Effective period / Period of releases: 1981 - 2023

Members: Gisela Hottenroth, Martina Weith, Olivia Casali, Marita Welling, Bettina Flörchinger, Birgit Köster

Founded in December 1979 in Düsseldorf, West Germany.
First line up:
Olivia Casali: Bass
Bettina Flörchinger: Electric piano
Marita Welling: Drums, vocals
Martina Weith: vocals

Östro 430 were the first all female (Punk-)band from Düsseldorf.
They had their first public appearance at the „Schmier Festival“ on May 3rd 1980 at the “Okie Dokie” in Neuss

Often mislabelled as NDW (a.k.a. 'Neue Deutsche Welle') or New Wave, the band was a Punk-band, indeed.
In the first lineup with Monika Kellermann. After Olivia Casali and Marita Welling left the band in 1981 Gisela Hottenroth and Birgit Köster joined them. In 1983 Ralf Küpping came into the band.