A German punk rock band whose name was meant to pay tribute to pastry, but ended up representing so much more by that mistake, the Donots formed in 1993 in Ibbenburen, Germany. The band released its first album in 1996, entitled Pedigree Punk. The band worked up enough of a buzz that in 1998 the Donots signed with BMG German subsidiary label Gun Records. That same year the group released their first full length for their new label, Tonight's Karaoke Contest Winners.