Biography
Their debut album 'Together' is considered by fans to be one of the iconic 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 Eloy, Ramses and Birth Control, Jane are regarded as one of the best Krautrock groups with a devoted following which can be traced to Germany and Austria. 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.
[edit] Line-up
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Charly Maucher - Lead Vocals, Bass
Werner Nadolny - Keyboards, Vocals
Klaus Walz - Lead Guitars, Vocals
Fritz Randow - Drums in 2007 Tour (Replacing the late Peter Panka)
Arndt Schulz - Guitars & Vocals in 2007 Tour
Wolfgang Krantz - Keyboards from 2008
[edit] Past members
Peter Panka (b.March 3, 1948, d.June 28, 2007) - Lead Vocals, Drums (deceased)
Werner Nadolny - Keyboards
Predrag Jovanović (aka Pedja) - Guitar, vocals[1]
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]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Vinyl
Together (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)
[edit] CDs
Together (1990)
Here we are (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 (Peter Panka's Jane) (1996)
Comes alive (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)
[edit] Singles
Daytime (1972)
Here we are (1973)
Bambule Rock (1974)
Age of madness (1978)
Love Song (1978)
Beautiful lady (Maxi-Single) (1986)
Together we stand (Mother Jane) (1998)
[edit] Compilations
Waiting for the sunshine (1979)
Rock on brain (2 LP) (1980)
[edit] DVD
Krautrock Meeting (2005)
Tribute To Peter Panka (2008)
Phoenix (2008)
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