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History

The Robocop Kraus formed in 1998 with Thomas Lang as lead singer and on guitar, Matthias Wendl on guitar, Johannes Uschalt on drums, and Roman Maul on bass. Maul left before the release of a split EP with The Cherryville on Swing Deluxe records, Lang and Uschalt's record company. Tobias Helmlinger replaced Maul on bass and Markus Steckert joined in on keyboards and organ. After touring with Yage, The Robocop Kraus followed their split EP with The Cherryville up with their first full-length album in 1999 entitled ''Inferno Nihilistique 2000'', again, on Swing Deluxe. The band toured Germany, France, and Spain in support of ''Inferno Nihilistique 2000''. In 2001, the band released their second album and first worldwide release ''Tiger'' on ''Day After Records'', a Czech record label. They toured in support of ''Tiger'' throughout Germany, France, Holland, the Czech Republic, Poland, England, and Ireland with

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and Yage. A year later, The Robocop Kraus released ''As Long As We Dance We Are Not Dead'', a two CD collection of rarities including songs from ''The Robocop Kraus/The Cherryville'' split EP. They hooked up with

and The Independents once more for a US tour and followed that up with another tour across Japan in 2002. 2003 saw the release of their third album ''Living With Other People'' on L'Âge d'or. After Hans Christian Fuss replaced Johannes Uschalt on drums, The Robocop Kraus began recording their fourth studio album ''They Think They Are The Robocop Kraus'' in February 2005 at Grōndahl Studios with Pelle Gunnerfeldt. They released ''They Think They Are The Robocop Kraus'' in Germany on 20 June 2005, followed by a European wide release on 5 September 2005. In February 2006, ''They Think They Are The Robocop Kraus'' was released in the US and The Robocop Kraus went on tour with

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in support of this album.

Discography

Studio albums

*1999 Inferno Nihilistique 2000 on

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*2001

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*2002 As Long As We Dance We Are Not Dead on Swing Deluxe (Rarities) *2003 Living With Other People on L'Âge d'or and Day After Records *2005 They Think They Are The Robocop Kraus on L'Âge d'or and Epitaph *2007 Blunders and Mistakes on

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and Epitaph

EPs

*1998 The Robocop Kraus/The Cherryville on

*2003 Fake Boys 12" on L'Âge d'or and Day After Records *2003

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on L'Âge d'or *2005

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on L'Âge d'or *2009 Metabolismus Maximus on Altin Village

Compilation album appearances

*2000 ''Achtung Autobahn'' on Swing Deluxe (features "Poor Soul Relax")

External links

The Robocop Kraus's HomepageThe Robocop Kraus
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EpitaphFabchannel.com - Watch a full length video recording of the 2005 Paradiso (Amsterdam) concert
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