 One of the most popular bands were probably Schleim-Keim, who also got popular in West Germany.Only in the last years of the German Democratic Republic did the government allow some bands like Feeling B or Die Skeptiker from East Berlin, but those bands were criticized in the scene for cooperating with the government.Some of these bands applied for and received "amateur licenses" to allow them to perform in state-sanctioned venues, while still maintaining connections with the underground East German punk community.