Die Krupps
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| Die Krupps | ||
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 Die Krupps at the Mera Luna Festival 2006
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| Origin | Düsseldorf | |
| Genre(s) | electropunk, EBM, crossover, heavy metal | |
| Years active | 1980-present | |
Die Krupps is a German electropunk/progressive rock/EBM/crossover/heavy metal band, formed in 1980 by Jürgen Engler and Bernward Malaka in Düsseldorf.
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[edit] Members
vocals: Jürgen Engler synth: Ralf Dörper bass: Rüdiger Esch guitar: Marcel Zürcher drums: Oliver Röhl
[edit] History
Their initial sound throughout the 1980s combined synthesizers with metallic percussion. In 1992, they began to utilize guitars and more sounds derived from heavy metal music, with the release of their album I (as in the number One). The band continued in this vein through the 1990s, releasing II (number two, with a cover heavily influenced by Deep Purple's Machine Head). A more experimental and pensive III followed in 1995. After the release of the heavily metal-influenced album Paradise Now in 1997, the band disbanded.
One of their more famous releases is the EP Tribute To Metallica where they recorded covers of Metallica songs in their trademark heavy electronic synthesizer-style.
Jürgen Engler announced later the founding of a new project DKay.com (pronounced as "decay dot kom" and released 2 albums in 2000 and 2002.
Ralf Dörper founded the band Propaganda in 1982 after leaving Die Krupps. In 1989 he returned to Die Krupps.
Die Krupps celebrated their 25th anniversary with appearances on some major European festivals and solo appearances in 2005 and 2006.
The band's name translates as "The Krupps" and comes from the Krupp dynasty, one of pre-war Germany's main industrial families. The band is actively anti-Nazi and may have chosen this name to highlight the role of the Krupps in arming the Nazis during World War II.
In some interviews the band stated that Visconti's movie "The Damned" - a depiction of the fictitious German industrial dynasty of the Essenbecks - was the main inspiration.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Stahlwerksymphony (1981)
- Volle Kraft Voraus! (1982)
- Entering the Arena (1985)
- I (1992)
- II: The Final Option (1993)
- III: Odyssey of the Mind (1995)
- Paradise Now (1997)
[edit] Singles and EPs
- Wahre Arbeit, Wahrer Lohn (1981)
- Goldfinger (1982)
- Machineries of Joy (1989)
- Germaniac (1990)
- Metal Machine Music (1992)
- The Power (1992)
- Tribute to Metallica (1992)
- Fatherland (1993)
- To the Hilt (1994)
- Crossfire (1994)
- Bloodsuckers (1994)
- Isolation (1995)
- Scent (1995)
- Remix Wars Strike 2: Die Krupps vs. Front Line Assembly (1996)
- Fire (1997)
- Rise Up (1997)
- Black Beauty White Heat (1997)
- Paradise now (1997)
- Wahre Arbeit, Wahrer Lohn (2005)
[edit] Anthologies
- Metall Maschinen Musik 91-81 Past Forward (1991)
- Rings of Steel (1995)
- Metalmorphosis of Die Krupps (1997)
- Foundation (1997)
- Unknown Title (2007)
