Nina Hagen - 1985 Ekstasy Drive - Rock in Rio 1985

Nina Hagen having her minutes of fame in Brazil. Nowadays, nobody in Brazil would even remember what Nina Hagen is.
A European tour with a new band in 1980 was cancelled, and Nina turned to the New World. A limited-edition U.S. album was released on vinyl that summer: one side contained two English-language songs, and the B side was two tracks from Unbehagen.

In the fall of 1980, Hagen discovered she was pregnant, broke up with the father-to-be, and moved to Los Angeles. Her daughter, Cosma Shiva Hagen, was born in Santa Monica on May 17, 1981. In 1982, Hagen released her first solo album NunSexMonkRock, a dissonant mix of punk, funk, reggae, and opera, and went on a world tour with the No Problem Orchestra.

In 1983 came the album Angstlos and a minor European tour. By this time, Hagen's public appearances were becoming stranger and 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 the Zarah Leander song Ich weiss, es wird einmal ein Wunder geschehen) and the disco/punk/opera classic, New York New York.

1985's Nina Hagen In Ekstasy fared less well, but did generate club hits with "Universal Radio" and a cover of "Spirit In The Sky" and also featured a 1979 recording of her hardcore punk take on Frank Sinatra's My Way, which had been one of her signature live tunes in previous years. Her contract with CBS over, she released the Punk Wedding EP independently in 1987, a celebration of her marriage to an 18-year old punk nicknamed 'Iroquois'. It followed an independent 1986 one-off single with Lene Lovich, the anthemic Don't Kill The Animals. In 1989 Hagen released the album Nina Hagen which was backed up by another German tour.

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[madcapromanian]

Nina Hagen had the best band and style EVER!

[madsketcher]

Unhinged my ass; if she were a man nobody would say that. Nina is a trailblazer and has a bigger dick than most performers - you don't have to like her but there's no need to freak out. Doooo you value self-expression? I think you're a little uneasy about it. :-)

[tayaguy]

AAAA MEU PAI FOI NESSE ROCK IN RIO EE EU NÃO ELE VIU O SHOW DO IRON MAIDEN FICO TÃO INPRECIONADO QUE VOLTO PRA CITY DELE PQ ACHO QUE JA TINHA VISTO O BASTANTE

[carlapecorelli]

Gente,eu tava lá!O primeiro grande festival de música Rock aqui no Brasil!Nina Hagen nem era tão conhecida,mas quando ela entrou no palco levou a platéia literalmente ao ekstasy!Após tantos anos ainda digo que foi o melhor show que ví!!Essa mulher é uma super show woman!Banda poderosa!Presença louca!!TOTALMENTE DEMAIS!!

[carlapecorelli]

O melhor show do Rock in Rio 1985!!!!!

The best show of Rock in Rio 1985!!!

[carlosbar]

Só uma correção, a primeira mulher não é a Simony, é a Baby Consuelo.... hehehe

[Zsisibela]

"gringa" significa no latina

[locusnigger]

@Zsisibela Nina Hagen no es gringa, es Alemana...

[MikaelVincent]

I love a woman singer who's not afraid to scream and shout relentlessly.

[Sagramorbald]

Well, I'm from Brazil, was 5 years old in 1985 and know who Nina Hagen is. My mom like her too, but I have to agree I only remember her because of her cover of Seemann with Apocalyptica.

[Zsisibela]

Es igual que LA tigresa del oriente, en versión gringa

[cicerodts]

oxe, essa que abre o video não eh a Baby do Brasil???? alok