first English-language album: NunSexMonkRock , 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

4347-557: 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

4416-611: 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

4485-419: 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

4554-524: 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

4623-462: 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",

4692-406: 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

4761-466: Was released in 2014. Kim Shattuck died on October 2, 2019, following a two-year battle with ALS . On that same day, the Muffs confirmed that they had disbanded. Shortly after, the Muffs released their seventh and final album No Holiday . The band started as a collaboration between guitarists Kim Shattuck and Melanie Vammen, both former members of the 1980s all-female hard rock group, The Pandoras . The Muffs started performing and recording after

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