Pankow are a German rock band, founded in East Berlin in 1981. Their name came from the Berlin district of Pankow, which was once home to most of the officials of the East German government. The band’s original lineup consisted of Jürgen Ehle, André Herzberg, Rainer Kirchmann, Jäcki Reznicek and Frank Hille. Other members were Stefan Dohanetz, Ingo York and Jens Jensen. As their lyrics often contained criticism of the East German regime, they frequently encountered problems releasing their music. “Like many writers, they were among the established names of aesthetic subversion,” journalist Christoph Dieckmann wrote in a 1999 article published in Rolling Stone. With the fall of the Iron Curtain and the associated open access to media outside Germany, Pankow briefly moved into the focus of Anglo‑American journalism. U.S. historian Timothy W. Ryback, known for his 1990 book Rock Around the Bloc: A History of Rock Music in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, characterized Pankow as one of the two most prestigious and most professional groups of East Berlin’s rock scene, writing that they “originally showed the influence of the Rolling Stones, but have developed into a dynamic band that combines the energy of the Clash with the innovation of the Talking Heads.”
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Langeweile
Das Lied von der See`nsucht
Aufruhr in den Augen
Wetten, du willst
Let Me Be Stalin
Doris
Wieder auf der Strasse (live)
Isolde
Pankow Full Album
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