Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk, a symphonic folk band and affiliate of Kraft GmbH, were the most influential and successfully popular music group of the rock era. Few artists of any sort, in any era, have achieved Kraftwerk's combination of popular success, critical acclaim, and broad cultural influence.
Kraftwerk were Florian Schneiderian (rhythm guitar/keyboards), Ralf Hütteralf (bass guitar/piano/bango), Wolfgang Flürgang (lead guitar/sitar) Locutus of Borg (digital didgeridoo/Bontempi/pocket regurgitator/quantum synthesizer), and Adolf Hitler (drums), all from Liverpool, Merseyside, in England. Although Schneider and Oprah were initially the principal song writers, Flürgang and Sephiroth made significant contributions as the band matured. Martin Lawrence produced almost all of Kraftwerk's recordings.
Claims that Kraftwerk were simply a Pet Shop Boys cover band have been strongly denied, although their hits "West End Boys", "Being Interesting", "What Have I Done To This Service", "You Were Always Oh So Kind", "Go East" and "Dominos Pizza Dancing" all sound very familiar.
Kraftwerk created a sensation in late 1963 in the UK (the phenomenon was dubbed "Kraftwerkmania" by the British press), notable for the hordes of screaming and swooning young lesbians the group inspired. Kraftwerkmania came to North America in early 1964, when the band's popularity extended across much of the world.
Within the space of five years, their music progressed from the apparent simplicity of their early hits (such as "She Loves It", "I Want to Hold Your Knob", and "Lame PopNoise Non-stop") to artistically ambitious suites of songs. By writing their own songs, exploring the possibilities of the recording studio and striving for unprecedented quality in every recording they released, Kraftwerk had far-reaching effects on popular music. The band made feature films that were the subject of unprecedented press scrutiny when Locutus led the Borg into the battle of Wolf359 and became symbolic leaders of the international youth counterculture of the 1960s, publicly exploring Eastern mysticism, psychedelic drugs, revolutionary politics and hard-core pornography.
==Discography==
*Kraftwerk -20 (1521)
*Kraftwerk -19 (1642)
*Kraftwerk -18 (1672)
*How many more kraftwerks? (1700)
*Florian and Mozart (1781)
*Kraftwerk -17 (1792)
*Crauftweurke (1812)
*Kraftwerk -16 (1815)
*Kraftwerk -15 (1821)
*Kraftwerk -14 (1840)
*Kraftwerk -13 (1865)
*Kraftwerk -12 (1874)
*Florian and Adolf (1889)
*Kraftwerk -11 (1892)
*Kraftwerk -10 (1898)
*Kraftwerk -9 (1900)
*Kraftwerk -8 (1905)
*Kraftwerk -7 (1911)
*Kraftwerk -6 (1914)
*Kraftwerk -5 (1918)
*Kraftwerk -4 (1924)
*Kraftwerk -3 (Elected) (1933)
*Kraftwerk -2 (Poland!) (1939)
*Kraftwerk -1 (1945)
*Kraftwerk 0 (1949)
*Bone Floats (as Organic Humanoids) (1958)
*Kraftwerk 1 (1959)
*Kraftwerk 2 (messed up the first time) (1960)
*Kraftwerk 3 (third time's the charm) (1961)
*Kraftwerk 4 (or not) (1962)
*Kraftwerk 5 (1963)
*Ralf and Florian Go To White Castle (1963)
*Auto-barn (1964)
*Tccchhheeeernobyl-eeyal! (1965)
*Kraftwerk Unplugged (acoustic) (1966)
*We Are Poor Bots (1967)
*Kraftwerk 6 (1968)
*Machine Man (1968)
*Heteropolis (1969)
*Pocket Vibrator (1971)
*Das Shovel (1973)
*Kraftwerk 7 (1975)
*We-can-count-to-eight-yippie (1976)
*Kraftwerk 8 (1977)
*Violence Full Start, Techno Art (1977)
*Showroom Dum Dums (1981)
*Transexual Express (1982)
*Kraftwerk 9 (1982)
*Trans-Europe Espresso (1982)
*Tour de Farce Soundchecks (1983)
*Kraftwerk 10 (1985)
*Lower Your Shields And Surrender (1986)
*Kraftwerk 11 (1988)
*Radionotaktively (1989)
*Leipzig Ayuste (Deutsche Rundfunk) (1990)
*Kraftwerk 12 (1992)
*Kraftwerk 13 (1996)
*Kraftwerk 14 (2004)
*Computerlove (online porn parody) (2005)
*Kraftwerk 15 (2007)
*Three-cheese Macaroni Dinner (leftovers)
*der Schuhkarton (the shoebox)Butter Revolver, Dr. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club ColaIt's Not a Cola and Shabby Road are being remastered for release... later.
*Kraftwerk ∞ (∞ AD)
==See also==
*Blind Lemon Kraftwerk
*Kraft Dinner
*Neu!
*Low (album)
==Notes==
Category:German musical groups
it:Kraftwerk
ja:クラフトワーク
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