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Silly is a German band from East Germany and started in 1978, Silly was one of the country's most popular music bands and was well known for its charismatic lead singer Tamara Danz. In 1996 she died and ended the band's recording career for 14 years. In 2005 the surviving members began to perform with there original name Silly, They went through many singers before choosing actress Anna Loos to replace Danz There first album with the new singer was Alles Rot it became the band's most successful album reaching number 3 on the German charts.

The band was founded in East Berlin in 1978 as Familie Silly (The Silly Family) by guitarist Thomas Fritzsching and bassist Mathias Schramm. They added Familie to the band's name after East German authorities refused to allow Silly by itself, as they saw it as an anglicism; the band claimed that Silly was the name of their mascot, a cat, who behaved in a silly manner.

The early band also consisted of keyboardists Ulrich Mann and Manfred Kusno and drummer Mike Schafmeier. They recruited singer Tamara Danz, the daughter of a diplomat who had previously studied linguistics; she had previously worked as a singer in both the Oktoberclub, a politically charged vocal group, and the Horst-Krüger-Band, a popular progressive rock ensemble. media type="youtube" key="57s024JBPY0" width="425" height="350"