Synth pop group originating from Düsseldorf, Germany; formed in 1982 by former Die Krupps keyboard player Ralf Dörper and Andreas Thein. The first recordings were made in the summer of 1982 (at '' in Essen, Germany, the reason being that it had a PPG Synthesizer.) Dörper and Thein recorded two songs, "Disziplin" (political) and "Sünde" (religious), with vocals provided by Susanne Freytag. The plan was to release them on the London label which had released Ralf's solo records in the UK. However, Ralf also sent the two songs to Chris Bohn at the NME. This came to the attention of producer , who signed the band to his label ZTT in 1983.
A few months before ZTT signed them, the band (incl. drummer Weet) were invited to London to record tracks with Nick Froome at in February 1983 (soon to be renamed Sarm West). Trevor Horn, Jill Sinclair and Paul Morley wanted to explore what Propaganda was about and decide whether to sign them based on the material recorded in that session. Demos of "Doppelganger
Real Name
- Michael Mertens
- Suzanne Freytag
- Claudia Brücken
- Ralf Dorper
- Andreas Thein
- Betsi Miller
- Derek Forbes
- Brian McGee
Name Vars
- P: Propaganda P:
- Propaganda's
- Propoganda
- Präpaganda
- p : Propaganda
- p: Propaganda
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Members
- Claudia Brücken
- Ralf Dörper
- Michael Mertens
- Susanne Freytag
- Brian McGee
- Andreas Thein
- Derek Forbes
- Betsi Miller