Hans-A-Plast
is a punk band from Hanover, founded in 1978 by Jens Meyer (guitar),
Micha Polten (guitar), Renate Baumgart (bass) and Bettina Schröder
(drums). A little later Annette Benjamin joined the formation, whose
vocals were to have a decisive influence on the group. With her Britpunk
inspired sound as well as the lyrics which partly remind of Nina Hagen,
Hans-A-Plast quickly became one of the most successful German Punk
formations.
In 1979 the group's debut album was released under their own distribution, with titles such as "Rock 'n' Roll Freitag", "Amerikaner" and "Es brennt ", which contained some of the first German punk classics. Without promotion, the album sold over 20,000 copies and was one of the most successful German punk albums of the early days, along with AmokKoma from Abwärts. With feminist titles like "Für 'ne Frau" or "Hau Ab, Du Stinkst", the group also appealed to people outside the punk scene.
After a longer break the album Ausradiert followed, which contained songs like "Schwarz & Weiß", "Loreley", "Sacco di Roma" or the title song. In addition a self-produced video to the title "Monstertanz" was shown in the television program Formel Eins.
After Annette Benjamin left the band they broke up. Drummer Bettina Schröder is the only one who is still musically active.
