ArtistInfo

Einstürzende Neubauten

Band, *1980 DE, Berlin
Electronic and Rock
A.k.a. Blixa Bargeld, N.U. Unruh, Alexander Hacke, Jochen Arbeit, Rudolph Moser

Experimental German group, formed in West Berlin in 1980. The band is notable for predominantly using custom built instruments constructed out of scrap metal and power tools. Their name in English literally means "Collapsing New Buildings," where "New Buildings" describes a type of architecture common in post-WWII Germany (large concrete box-style buildings) and "Collapsing" is an adjective in this context, not a verb. From Einstürzende Neubauten's website*: We actively discourage the purchase of releases by Some Bizarre or their American licensee, Thirsty Ear, as they have been and continue to be sold without paying royalties to the band. *https://neubauten.org/en/halber-mensch

Members

	Blixa Bargeld g *1959 DE
	Alexander Hacke eb, b *1965 DE
	Beate Bartel b DE
	Rudi Moser perc, dr DE
	Jochen Arbeit g, eg DE
	Marc Chung b *1957 GB
	Andrew Chudy perc *1957 DE
	Frank Martin Strauß dr *1958 DE
	Gudrun Bredemann *1960 DE