We all know the phrase of Blixa Bargeld: “If Nick asked me to play clarinet, I would have done that for 20 years”.

Now we have Blixa Bargeld playing the clarinet.

Photo by Petra Gall, 1987.

Einstürzende Neubauten live at VEB Elektrokohle, East Berlin, 21.12.1989 / Blixa Bargeld by Petra Gall

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds live at Tempodrom, Berlin, 29.05.1992 / Blixa Bargeld by Petra Gall

Five stages of Sehnsucht

Why does a typical Einstürzende Neubauten concert look like five stages of grief (according to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ theory)?

1. Denial

2. Anger

3. Bargaining

4. Depression

5. Acceptance

Einstürzende Neubauten live at Loft, West Berlin, 29.10.1983 / Blixa Bargeld by Petra Gall

Einstürzende Neubauten live at Loft, West Berlin, 29.10.1983 / Blixa Bargeld by Petra Gall

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds live at Metropol, West Berlin, 30.09.1986 / Blixa Bargeld by Petra Gall

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds live at Metropol, West Berlin, 12.07.1985 / Nick Cave and Blixa Bargeld by Petra Gall

Blixa Bargeld in West Berlin, Metropol, 23.2.1985 by Petra Gall