German singer and performer from East Berlin, active since the 1970s, known for a theatrical voice, eclectic stylistic shifts and a prominent role in Neue Deutsche Welle and post‑punk/pop experiments.

Began her career in the DDR and earned early success with the single "Du Hast Den Farbfilm Vergessen"; rose to prominence during the Neue Deutsche Welle era. Worked with Giorgio Moroder on the 1983 album Angstlos (Fearless). Later releases include experiments in Hindu chants sung in Sanskrit (Om Namah Shivay!) and a collaboration with the Leipzig Big Band (Big Band Explosion). Widely noted for theatrical vocals and continual reinvention across genres.

Five DeBaser reviews by Danny The Kid praise Nina Hagen's eclectic career and theatrical vocal delivery. The reviews highlight her early DDR pop, the NDW-era persona, and later experiments from synth-pop to Hindu chants and big-band jazz. Standout albums covered include Du Hast Den Farbfilm Vergessen, Fearless, Revolution Ballroom, Om Namah Shivay!, and Big Band Explosion.

For:Fans of Neue Deutsche Welle, punk, experimental pop, theatrical vocalists and eclectic music explorers.

 The importance of being Nina Hagen: curiosities, extravagances and other wonderful anomalies, chapter I.

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 "You can be anything you want to be, just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be, be free with your tempo, be free, be free, surrender your ego, be free to yourself".

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 Revolution Ballroom is a knockout of an album because here Nina doesn't care about anything or anyone, she sings what she feels like singing, ignoring any stylistic or ideological cliché, she couldn't care less about critics and experts who will never consider it as worthy as "Unbehagen" or "NunSexMonkRock", but she is Nina Hagen, and they ain't got a clue.

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 Do you consider the albums of Joss Stone and Michael Bublé nothing but roadside junk, and the icy and perfect Diana Krall makes you fall asleep after barely 10 minutes, but you have a weakness for revival?

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 One of the aspects that fascinates me the most and makes me love this Remarkable Woman platonically is undoubtedly her passionate dynamism, a constant and inexhaustible desire to reinvent herself that is reflected throughout her career; when Nina decides to take a new direction, she dedicates herself completely, diving in headfirst without regard for anyone; not everyone can do this, but she can, simply because she is Nina Hagen.

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