Nachkriegsratten

Nachkriegsratten (german for post war rats) is a German punk band that pretend to be a GDR punk band (punk band from the German Democratic Republic) and active from 1985 to 1988.

Background
While the band pretends to be an 80's punk band during the existence of the German democratic Republic, there is nothing known about the background fo this band. There are even no live performances of this band known. In september 2011, the band is mentioned in a blog for punk music for the first time. It is believed that their first EP Mein Leben für den Müll was released then.

GDR punk controversity
Fans and experts of punk music in Germany highly doubt this band is a so called "GDR punk band". Some lyrical themes as well as their musical style do not fit to the GDR punk era while there was the government that had big influence of what GDR musical artists could sing about. The Plastic Bomb zine says that due to the forces of the government it was impossible to write down such numb lyrics.

The first EP's, pretended to be released from 1986 to 1988, are not available as physical copies but strictly as download on their bandcamp artist page.

Discography

 * Ostler aus der Tonne
 * Mein Leben für den Müll
 * Auf einen Kaffee mit Männermann
 * Mein Körper ist ein Schwann
 * Haar + Haar = Mathe! (2015)
 * Wir werden immer Feinde sein (2016)
 * Mutter Schwerthelm (2016)