in 1986, they recorded their third album, "damenwahl" (ladies' choice). the damenwahl tour was sponsored by the northern german condom manufacturer fromms, who arranged for free samples to be scattered amongst the crowd. in 1987, the band celebrated its first chart success with the record "never mind the hosen, here's die roten rosen" (never mind the trousers – here’s the red roses) using the pseudonym die roten rosen (the red roses). the album contains rock versions of german 1960s pop songs. the name and cover art of the record are a parody of the lp never mind the bollocks, here’s the sex pistols by the sex pistols from 1977.