Kraftwerk biography

ByPauli Poisuo

When Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd were discovering all sorts of new noises from their guitars, Kraftwerk eschewed six-strings altogether in favor of something far stranger but at least as influential.

Everything about the pioneering German electronic music group is the stuff of legend, from their groundbreaking music to their color-coordinated outfits, mesmerizing live performances, and mysterious, borderline reclusive personal lives.

Kraftwerk most famous song

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Kraftwerk exploded onto the scene in the 1970s, and it was like the group had opened a time warp and played some strange, yet oddly catchy, robotic music from the far future. In a way, this was correct, because the Düsseldorf-based band indeed influenced the future directions pop music would take in a myriad of fashions.

Whenever the group emerges from their mythical Kling Klang studio to unleash their latest audiovisual chemistry upon the unwary