|
Jürgen Engler
Die Krupps () ("The Krupps") is a German industrial metal/ EBM band, formed in 1980 by Jürgen Engler, Ralf Dörper, and Bernward Malaka in Düsseldorf. The band has had a diverse range of musical influences over time, including the percussive industrial ''Stahlwerksynfonie'' (1981) then to a more synth-pop styled ''Volle Kraft voraus!'' (1982) and ''Entering the Arena'' (1985), with the latter album featuring their first English-language material. The band later established itself as an industrial metal band, releasing four albums predominantly in this genre, from 1992 to 1997 with each labelled 1 to 4. The band has released additional albums since 1997, including the predominantly electro-industrial ''Als wären wir für immer'' (2010) and '' The Machinists of Joy'' (2013), before revisiting the metal sound they had pursued in the 90s with '' V – Metal Machine Music''. History Early years (1980–1985) The band's name translates as "The Krupps" and comes from the Krup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city in Germany, with a 2022 population of 629,047. The Düssel, from which the city and the borough of Düsseltal take their name, divides into four separate branches within the city, each with its own mouth into the Rhine (Lower Rhine). Most of Düsseldorf lies on the right bank of the Rhine, and the city has grown together with Neuss, Ratingen, Meerbusch, Erkrath and Monheim am Rhein. Düsseldorf is the central city of the metropolitan region Rhine-Ruhr, the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union, that stretches from Bonn via Cologne and Düsseldorf to the Ruhr (from Duisburg via Essen to Dortmund). The ''-dorf'' suffix mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudi Esch
Rüdiger "Rudi" Esch (born 10 August 1966 in Düsseldorf) is a German musician, author and music consultant. As a musician, he is best known as the former bass player for industrial band Die Krupps and the punk band Male. Career In 1982, Esch founded the German-speaking punk band Feine Deutsche Art (FDA) as principal composer and lyricist. The band's first concert was supporting Die Toten Hosen in 1983. Further concerts in 1984, including supporting Family 5 and Stunde X, followed in Düsseldorf and the surrounding area. Their song ''Mit dem Rücken an der Wand'' (''With Your Back Against the Wall'') was included on local sampler ''Punk’s Not Dead''. In 1985, FDA dissolved and a retrospective was issued in 1990 by Teenage Rebel Records. Based on Jim Jarmusch's film Stranger than Paradise, Esch founded a band of the same name in 1986. The group mainly played English, melancholic guitar pop in the style of The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Joy Division. Esch acted as a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krupp
Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp (formerly Fried. Krupp AG and Friedrich Krupp GmbH), trade name, trading as Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century as well as Germany's premier weapons manufacturer during both world war, world wars. It produced battleship, battleships, U-boats, tanks, howitzers, guns, utilities, and hundreds of other commodities. The company also produced steel used to build railroads in the United States and to cap the Chrysler Building. After the Nazi Germany, Nazis seized power in Germany, Krupp supported the regime and was one of many German businesses that profited from forced labour under German rule during World War II, slave labor during World War II. Upon the war's end, the head of the company, Alfried Krupp, was tried and convicted as a war criminal for employing prisoners of war, foreign civilians and concentration camp inmates under inhumane conditions in support of the Nazi war effort. Despite being senten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V – Metal Machine Music
''V – Metal Machine Music'' is the ninth studio album by German Industrial/ EBM band Die Krupps. It was released on 28 August 2015 as digital download and double CD as well as limited bundles. The album was released through record labels Steamhammer and Metropolis Records. Background The album sees the band returning "to a distinctly guitar-heavy sound". The album derives its name from one of the band's earlier tracks, "Metal Machine Music", a single off the Album '' I'', itself a tribute to Lou Reed's album ''Metal Machine Music'', which Jürgen Engler credits as a strong influence on the band. "Die Verdammten" is a guitar enriched rework of the tour intro the band had used on their 2011 and 2014 tours. "The Vampire Strikes Back" is a rework of a song previously released on a Wing Commander original soundtrack album in 1998, thus being the band's last song recorded prior to its temporary breakup. "Alive in a Glass Cage", "Road Rage Warrior" and "Volle Kraft voraus" are al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Machinists Of Joy
The Machinists of Joy is the eighth studio album by German Industrial/ EBM band Die Krupps. The album was released on 25 October 2013 in four formats: normal digipak CD, limited two-CD digipak, a fan box and as a limited LP/CD combo. It was released though German record label Synthetic Symphony. The album is a tribute to the band's past. It harkens back to the Düsseldorf Punk scene before their first release Stahlwerksynfonie, abandoning the metal sound of their 90s work. The album derives its name from one of the band's earlier tracks 'Machineries of Joy', a cover of Wahre Arbeit Wahrer Lohn done by Ralf Dörper and Nitzer Ebb in 1989. The album includes collaboration with Métal Urbain and Dernière Volonté. Its album cover is a homage to the album Metal Machine Music. Promotion The single ''Risikofaktor'' was accompanied by a music video which was released on January 23, 2013. On December 20, 2013 the band followed up with a video for limited edition track ''Nazis auf Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Als Wären Wir Für Immer
Als wären wir für immer is an Extended play, EP by Germany, German Industrial music, Industrial/Electronic body music, EBM band Die Krupps. It was released on 3 December 2010 through German record label Synthetic Symphony. The EP was released in a CD format. Background Although the band had released new material soon after their reunion in 2005, the EP is advertised as the first ''Die Krupps'' recording with new songs in 13 years. The original plan was for the release to be a single titled "Beyond". The track ''Dr. Mabuse'' made its first appearance in 1984 as single from the album A Secret Wish of Ralf Dörper's former band Propaganda (band), Propaganda. Track list Personnel * Jürgen Engler - vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass, cover design, logo, photos * Marcel Zürcher - guitars * Ralf Dörper - samples * Chris Leitz - programming, engineering * Maria Kalinichenko - backing vocals on ''Dr. Mabuse'' * RpunktDESIGN Hannover - artwork References {{DEFAULTSORT:Als wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electro-industrial
Electro-industrial is a music genre that emerged from industrial music in the early 1980s. While EBM (electronic body music) has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial tends to have a grittier, complex and layered sound with a more experimentalExplore MusicPop/Rock » Alternative/Indie Rock » Electro-Industrial@ AllMusic. ''RhythmOne Group''. Retrieved 8 February 2021. approach. The style was pioneered by Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Numb, and other groups, either from Canada or the Benelux. In the early 1990s, the style spawned the ''dark electro'' genre, and in the mid-/late-1990s, the ''aggrotech'' offshoot.Interview with Axel Machens, Vendetta Music, 23 April 2007Access date: 23 December 2008. The fan base for the style is linked to the rivethead subculture. Characteristics After the EBM movement faded in the early 1990s, electro-industrial increasingly attained popularity in the international club scene. In contrast to the straight EBM s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entering The Arena
''Entering the Arena'' is the third studio album by the German industrial metal/ EBM band Die Krupps Die Krupps () ("The Krupps") is a German industrial metal/electronic body music, EBM band, formed in 1980 by Jürgen Engler, Ralf Dörper, and Bernward Malaka in Düsseldorf. The band has had a diverse range of musical influences over time, i .... It was released in 1985 through a few record labels, in different parts of the world. The 1985 release was in a vinyl record format. A CD edition of the album was released in 1993. Track listing # "Risk" - 3:54 # "Rise and Fall" - 5:32 # "Communication Breakdown" - 3:02 # "Risky Soul Version" - 6:34 # "Gladiators" - 5:26 # "Your Voice" - 5:38 # "Communication Breakdown" (Don't Speak Mix) - 3:12 # "This Day Is Not the Last" - 3:55 # "Risk" (Operatic Intro) - 3:52 # "Risk" (Metallic Outro) - 3:17 Credits * Jürgen Engler - guitars, vocals * Christina Schnekenbuger - vocals * Christopher Lietz - vocals * Walter Jaeger - ? * Mel Gayno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volle Kraft Voraus!
''Volle Kraft voraus!'' is the second studio album by German industrial metal band Die Krupps. It was released in 1982 through record label WEA The Wea were a Miami–Illinois-speaking Native American tribe originally located in western Indiana. Historically, they were described as being either closely related to the Miami tribe or a sub-tribe of Miami. Today, the descendants of th .... Track listing # "Volle Kraft voraus" – 3:44 # "Goldfinger" – 3:21 # "Für einen Augenblick" – 4:14 # "Tod und Teufel" – 2:45 # "Das Ende der Träume" – 3:34 # "Neue Helden" – 3:08 # "Wahre Arbeit, wahrer Lohn" – 5:24 # "...Denn du lebst nur einmal" – 3:28 # "Zwei Herzen, ein Rhythmus" – 3:33 # "Lärm macht Spaß" – 3:44 # "Wahre Arbeit, wahrer Lohn" – 3:41 (1993 bonus track) # "True Work - True Pay" – 6:23 (1993 bonus track) Credits * Jürgen Engler - vocals, keyboards, computer drums, effects * Bernward Malaka - bass guitar * Tina Schnekenburger - keyboards, effe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic music, electronic, art rock, disco, and particularly the Krautrock of bands like Kraftwerk. It arose as a distinct genre in Japan and the United Kingdom in the post-punk era as part of the New wave music, new wave movement of the late 1970s. Electronic musical synthesizers that could be used practically in a recording studio became available in the mid-1960s, and the mid-1970s saw the rise of electronic art musicians. After the breakthrough of Gary Numan in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, large numbers of artists began to enjoy success with a synthesizer-based sound in the early 1980s. In Japan, Yellow Magic Orchestra introduced the TR-808 rhythm machine to popular music, and the band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin Books
Virgin Books is a British book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company. History Virgin established its book publishing arm in the late 1970s; in the latter part of the 1980s Virgin purchased several existing companies, including WH Allen, well known among '' Doctor Who'' fans for their Target Books imprint; Virgin Books was incorporated into WH Allen in 1989, but in 1991 WH Allen was renamed Virgin Publishing Ltd. Virgin Publishing's early success came with the ''Doctor Who'' New Adventures novels, officially licensed full-length novels carrying on the story of the popular science-fiction television series following its cancellation in 1989. Virgin published this series from 1991 to 1997, as well as a range of ''Doctor Who'' reference books from 1992 to 1998 under the Doctor Who Books imprint. In recent times the company is best known for its commercia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
