Their first album Umsteiger, released in 1982, was a rough-around-the-edges form of new wave showing an aggressive side to Zauner's otherwise smooth vocals.

The band's next album Herzschlag einer Stadt in 1984 was a more commercial new wave record which spawned a Top 30 hit in Germany, "Oh Baby".

The result was Romancing in the Dark, containing English version of six tracks from Traumziel plus their three biggest German hits.

(Later the band relied on English lyrics written by professional lyricists Tim Touchton and Curtis Briggs.)

The album was released throughout Europe, and there were big hits in Greece (where "Every Time" was a number one single), Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands.

"Keeping the Dream Alive" is the English-language version of "So lang' man Träume noch leben kann".

Although 1991 was a quiet year for the band, Zauner and Strobel were still active, releasing the album Living in the Sun under the name of Deuces Wild.

Leaving Sony Music for the EastWest label, the band moved towards conventional dance-pop on their next album, Freiheit die ich meine (2000).