yeah, definitely not prog, but for those times very
progressive and certainly inventive and EXCITING!
she is still one of my favourite female artists ever
from my home turf...
a lot of her then-success of the aforementioned
albums had to do with her backing band though. they
parted company with her around 1980, however,
continued recording under the name SPLIFF. they
were quickly lumped together with the new german
wave of pop ("neue deutsche welle") which in itself
became quite unbearable by the early-mid-80s,
which did them very little favour, because, in my
opinion, here were four of germany's most creative
and talented people at work and their albums "the
spliff radio show" (a satirical take on mass media),
85555 and "herzlichen glückwunsch" are still some
of the best music in german language you are ever
likely to hear.
their drummer, herwig mitteregger, has had some
pop success later on and especially their keyboard
player reinhold heil (VERY unfortunate last name...
) had become quite a happening film composer,
among others scoring ""run lola run" and "winter
sleepers", two excellent german 90s movies.
and nina? there is a LOT to enjoy on her subsequent
albums, too but a knowledge of the language is
essential. she's totally off her head of course but a
great artist.
anyway, now back to prog rock...