 Die Tödliche Doris was part of the "Geniale Dilletanten" (Ingenious Dilletantes) movement, a merger of the new wave and post-punk scene, which combined influences like Frieder Butzmann, Einstürzende Neubauten and Malaria!.The head of the band, author, musician and artist Wolfgang Müller, wrote the book "Geniale Dilletanten" (Ingenious Dilletantes) for the MERVE publishing house.This was known for the first German publisher of French postmodern philosophers.