Hong Kong Syndikat formed at the beginning of the Eighties after decorator and disc-jockey Bruno Grünberg, graphics designer Hartmut Möller and Gerd Plez, all from Bremen, met in West Berlin.
This first album was still recorded mainly in German; subsequent releases would see them switch to English for commercial reasons.
This move eventually was met with acclaim: by 1984 Hong Kong Syndikat performed their first live concert in New York City; later the same year they recorded their second album, Olympia, in London -- produced by Rusty Egan, a member of Visage.
Hong Kong Syndikat were not able to repeat or expand on this: when the 4th album Des Teutons Pas Nippons (1987) turned out to become a commercial flop, the act disbanded in 1989.
Gerd Plez would eventually re-appear as a songwriter for Austrian pop singer Falco.