Nena was born Gabriele Susanne Kerner in Hagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany. She acquired her nickname "Nena," an alternate version of the Spanish word "niña" (little girl), at the age of 3 during a vacation to Spain. Her first band was called The Stripes. They had a very minor hit with the song "Ecstasy," but never managed to achieve broad success. The band Nena was formed with Nena (singer), Rolf Brendel (drums), Carlo Karges (guitar), Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen (keyboard) and Jürgen Dehmel (bass) in Berlin in 1981.
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