The Stripes were a German pop band founded on 2 July 1979 in the town of

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by Rainer Kitzmann, who played guitar. The lead singer was Gabriele Susanne Kerner, before she became known as Nena Kerner, who would later form the band

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. Another future member of the band Nena,

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(Nena's boyfriend at the time), played the drums. Frank Röhler played bass. The band was known for singing exclusively in English. They released five singles and one studio album, after which they split up on 3 March 1982. Their song "Ecstasy" was a minor hit.

Discography

Studio album

''The Stripes'' was the band's only album and the first studio album of its singer, Gabriele "Nena" Kerner. Initially an

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, it was re-released on CD in 1997 and again in 2004 with bonus tracks which were previously exclusive to some singles.

Track listing

Side A contains tracks 1–6 and side B contains tracks 7–13.

Notes

* Track 8 is a cover of a

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song

Credits

* Gabriele Kerner vocals *Rainer Kitzmann guitar *

– drums and percussion *Frank Röhler bass guitar *Andy Kirnberger keyboard, assorted guitars, singing

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and producer *Manfred Nauner

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at Tonstudio Hiltpoltstein *Nigel Jobson English vocals on tracks 4 and 9, recording and

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at Hotline Studios *Udo Arndt mixing engineer a
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Singles

All singles were released as

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vinyl records at 45 RPM under the

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label. "Ecstasy" and the B-sides "Normal Types" and "Lose Control" were included as bonus tracks on the re-release of the studio album.

Epilogue

Nena has often advertised her involvement with The Stripes in 2003 when she made a guest appearance at Howard Jones's 20th anniversary concert in London, she wore a top emblazoned with the name of the band and the bonus tracks of the ''

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'' album included live performances of two of the Stripes' songs recorded at a Berlin concert in November 2009.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stripes, The German pop music groups English-language singers from Germany 1979 establishments in West Germany Musical groups established in 1979 People from Hagen Musical groups from North Rhine-Westphalia Musical groups disestablished in 1982 CBS Records albums Nena albums