Die Firma

	1983 - 1993: Key Pankonin: Guitar, Vocals
	1983 - 1993: Frank Tröger: Guitar, Organ, Vocals
	1983 - 1993: Tatjana Besson: Bass, Vocals
	1986 - 1992: Paul Landers: Guitar
	1986 - 1993: Faren Matern: Bass, Vocals
	1990 - 1993: Christoph Schneider: Drums
	1992 - 1993: Sven Kruspe: Guitar

Die Firma was a punk-band from Berlin, active from 1983 to 1993.

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The band originally was known under two names, "Firma Trötsch" and "Tanzkapelle Wandlitz".

A concert of the band on 17 October 1987 became legendary, because it was the first time that about 20 or 30 Skinheads were showing up at a public event in the German Democratic Republic. They shouted things like "Sieg Heil!" and "Deutschland, Deutschland!" and started beating up people in the audience randomly.^[1] It seems like they played that show together with the still active band Element of Crime.^[2]

In early 1992, Paul Landers was given the option from Die Firma to either leave them or leave Feeling B because they wanted to have more time together. Paul wanted to stay in Feeling B, so he left Die Firma as a guitarist. Richard Kruspe then replaced him^[3], where he played until the end of the band.

After the release of the Stasi files, it was discovered that both Tatjana Besson and Frank Tröger were unofficial informants (IMs) for the Stasi. Consequently, the band broke up in 1993.