When JANE made their debut in Hannover on December 5, 1970 no one guessed that this formation would become one of the most successful and well-known rock acts in Germany. The melodic rock of JANE affected a part of the German rock music history.
The band was founded with the following members: Peter Panka, Werner Nadolny, Charly Maucher and Klaus Hess. Various reshuffles not only entailed new musicians for the band but also enriched the musical diversity.
Until today 16 studio albums as well as 3 live CDs were produced of which the “JANE Live” CD reached gold status. Good chart positions, not only in Germany, followed. In Switzerland JANE was #1 in the charts for weeks, ahead of the already very successful Pink Floyd. More than 2 million sold records and extensive tours throughout Europe and New Zealand clearly show the popularity of the band.

After the death of the most important and most influential member of the group, Peter Panka, his friend and co-musician for more than 30 years and founding member Werner decided to continue with the band as JANE featuring Werner Nadolny according to Peter’s liking
After Werner Nadolny’s JANE said good-bye to the late singer and co-founder Peter Panka with the tribute album “Proceed With Memories” in early 2009, JANE feat. Werner Nadolny is getting in a new phase of their career right now– back to the roots of JANE.
After releasing the DVD “Live in Concert 2010” on November 19th 2010 with a lot of new songs and the perfect demonstration of the live-quality of all current band members, the new studio album “Eternity” is appearing on March 18th 2011 – the true successor to the magnum opus “Fire, Water, Earth & Air” from 1976. With this, the main songwriter Werner Nadolny is coming back to the essence of JANE and continues his life’s work and that of his late band mate Peter Panka.