Hagen Liebing
Hagen Friedrich Liebing (18 February 1961 – 25 September 2016), nicknamed "The Incredible Hagen", was a German musician and journalist, best known as the bassist for the influential punk band Die Ärzte. In 1986, drummer Bela B invited him to join Die Ärzte. The two knew each other from early Berlin punk days.
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Hagen Liebing
- Name
- Hagen Liebing
- Birth Name
- Hagen Friedrich Liebing
- Born
- 18 February 1961
- Birthplace
- Berlin, Germany
- Died
- 25 September 2016
- Occupation
- Musician, music journalist
- Full name
- Hagen Friedrich Liebing.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Languages
- German.
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The band disbanded in 1988. Liebing tried his hand at journalism shortly thereafter. He wrote several articles for Der Tagesspiegel, and was the senior music editor of Tip Berlin since the mid-1990s. When Die Ärzte reunited in 1993, Liebing did not join them. However, he did join them on stage as a special guest in 2002. In 2003, he published his memoirs The Incredible Hagen – My Years with Die Ärzte. From 2003 to 2010, he headed the Press and Public Relations at the football club Tennis Borussia Berlin. Liebing died in Berlin on 25 September 2016 from a brain tumor.
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• Name — Hagen Liebing • Alias — The Incredible Hagen • Birth Name — Hagen Friedrich Liebing • Born — 18 February 1961 • Birthplace — Berlin, Germany • Died — 25 September 2016 • Place of death — Berlin, Germany • Genre — Punk rock • Occupation — Musician, music journalist • Instrument — Bass • Associated Acts — Die Ärzte
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Hagen Liebing, a musician, was born in 1961 and died in 2016. Both events are recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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- 1.Andreas Conrad. Ehemaliger Ärzte-Bassist: Hagen Liebing – der Unglaubliche. tagesspiegel.de. 2016-09-25.
- 2.Funpunk-Legende: Ehemaliger Ärzte-Bassist Hagen Liebing ist tot. Spiegel Online. 2016-09-25.
- 3.Amtsgericht Berlin (Charlottenburg), VR 3049.
- 4.Podcast "Der Soundtrack meines Lebens": Folge 16 (Staffel 2) mit Anja Caspary Interview mit Anja Caspary von Redakteur Jan Schwarzkamp auf www.visions.de (Visions), 6. April 2022
- 5.Lutz Göllner. Hagen Liebing – Nachruf. tip-berlin.de. 2020-09-17.
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