Die Skeptiker was founded

In 1986, Die Skeptiker was founded by drummer Marcel Hofer, guitarist Christoph BuntRock, guitarist Andreas Kupsch, bass player Andreas Welfle, and singer Eugen Balanskat. The group met when Balanskat was searching for a band; a colleague at the publishing house where he worked provided a contact. During their first meeting in a practice room in the outskirts of Berlin, they wrote the beginnings of the song “JaJaJa“. While working to define a unique sound, the band identified bands they liked as IDEAL, PVC, the Dead Kennedys , and Nina Hagen . The lyrics for die Skeptiker’s songs are generally written by Balanskat. One of the original motivations for forming the band was to expand the limitations of what was artistically possible in East Germany at the time. The band’s name arose because they could not decide on a name after months of discussion.