Die Frechheit (lit. “the cheekiness”) went about from 1988 to 1990. It succeeded two East Berlin bands: Kein Talent (“no talent”) and Keine Ahnung (“no idea”). Surrounded by post-punk, sampler compositions and guitar pop, the band chose to play psychedelic prog wave. Known as “Handtasche” (“handbag”), the singer Andrea was a unique specimen from the scene around bands such as Freygang, Die Firma or Ichfunktion. Her lyrics combined a punk-like anger with the disillusioned weltschmerz of a Paradise Lost generation which had become deaf to the GDR as a Promised Land. After her exit from Die Frechheit Handtasche formed the two-woman band 3tot. Boriz put in a fleeting performance with the Wartburgs für Walter. And drummer Christoph Schneider switched first to Die Firma and then to Feeling B. He ended up where cheekiness would turn into perpetual provocation by any means available, namely in Rammstein. The tapetopia series, using the original layouts and track lists, publishes cassette editions from the GDR underground of the 1980s, especially from the “walled-in” scene in East Berlin. More than three decades after their initial “release”, most of these tapes have yet to be heard on either vinyl or CD, even though they made an audible mark in the canon of GDR sub- culture. Despite the tiny original editions of the time, many of the bands were considered cult in countercultural circles, which made them highly suspect in informed circles.
Tracklist:
1. Verfolgungswahn (7:36) 2. Abschied (7:11) 3. Die Sucht (2:15) 4. Goldenes Haus (4:44) 5. Der Flieder brennt (6:29) 6. Schatten (5:24) 7. Ruhlos (3:51) 8. Rockefeller (5:29) 9. Wie Ihr wollt (3:20)
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