Die Skeptiker

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Die Skeptiker (English: The Skeptics) is a German punk band founded 1986 in East Berlin.

Die Skeptiker were part of the so called Die anderen Bands (the other bands in according to the mainstream bands in East Germany) which played very political lyrics that criticised life in the GDR.

After German reunification in 1990 the band lost a lot of their fans, and on following tours people were very violent against the band members.

Vocalist Eugen Balanskat founded in 2000 the band Roter Mohn (later renamed to Rotorfon) playing punk rock cover versions of 1920s - 1940s songs. The band reformed in 2006 to mark their 20th anniversary.

[edit] Discography

• O.T. (MC, 1988)
• Schreie (MC, 1989)
• Die Skeptiker (AMIGA Quartett, e.g. 7" with four tracks, 1989)
• Harte Zeiten (1990)
• Sauerei (1991)
• Schwarze Boten (1993)
• Live (1994)
• Stahlvogelkrieger (1995)
• Frühe Werke (compilation album with old tracks from the 1980s, 1996)
• Wehr Dich (1998)

[edit] External links

• Die Skeptiker - official site (German)
• Rotorfon - official site of the other band of Eugen Balanskat (German)