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A true giant. It is difficult to overstate the importance of Kraftwerk, when it comes to modern music. They set out to create “Elektronische Volksmusik” and suc
by bouvin 6y ago
A true giant. It is difficult to overstate the importance of Kraftwerk, when it comes to modern music. They set out to create “Elektronische Volksmusik” and succeed spectacularly. I have been privileged to see Kraftwerk live three times, and those were some of the best concert experiences I have had.
- grillvogel 6y agoI saw "them" live a few years ago on that 3D tour. By then it was just Ralf and the 3 other guys. At one point his equipment was getting messed up and sounded odd, you could see him getting visibly frustrated. It was interesting to see a human reaction like that from the robotic pioneers.
- justinator 6y agoHa - to be fair, it was, "Ralf, Florian, and two other guys" from the beginning - they made it into a quartet to mimic acts like the Beatles in a weird way. Of course, "the two other guys" deny that.
- bogomipz 6y agoThat's not actually true Klaus Dinger the drummer was a permanent member. There was even a brief period where it was Florian and Klaus Dinger in the band but Ralf had quit. And both Conny Plank their legendary producer and Ralf thought very highly of him. Klaus was known for pioneering a hypnotic minimalist beat known as "motorik." Klaus and Michael Rother left Kraftwerk to form Neu! another hugely influential German group.
- justinator 6y agoBoth Klaus and Michael left Kraftwerk well before Kraftwerk really found their sound (Autobahn, Man-Machine, Computer World, etc), and became that classic faux quartet I'm talking about - the two other members were hired, but weren't full members of the band. Ralf quit/rejoined well before this period as well.