originated from the east berlin punk band 'REASORRS EXZESZ' (est.1985), continued 1991 as 'ROUGH CALLED' and finally renamed to 'PUNISHABLE ACT' in 1993 the line up stayed more or less the same: Mike (voc), Sven (g), Botte (g), Mario (bg), only the job of the drummer became occasionally vacant, the latest new member is Robert. Tours throughout Europe, Asia, festivals and single shows with the international "abc" of hardcore (AGNOSTIC FRONT, BIOHAZARD, CRO-MAGS...etc.). Hundreds of concerts later and in the end everything stayed the just the same, in the most positive sense, still stomach churning anger and a lot of energy, no trends, no finished school educations (old school, new school, secondary school), identity is simply hardcore, strict and straight. "...the berlin band PUNISHABLE ACT just wont die, the way how front man goede stirred the band through good as well as bad times is really remarkable…" (iron pages, 2007) +++ where roots as well as identity of PUNISHABLE ACT stem from, can be seen in the documentary film "ostPUNK!/too much future" (neue visionen, 2007), the appearance of singer mike but also through the music and lyrcis it becomes clear… +++ sure, we have not invented this kind of music, but we live it and love it… +++