Hans-A-Plast

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Hans-A-Plast
General information
origin Hanover , Germany
Genre (s) German punk
founding 1978
Current occupation
Jens Meyer
guitar
 Micha Polten
Renate Baumgart
Bettina Schröder
Annette Benjamin

Hans-A-Plast is a punk band from Hanover that was founded in 1978 by Jens Meyer (guitar), Micha Polten (guitar), Renate Baumgart (bass) and Bettina Schröder (drums). A little later, Annette Benjamin joined the formation, which was to shape the group with her singing. With their sound inspired by Britpunk and the lyrics that are partly reminiscent of Nina Hagen , Hans-A-Plast quickly became one of the most successful German punk groups.

history

In 1979 the group released their own debut album , which contained some of the first German punk classics with titles such as Rock 'n' Roll Freitag , Amerika and Es brennt ( What to do when it burns ... ). Without a promotion, the album sold over 20,000 times and, alongside AmokKoma von Abwärts, was one of the most successful early German punk albums. The group also addressed people outside of the punk scene with feminist titles like Für 'ne Frau or Gau ab, du stinkst . Due to its success, the group has been accused by some punks of being "commercial and established".

After a long break, the album Ausradiert followed , which contained songs such as Black & White , Loreley , Sacco di Roma or the title track. In addition, a self-produced video for the title Monster Dance was shown on the television program Formula One . After Annette Benjamin married and left the band, Hans-A-Plast broke up. In 1988, in addition to a CD compilation by Hans-A-Plast, a solo LP by drummer Bettina Schröder was released. She is the only one who is still musically active today with a heart in thirds . In 2005 the Hans-A-Plast LPs were re-released remastered on CD, and a reprint of the first LP is also in great demand in punk circles.

Hans-A-Plast singer Annette Benjamin re-recorded the Hans-A-Plast song Monstertanz in 2005 with the German death rock band Bloody Dead and Sexy . The song was released on the limited version of the Bloody Dead and Sexy album Narcotic Room .

Discography

  • 1979: Hans-A-Plast I (LP, Lava)
  • 1980: Hans-A-Plast I (LP, No Fun Records, NF 002, cover as with Lava, but different label)
  • 1980: Hans-A-Plast II (LP, No Fun, NF 007)
  • 1981: Lemminger Punx / Sex Sex Sex (Single, No Fun, NF 110, partly also as a red record )
  • 1983: Erased (LP, No Fun, NF 020)
  • 1988: Hans-A-Plast (CD, compilation)
  • 2005: Hans-A-Plast I (new edition, LP: Re-Force, RE 006, partly also in transparent / CD including the two songs of the single: Indigo 849942)
  • 2005/2006: Hans-A-Plast II (new edition, LP including the two songs of the single: Re-Force, RE 011, partly also in red / CD: Indigo CD 85002)
  • 2005: Erased (new edition, CD: Indigo 850092)

literature

  • Matthias Blazek: The Lower Saxony Band Compendium 1963-2003 - Data and facts from 100 rock groups from Lower Saxony . Celle 2006, p. 65 ISBN 978-3-00-018947-0
  • Mathias Döpfner and Thomas Garms: New German Wave - Art or Fashion. Ullstein Verlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-548-36505-1
  • Bernd Hahn and Holger Schindler: Punk - The most tender temptation since chocolate was born . Buntbuch-Verlag, Hamburg 1982
  • Albrecht Koch: Attack on the land of milk and honey - 20 years of German-language pop music . Ullstein Verlag, Munich 1987
  • Jürgen Teipel: Waste Your Youth: A documentary novel about German punk and new wave , Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2001

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