The East German rock band City were raised to cult status in their native GDR in 1977 when they released a song called "Am Fenster." (In fact, in 2000 it was declared "the best German rock song of the 20th century" by a survey of German radio stations.) This was an exceptional occurrence, as during the times of German separation bands from East Germany were usually ignored in the West. Founded in 1971 in East Berlin with Fritz Puppel, Klaus Selmke, Ingo Döring, Frank Pfeiffer, Klaus Witte, and Andreas Pieper, City were one of the more popular German acts of the late 20th century. ~ Frank Eisenhuth