Ausradiert by Hans-A-PlastReissue, originally released in 1983. While tens of thousands still revel in the sound of the debut album, the 1981 sophomore disc moves on from 1-2-3-4 punk to dissonant guitars, radical rhythm shifts, and increasingly avant-garde arrangements.Hans-A-Plastvirtually explode with urgency on2asAnnettes vocals alternate between a choirgirl and a caw, almost yodeling, singing enthusiastically of self-immolation or sending murder threats to (long since expired) actors. And then? A hiatus. With the bands activities on pause, Annette takes two A-Levels in the United Kingdom and contemplates becoming an interpreter (already paying to start a course). One day, the phone rings its Hans-A-Plast on the line, asking her to head home so they can get to work on what will be the third Hans-A-Plast album. For the first time, the band enlist a new producer Jan Nmecis at the controls and record in a new location, the Horus Sound Studio in Hanover. The tracklist includes Monstertanz, a song written by Annette in England and subsequently adapted by the band (the first time they create a song in this fashion). Hans-A-Plast then shoot their first (and last) music video, a DIY effort which debuts onPeter IllmannsFormel Eins, a popular and pivotal television show.Ausradiertis released in early 1983, another demonstration of Hans-A-Plast doing what they do best: ignoring what has gone before and going off at a new tangent. Gone are the sudden breaks and nervous shivers of the second album, ceding to a more conventional song structure and sharper production. There is a more typically eighties flair to the bands sound now, as the vocals and Bettinas drums swirl in reverb. Renates bass slices like a knife and dual guitars ring out crystal clear. Lyrically, of course, nothing is off limits: Annette offers advice on how to be Gut im Bett (good in bed), rails against the sanctimoniousness of Christianity; cannibalism, stalking, the list goes on The door closes on the bands No Fun label in the autumn of 1983. Whereas the first two albums sold over 100,000 copies worldwide,Ausradiertonly manages 10,000. Ticket sales are down when the band hit the road in April and May (1983). This time around, Annette is pregnant, as Bettina was on the previous tour. The band begin to argue about which musical direction they should take in future. A sticking plaster doesnt stick forever. Echoing the name of the third LP, Hans-A-Plast find themselves ausradiert (erased). Max Drangsal Gruber