Punk in East Germany
Because of repressions by the state of East Germany, there was only a secret punk scene that could develop there. Bands like AuSSchlag dissolved due to the pressure of the regime. One of the most popular bands were probably Schleim-Keim, who also got popular in West Germany. Only in the last years of the German Democratic Republic, the government allowed some bands like Feeling B or Die Skeptiker from East Berlin, but those bands were criticized in the scene for cooperating with the government.
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