The Stalin
Inspired by the monumental events of 1988, especially the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Endo revived The Stalin with new members and a new name, now simply Stalin. He had been fascinated with the Polish Solidarity movement, which began the same year as The Stalin, and after a visit to Warsaw he organized a Japanese tour for the Polish punk band Dezerter. Stalin completed the cultural exchange in 1990 when they toured Eastern Europe, which was recorded and released as the "Saigo no Akai Natsu -Stalin Call in East Europe-" video. They had a couple line-up changes and released six singles, four studio albums and one live album, before calling it quits in 1993.