Hans-A-Plast - biography

Hans-a-plast was one of the most successful early German punk bands, one of the first featuring a female singer. After playing on several early festivals in Hamburg and Berlin, the self-released debut Hans-a-plast appeared 1979 and was very successful. It sold so well that the major labels, who had dropped punk after the first unsuccessful German "punk" albums in 1977/78, got interested again. Members of Hans-a-plast founded the No Fun label in 1980, were they also released the follow-up Hans-a-plast 2. After constant touring, their third and last album Ausradiert was released in 1983, again critically acclaimed, but this time without much success -- at that time, the pop side of NDW had already won.

Bettina Schröder (drums, vocals)
Renate Baumgard (bass)
Anette Benjamin-Hadrell (vocals)
Jens Meyer (guitar, vocals)
Klaus-Michael Polten (guitar)