1970s – 1990sPeak: 1980s
Punk
About Punk
In the DDR, punk was an act of political defiance. Emerging around 1980 in East Berlin and Leipzig, the scene operated in church basements and squats under constant Stasi surveillance. Bands like Schleim-Keim, Feeling B, and Namenlos risked imprisonment for music the state classified as hostile agitation.