Nina Hagen
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 Nina Hagen facts

• She is known for her theatrical vocals and is often referred to as the "Godmother of Punk" due to her prominence during the punk and new wave movements in the late 1970s and early 1980s
• Born 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 the band Automobil and released the single "Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen"
• After her stepfather Wolf Biermann's East German citizenship was withdrawn from him in 1976, Hagen followed him to Hamburg
• Shortly afterwards, she was offered a record deal from CBS Records and formed Nina Hagen Band
• Their self-titled debut album was released in 1978 to a 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 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