Simpson article

Concerning the article, i will mostly talk about the three things that occurred after the fall of the Wall. Those three things are found on page 250.

The first one says that there was a dissolution of bands, whose members were just getting on with their lives. This is very interesting to me because it makes those band members, that have made such a great influence on the German public, seem like just regular people. They are just normal German human beings getting on with their life. People put musicians and artists on such a high pedestal, that it is so hard to even imagine them leading a normal, conventional life.
The second was the "retreat into a local scene.." We find that even though the wall did fall, people still had their pride and heart in trying to go against this new founded Germany. This is related to the people today who are still involved with organizations like the KKK. They carry around their confederate flags, hoping that one day America will go back to a divided and racist country. The third was the "Erasure of 'origin'.." It says that there was this transnational fame of bands that were not contigent to those of the GDR past, present, or future. This is interesting because after all the censorship and rules, one would not believe this to happen. The Erasure of origin and identity became commerical success, which is ironic in itself because that is what the rock and punk bands were trying to keep, their identity of what they considered their German country.