Nina Hagen

The Slits, Nina Hagen, Siouxsie and Girlschool rocking sexism and stereotypes.

A post‑punk freak‑show.

On August 9th 1979, Germany’s operatic punk diva Nina Hagen caused what was dubbed “the scandal of the year” on the Austrian afterhours political affairs…

Nina Simone blanket can be found here. I never know what to get people during the holidays. The Holiday season is stressful. I worry that…

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Today we celebrate the 59th birthday of that great German singer Nina Hagen. Her cartoon-punkette-channeling-Marlene-Dietrich persona and the sort of high-bombast singing at which Germans…

Loosely based on Voltaire’s satire Candide, Peter Semple’s Dandy hangs together around a selection of seemingly unconnected scenes featuring Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Nina Hagen,…

On August 9 1979, German punk diva Nina Hagen caused what was dubbed “the scandal of the year” on the Austrian youth culture TV talkshow…

Although she’s celebrated as “the mother of punk,” the musical fruits of Nina Hagen’s early career sounded much closer to the tuba-led Bavarian oompah music…