Punk Wedding

EP by Nina Hagen

Released

1987

1988

Recorded

1987
Hansa Tonstudio (Berlin)

Genre

Punk rock

Length

14:07

Label

Metropol
Amok

Producer

Nina Hagen

Nina Hagen chronology

Nina Hagen in Ekstasy
(1985)

Punk Wedding
(1987)

Nina Hagen
(1989)

Punk Wedding is the second extended play by German singer Nina Hagen. The German version Punkhochzeit was first released in 1987 by Metropol Records and the English version was released in 1988 by Amok Records. The EP celebrates Hagen's marriage to a 17-year-old punk named Iroquois. It is also her first independent release since the expiration of her recording deal with Columbia Records. The German version of the EP was labeled "Banned from East Berlin".

Background

After her recording contract with Columbia Records expired in 1986, Hagen kept on performing and releasing music independently. In 1987, she caught the attention of the media by announcing her marriage to a 17-year-old punk named Iroquois, whom she met in Rome in 1985. The song "Punk Wedding" was written for the wedding and Hagen described the event as a marriage between the punk and new age movements. The wedding was scheduled on August 9, 1987.^[1] When asked about having any apprehensions about marrying someone barely half her age, Hagen replied:

It doesn't matter how old people are. It matters if they love each other and have fun with each other. It has nothing to do with age. To get old is a mental disease. Everything is in the head.^[2]

In 1995, when Hagen got married to Gordon Polk, the lead singer of the punk rock band FiFi, she claimed it was her first wedding and the previous wedding with Iroquois was "just for fun" and not real.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Can You Take a Joke (Or Do You Wanna Have Some)"	Jens Kuphal Jürgen Dehmel Billy Liesegang Peter Krause Nina Hagen	3:51
2.	"Punkhochzeit"	Kuphal Dehmel Liesegang Krause Hagen	3:41
3.	"Hardcore Rebell-Hochzeitsparty" (feat. Ramonez 77)	Martin Witte Thomas Zabel Pforr Burmester Hagen	2:54
4.	"Punkwedding" (English Version)	Kuphal Dehmel Liesegang Krause Hagen	3:41
Total length:			14:07

Credits and personnel

Nina Hagen - vocals
Jens Kuphal - keyboards
Jürgen Dehmel - bass
Billy Liesegang - guitar
Peter Krause - drums

References

↑ Matsumoto, Jon. "Fleshing Out The Spiritual Side Of Nina Hagen", Los Angeles Times, July 17, 1987.
↑ Matsumoto, Jon. "Fleshing Out The Spiritual Side Of Nina Hagen", Los Angeles Times, July 17, 1987.

External links

Punk Wedding at Discogs (list of releases)

Nina Hagen

Studio albums	Nina Hagen Band (1978) Unbehagen (1979) NunSexMonkRock (1982) Fearless / Angstlos (1983) Nina Hagen in Ekstasy / In Ekstase (1985) Nina Hagen (1989) Street (1991) Revolution Ballroom (1993) FreuD euch (1995) BeeHappy (1996) Om Namah Shivay (1999) Return of the Mother (2000) Big Band Explosion (2003) Irgendwo auf der Welt (2006) Personal Jesus (2010) Volksbeat (2011)

Extended plays	Nina Hagen Band (1980) Punk Wedding (1987)

Compilations	The Very Best of Nina Hagen (1990) Rock aus Deutschland: Nina Hagen (1992) Definitive Collection (1995) 14 Friendly Abductions (1996) Prima Nina in Ekstasy (2000) Sternenmädchen (2001) Rangeh'n – Das Beste von Nina Hagen (2004) Was Denn: Hits '74–'95 (2004) Heiß (2005)

Soundtracks	Cha Cha (1979)

Live releases	Live in Krefeld (2001)

Singles	"Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen" "He, wir fahren auf's Land" "Hatschi-Waldera" "TV-Glotzer" "My Way" "African Reggae" "Smack Jack" "Zarah" "New York New York" "Universal Radio" "Fieber" "Total Eclipse/Die schwarze Witwe" "Seemann" "Personal Jesus"

Related	Discography

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