From socialist beat to homeland rock The rock music scene of the GDR seemed to be on the verge of collapse with the end of the state. The audience stayed away and numerous bands broke up. But a few years later, the recordings from the GDR sold again and the event halls filled up when rock bands with a GDR past performed. Tom Koltermann traces the decline and subsequent renaissance of GDR rock. On the basis of media reports, documents from the SED and the Stasi as well as the Treuhandanstalt, records of music and youth research in the GDR, industry magazines, holdings of the radio archive and broadcasters such as MDR, as well as interviews with players in the music industry, Koltermann reconstructs the long survival of GDR rock. New product