Jane (band)
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Jane is a German Progressive Rock Krautrock
band that was formed in October 1970 in Hanover
, Germany
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, Ramses and Birth Control
, Jane are regarded as one of the best German Progressive rock groups, with a devoted following that can be traced to Germany, Austria and Iran. Peter Panka (the main founder of Jane) died on June 28, 2007. The remaining members of the band toured Germany & Austria in 2007 alongside Fritz Randow and Arndt Schulz in memory of Peter Panka. Cool & Easy Records (Jane's official record label) has announced series of rarities titled 'The Lost Tapes' and a new DVD 'Phoenix' for future release. Tribute To Peter Panka a live concert DVD was released in 2008. A new album titled 'Traces' was released in December 2009.
Krautrock
Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...
band that was formed in October 1970 in Hanover
Hanover
Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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Band history
Their debut album 'Together' is considered by fans to be one of the most iconic German Progressive Rock albums of all time. The band has been through a lot of line-up changes and records on recent years under 'Peter Panka's Jane', 'Werner Nadolny's Jane', and 'Klaus Hess's Jane' (a.k.a. 'Mother Jane'). One of their latest releases available in Germany is 'Voices' which has been critically acclaimed by the fans and critics alike. Jane can be seen in the 'Krautrock Meeting' concert film recently released on DVD. Alongside EloyEloy
Eloy is a German progressive rock band, whose musical style includes symphonic and space rock, the latter theme being more prevalent on earlier albums...
, Ramses and Birth Control
Birth Control (band)
Birth Control is a German rock band known for their progressive hard rock sound and provocative album covers.Birth Control formed in the middle of 1968 in Berlin from two other bands, the Earls and the Gents...
, Jane are regarded as one of the best German Progressive rock groups, with a devoted following that can be traced to Germany, Austria and Iran. Peter Panka (the main founder of Jane) died on June 28, 2007. The remaining members of the band toured Germany & Austria in 2007 alongside Fritz Randow and Arndt Schulz in memory of Peter Panka. Cool & Easy Records (Jane's official record label) has announced series of rarities titled 'The Lost Tapes' and a new DVD 'Phoenix' for future release. Tribute To Peter Panka a live concert DVD was released in 2008. A new album titled 'Traces' was released in December 2009.
Line-up
- Charly Maucher - Lead Vocals, Bass
- Werner Nadolny - Keyboards, Vocals
- Klaus Walz - Lead Guitars, Vocals
- Fritz RandowFritz RandowFritz Randow is a drummer from Germany. He has played in rock and heavy metal oriented bands such as Eloy, Victory, Sinner and Saxon and in 2007 with Peter Panka's Jane.-Biography:Randow started playing the drums when he was 13 years old...
- Drums in 2007 Tour (Replacing the late Peter Panka) - Arndt Schulz - Guitars & Vocals in 2007 Tour
- Wolfgang Krantz - Keyboards from 2008
Past members
- Peter Panka (b.March 3, 1948, d.June 28, 2007) - Lead Vocals, Drums (deceased)
- Werner Nadolny - Keyboards
- Predrag Jovanović (aka Pedja) - Guitar, vocalshttp://www.jane-music.com/jane-eng/Seiten/History.htm
- Martin Hesse - Bass
- Gottfried Janko - Organ, Keyboards, Vocals (deceased)(d. autumn 2004 of a heart attack)
- Klaus Hess - Guitar, Vocals
- Manfred Wieczorke - Keyboards [Ex-member of Eloy]
Vinyl
- TogetherTogether (Jane album)Together is the first official album by the German progressive rock band, Jane, released in 1972.-Track listing:All songs are written by Klaus Hess, Charly Maucher, Werner Nadolny, Peter Panka and Bernd Pulst.Side 1# "Daytime" # "Wind"...
(1972) - Here we are (1973)
- Jane III (1974)
- Lady (1975)
- Fire, Water, Earth and Air (1976)
- Live at Home (1976)
- Between Heaven and Hell (1977)
- Age of Madness (1978)
- Sign No. 9 (1979)
- Jane (Mask) (1980)
- Germania (1981)
- Warlock Rock Ballet soundtrack (feat. Lady Jane) (1983)
- Beautiful Lady (1986)
- Live '88 (1989)
- Live '89 (1990)
CDs
- TogetherTogether (Jane album)Together is the first official album by the German progressive rock band, Jane, released in 1972.-Track listing:All songs are written by Klaus Hess, Charly Maucher, Werner Nadolny, Peter Panka and Bernd Pulst.Side 1# "Daytime" # "Wind"...
(1990) - Here we areHere We Are"Here We Are" is a single by Gloria Estefan. It was released in 1989 in U.S. and in 1990 to the rest of the world as the third single of the album, Cuts Both Ways. It has become one of Estefan's most recognized hit singles.-Song history:...
(1997) - Jane III (1997)
- Lady (1997)
- Fire, Water, Earth and Air (1990)
- Live at home (1992)
- Between Heaven and Hell (1997)
- Age of madness (1997)
- Sign No. 9 (1997)
- Jane (Maske) (1997)
- Germania (1997)
- Beautiful Lady (1993)
- Live '89 (1990)
- Resurrection (Pano's Jane) (1996)
- Comes alive (Klaus Hess/Mother Jane) (2000)
- Back again (Lady Jane) (2000)
- Genuine (2002)
- Live 2002 (Peter Panka's Jane) (2002)
- Shine On (Peter Panka's Jane) (2003)
- Voices (Peter Panka's Jane) (2006)
- Live At META's (Peter Panka's Jane) (2007)
- Proceed with Memories (Werner Nadolny's Jane) (2009)
- In Dreams (Klaus Hess' Jane a.k.a. Mother Jane) (2009)
- Traces (Peter Panka's Jane) (2009)
- Hungry4Live (Klaus Hess' Jane a.k.a. Mother Jane) (2010)
- The Journey - Best of Jane '70-'80 (Werner Nadolny's Jane) (2010)
- Eternity (Werner Nadolny's Jane) (2011)
Singles
- Daytime (1972)
- Here we areHere We Are"Here We Are" is a single by Gloria Estefan. It was released in 1989 in U.S. and in 1990 to the rest of the world as the third single of the album, Cuts Both Ways. It has become one of Estefan's most recognized hit singles.-Song history:...
(1973) - Bambule Rock (1974)
- Age of madness (1978)
- Love Song (1978)
- Beautiful lady (Maxi-Single) (1986)
- Together we stand (Mother Jane) (1998)
DVD
- Krautrock Meeting (2005)
- Tribute To Peter Panka (2008)
- Phoenix (2008)
- Inside - The Cave Concert (2010)