Spliff was a Neue Deutsche Welle (New German Wave)

Neue Deutsche Welle

Neue Deutsche Welle is a genre of German music originally derived from punk rock and New Wave music...

 rock band, active in the 1980s. The members were already playing together before they were 'adopted' by Nina Hagen

Nina Hagen

Nina Hagen is a German singer and actress.-Early years:Hagen was born as Catharina Hagen in the former East Berlin, East Germany, the daughter of Hans Hagen , a scriptwriter, and Eva-Maria Hagen, an actress and singer...

 when she came to West Germany in 1977. They recorded two albums with her as the Nina Hagen Band before continuing under the name Spliff when Hagen went solo.

Many of the musicians subsequently formed a band called Froon. The Other Ones

The Other Ones (Australian-German band)

The Other Ones was a band that consisted mainly of Australians, but was based in Berlin, Germany in the late 1980s. The band consisted of Alf Klimek , Jayney Klimek , Johnny Klimek , Andreas Schwarz-Ruszczynski , Stephan Gottwald and Uwe Hoffmann .-History:After traveling throughout the world in...

 was another offshoot band, which included Alf Klimek

Alf Klimek

Alfons "Alf" Joseph Klimek is an Australian musician.Klimek was born in Melbourne and is the older brother of Johnny Klimek and Jayney Klimek. In June 1977, he joined the "Stuffed Puppets" under the guidance of Neville Tranter as a puppeteer and comedy script writer. The group flew to Amsterdam to...

, who had appeared on the Spliff Radio Show as Alf Klimax.

Members

• Herwig Mitteregger
  Herwig Mitteregger
  Herwig Rudolf Mitteregger is an Austrian musician. He became known with the Nina Hagen Band. He lives in Hamburg, Germany. He was also a member of German rock band Spliff. After two albums with Nina Hagen, he founded with his mates from the Nina Hagen Band Herwig Rudolf Mitteregger is an Austrian...
  
  
• Reinhold Heil
  Reinhold Heil
  Reinhold Heil is a composer and former member of Spliff and the Nina Hagen Band who has largely worked on film music but has produced pop music for Kim Wilde, Rosemarie Precht , and Nena...
  
  
• Manfred Praeker
• Bernhard Potschka
• Alf Klimek
  Alf Klimek
  Alfons "Alf" Joseph Klimek is an Australian musician.Klimek was born in Melbourne and is the older brother of Johnny Klimek and Jayney Klimek. In June 1977, he joined the "Stuffed Puppets" under the guidance of Neville Tranter as a puppeteer and comedy script writer. The group flew to Amsterdam to...
  
  
• Lisa Bialac

Albums

• The Spliff Radio Show (1980)
• 85555 (1982)
• Herzlichen Glückwunsch (1982)
• Schwarz auf Weiss (1984)

External links

• Spliff discography from CD Universe

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