Wanda's was a punk band from Alkmaar than later on moved to Amsterdam. There has been a lot of speculation about the name Wanda's. Rumours were that was named after an SM heroine, or that it stood for the English word Wonder. The truth is that Wanda's is the drunken pronunciation of Rondo's, a Rotterdam punk band of the time.
In Alkmaar, a group of punks started organizing gigs in the recently squatted Parkhof, a former school building in the Victoria Park. Six girls were active in it and soon they decided to use one of the classrooms as a rehearsal space. After a year or two, most of the members moved to Amsterdam. They rehearsed in squats, first in Tetterode and later in a shed in the eastern harbor. They were Geralda Geertsma (guitar), Lies van Duijl (vocals, flute), Arie de Jong (drums), Josée Ris (singing), Anne de Jong (bass) and Marleen Kamminga (guitar and singing).
By 1981 Geralda Geertsma (guitar, antropofoon*) and Lies van Duijl (vocals, flute) had left. First album The Ideal was released in 1982. The music was very rambunctious punk. It was adolescent and was recorded on a four-track in the legendary Joke's Cowshed.
After some changes in line-up including the introduction of some men A State Of No Mercy was released in 1986. The music is still somewhat rooted in punk but clearly influenced by new wave and rock. The lyrics were as socially critical as ever and were completely in tune with the doom and gloom of the eighties.
Arie and Marleen later played together in a band called Godzilla.
