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Spliff was a Neue Deutsche Welle (New German Wave) rock band, active in the 1980s. Three of the members were already playing together in the political rock cabaret Lokomotive Kreuzberg (founded 1972 in Berlin) before they were 'adopted' by Nina Hagen 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. Their characteristic sound was a mix of electronic music, reggae and punk rock. They recorded "The Spliff Radio Show" in 1980, their only album in English. After parting ways with vocalist Alf Klimek, the remaining members carried on in German sharing vocals between all four of them. Their album 85555 however was released in a limited English edition too. They had major hits on the German

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  • Spliff (de)
  • Spliff (groupe) (fr)
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  • Spliff war eine deutsche Band, die von 1980 bis 1985 existierte. Ihr musikalisches Repertoire verband Rock, Funk und elektronische Musik. Insbesondere die Keyboardsounds von Reinhold Heil und später das elektronische Schlagzeug der Marke Simmons SDS V prägten den Klang ihrer Musik. (de)
  • Spliff est un groupe de new wave allemand. Entre 1977 et 1980, ses membres formaient, avec la chanteuse Nina Hagen, le Nina Hagen Band. Cette collaboration donnera lieu à deux albums. (fr)
  • Gli Spliff sono stati un gruppo musicale tedesco di rock e musica elettronica attivo tra il 1980 e il 1985, esponenti della Neue Deutsche Welle. (it)
  • Spliff was een Duitse rockband die in 1980 door de musici Herwig Mitteregger (slagwerk en zang), Reinhold Heil (keyboard en zang), Bernhard „Potsch“ Potschka (gitaar) en Manfred Praeker (basgitaar en zang) opgericht werd. Het muzikale repertoire van de groep bestond uit een verbinding van rock met elektronische muziek. Vooral de in die tijd nieuwe en populaire elektronische drumsynthesizer Simmons SDS-7 was karakteristiek voor het geluid van deze groep. (nl)
  • Spliff (рус. «Сплифф») — немецкая музыкальная группа, существовавшая с 1980 по 1985 годы. Их характерное звучание представляло собой смесь электронной музыки, регги и панк-рока. (ru)
  • Spliff was a Neue Deutsche Welle (New German Wave) rock band, active in the 1980s. Three of the members were already playing together in the political rock cabaret Lokomotive Kreuzberg (founded 1972 in Berlin) before they were 'adopted' by Nina Hagen 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. Their characteristic sound was a mix of electronic music, reggae and punk rock. They recorded "The Spliff Radio Show" in 1980, their only album in English. After parting ways with vocalist Alf Klimek, the remaining members carried on in German sharing vocals between all four of them. Their album 85555 however was released in a limited English edition too. They had major hits on the German (en)
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  • Spliff war eine deutsche Band, die von 1980 bis 1985 existierte. Ihr musikalisches Repertoire verband Rock, Funk und elektronische Musik. Insbesondere die Keyboardsounds von Reinhold Heil und später das elektronische Schlagzeug der Marke Simmons SDS V prägten den Klang ihrer Musik. (de)
  • Spliff est un groupe de new wave allemand. Entre 1977 et 1980, ses membres formaient, avec la chanteuse Nina Hagen, le Nina Hagen Band. Cette collaboration donnera lieu à deux albums. (fr)
  • Spliff was a Neue Deutsche Welle (New German Wave) rock band, active in the 1980s. Three of the members were already playing together in the political rock cabaret Lokomotive Kreuzberg (founded 1972 in Berlin) before they were 'adopted' by Nina Hagen 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. Their characteristic sound was a mix of electronic music, reggae and punk rock. They recorded "The Spliff Radio Show" in 1980, their only album in English. After parting ways with vocalist Alf Klimek, the remaining members carried on in German sharing vocals between all four of them. Their album 85555 however was released in a limited English edition too. They had major hits on the German singles chart with "Carbonara", "Das Blech" and "Déjà vu". Despite their influential status, the band was short-lived. Many of the musicians subsequently formed a band called Froon. The Other Ones was another offshoot band, which included Alf Klimek, who had appeared on the Spliff Radio Show as Alf Klimax. (en)
  • Gli Spliff sono stati un gruppo musicale tedesco di rock e musica elettronica attivo tra il 1980 e il 1985, esponenti della Neue Deutsche Welle. (it)
  • Spliff was een Duitse rockband die in 1980 door de musici Herwig Mitteregger (slagwerk en zang), Reinhold Heil (keyboard en zang), Bernhard „Potsch“ Potschka (gitaar) en Manfred Praeker (basgitaar en zang) opgericht werd. Het muzikale repertoire van de groep bestond uit een verbinding van rock met elektronische muziek. Vooral de in die tijd nieuwe en populaire elektronische drumsynthesizer Simmons SDS-7 was karakteristiek voor het geluid van deze groep. (nl)
  • Spliff (рус. «Сплифф») — немецкая музыкальная группа, существовавшая с 1980 по 1985 годы. Их характерное звучание представляло собой смесь электронной музыки, регги и панк-рока. (ru)
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