Anja Huwe

Singer, visual artist, and goth icon Anja Huwe is best known to music fans as the frontperson of influential post-punk group Xmal Deutschland. The group was initially pigeonholed as part of the Neue Deutsche Welle movement, while Huwe was constantly compared to Siouxsie Sioux, but both of these comparisons proved to be off base, as the band had a distinctive style and commanding presence all their own. They released their debut album, Fetisch, on 4AD in 1983 and continued making music for the remainder of the decade, moving in a more pop-influenced direction with their final o...