was founded in 1980

Schleim-Keim was founded in 1980 by brothers Dieter “Otze” Ehrlich and Klaus Ehrlich, along with Andreas “Dippel” Deubach. In December 1981, Schleim-Keim made their first appearance at the event Werkstatt der Offenen Arbeit (at the time called Gesprächskreis der Offenen Arbeit des Ev. Kirchenkreises Erfurt ) in the Johannes-Lang-Haus of the Protestant church in Erfurt. Other bands that performed at this event were the Madmans and the Weimar band Creepers . Through further concerts in churches and other private events, the members of Schleim-Keim met the writer and musician Sascha Anderson , who was the singer for the East Berlin band Zwitschermaschine. Schleim-Keim then produced a split LP with Zwitschermaschine (playing under the pseudonym Sau-Kerle) called DDR von unten ; this LP is regarded as the first punk record produced in the GDR; it was released in West Germany through the West Berlin hardcore/punk label Aggressive Rockproduktionen . After this record was released, Otze was arrested for his activities with Schleim-Keim. At the end of 1982, Anderson sent Schleim-Keim to record at a studio near Dresden . Within one hour, the band had recorded seven songs. The song Spione im Café was written spontaneously in this studio session.