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Nina Hagen
Nina Hagen was born Catherine Hagen in East Berlin on March 11, 1955 as the daughter of Hans and Eva Maria Hagen. Her father was a well known script writer and her mother was a popular actress. Her family felt the oppression of Nazi Germany. Her Jewish grandparents lost their lives in the concentration camp Sachsenhausen. When she was two years old, her parents separated and Wolf Biermann, a songwriter became her mother’s lifetime companion.
In 1967 she was dishonourably discharged from the FDJ, the SED’s youth organization. She left school before completing 10 th grade. She was trained at the Central Bureau of Entertainment Music for one year followed by performances with different bands. In 1974 she was elected the best new comer singer of the year. She also got into acting that year and made her first movie performance in ABC der Liebe. In 1997 she presented her own band, the Nina Hagen Band that for the main part she ahd established together with former members of the political rock cabaret Lokomotive Kreuzberg. The punk attitude, sloppy poetry and the cultural interludes of their lead singer, had made the Nina Hagen band one of the hottest bands in Europe besides the Sex Pistols.
Nina’s singing career was taken under the wing of Bennett Glotzer, the manager of Frank Zappa in the USA. In 1981 she had a daughter named Cosma Shiva and in 1990, a son Otis. In may 1996 she married David Lynn but they got divorced in 2000.
Nina Hagen was born Catherine Hagen in East Berlin on March 11, 1955 as the daughter of Hans and Eva Maria Hagen. Her father was a well known script writer and her mother was a popular actress. Her family felt the oppression of Nazi Germany. Her Jewish grandparents lost their lives in the concentration camp Sachsenhausen. When she was two years old, her parents separated and Wolf Biermann, a songwriter became her mother’s lifetime companion.