Jürgen Dehmel is a German bass player

Bassist

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 and songwriter

Songwriter

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Biography

Dehmel was brought by keyboardist

Keyboardist

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 Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen

Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen

Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen is a keyboard player and songwriter, known for his work with the German rock group Nena.Born in Berlin he first played in a band called "Vanguard"in 1977 - 1979 with bassist Sven Bode, Guitarist Fritz... and drummer Didier, composing an amazing Rock Opera. Concerts...

 to join the rock band

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 Nena

Nena

Gabriele Susanne Kerner , better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer and actress. She rose to international fame in 1983 with the New German Wave song "99 Luftballons". In 1984, she re-recorded this song in English as "99 Red Balloons". Nena was also the name of the band with whom she...

 in 1981. Fahrenkrog-Petersen and Dehmel had previously been together in a band

Band (music)

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 called Odessa, releasing a self-titled album

Album

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 in 1980. The band also included Helmut Hirt on vocals, Otto Schneider on drum

Drum

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s, Bernd Däumchen on guitar

Guitar

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 and saxophone

Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

, and Andreas Römer on solo-guitar.

Dehmel joined Nena in 1981, and he remained until the band split in 1986. He continued to collaborate with Nena in her solo

Solo (music)

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 career and on tour, co-writing

Songwriter

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 several song

Song

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s for her solo albums. Nena and Dehmel produced

Record producer

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 a band called The Time Boys, in 1986, under the name of JD and Susie K. He also wrote songs and produced soundtrack

Soundtrack

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s for German

Germany

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 film

Film

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s, and toured frequently with the singer 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...

. In 1988–89 he also wrote three songs with his girlfriend, Ilonka Breitmeier, for a German pop

Pop music

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 star

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 called Tinka. In 1991, he co-produced the album The Band (a collection of Nena's best songs). He usually works from his home-built recording studio

Recording studio

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.

Dehmel was married

Marriage

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 to Nena's sister

Sibling

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, Kristiane, from 1985 to 1987. Kristiane was a nurse in an hospital

Hospital

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in Berlin. Dehmel and Kristiane do not have any children, but after they split-up she had a daughter, Lisa, born in April 1989.

Dehmel has a brother Karl-Heinz, who is three years older.