Kraftwerk Lyrics
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From the Album
1. Autobahn
2. Kometenmelodie 1
3. Kometenmelodie 2
4. Mitternacht
5. Morgenspaziergang
Other Songs
Abzug
Abzug [2009 Remaster]
Aero Dynamik
Airwaves
Antenna
Aéro Dynamik
Boing Boom Tschak
Chrono
Computer Liebe
Computer Love
Computer Welt
Computer World
Computerwelt
Das Modell
Dentaku
Der Telefon Anruf
Die Mensch Maschine [2009 Remaster]
Die Mensch-Maschine
Die Roboter
Electric Cafe
Elektro Kardiogramm
Endless Endless
Europa Endlos
Europe Endless
Expo 2000
Hall of Mirrors
Heimcomputer
Home Computer
It's More Fun to Compute
Kometenmelodie
La Forme
Les Mannequins
Metal On Metal
Metropolis [2009 Remaster]
Mini Calculateur
Music Non Stop
Musique Non Stop
Neon Licht
Neon Lights
News
Numbers
Nummern
Objeto Sexual
Ohm Sweet Ohm
Planet Of Visions
Pocket Calculator
Pocket Calculator / Dentaku
Prologue
Radio Stars
Radioactivity
Radioaktivitat
Radioaktivität
Radioland
Schaufensterpuppen
Sellafield 2
Sex Object
Sex Objekt
Showroom Dummies
Spiegelsaal
Taschenrechner
Techno Pop
Technopop
The Hall Of Mirrors
The Man Machine
The Man-Machine
The Model
The Robots
The Telephone Call
The Voice Of Energy
Titanium
Tour De France
Trans Europa Express [2009 Remastered Version]
Trans-Europa Express
Trans-Europe Express
Uranium
Vitamin
Kraftwerk (lit. 'power plant') are a German electronic band formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. Widely considered innovators and pioneers of electronic music, Kraftwerk were among the first successful acts to popularize the genre. The group began as part of West Germany's experimental krautrock scene in the early 1970s before fully embracing electronic instrumentation, including synthesizers, drum machines, and vocoders. Wolfgang Flür joined the band in 1973 and Karl Bartos in 1975, expanding the band to a quartet.
On commercially successful albums such as Autobahn (1974), Trans-Europe Express (1977), The Man-Machine (1978), and Computer World (1981), Kraftwerk developed a self-described "robot pop" style that combined electronic music with pop melodies, sparse arrangements, and repetitive rhythms, while adopting a stylized image including matching suits. Following the release of Electric Café (1986), Flür left the group in 1987, followed by Bartos in 1990. The band released Tour de France Soundtracks, their latest album of new material, in 2003. Founding member Schneider left in 2008. The band, with new members, has continued to tour under the leadership of Hütter.
The band's work has influenced a diverse range of artists and many genres of modern music, including synth-pop, hip hop, post-punk, techno, house music, ambient, and club music. In 2014, the Recording Academy honoured Kraftwerk with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. They later won the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album with their live album 3-D The Catalogue (2017) at the 2018 ceremony.
In 2021, Kraftwerk was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in the early influence category. As of 2024, the band continues to tour, with the members' live performances celebrating Kraftwerk's fiftieth anniversary.
Members:
On commercially successful albums such as Autobahn (1974), Trans-Europe Express (1977), The Man-Machine (1978), and Computer World (1981), Kraftwerk developed a self-described "robot pop" style that combined electronic music with pop melodies, sparse arrangements, and repetitive rhythms, while adopting a stylized image including matching suits. Following the release of Electric Café (1986), Flür left the group in 1987, followed by Bartos in 1990. The band released Tour de France Soundtracks, their latest album of new material, in 2003. Founding member Schneider left in 2008. The band, with new members, has continued to tour under the leadership of Hütter.
The band's work has influenced a diverse range of artists and many genres of modern music, including synth-pop, hip hop, post-punk, techno, house music, ambient, and club music. In 2014, the Recording Academy honoured Kraftwerk with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. They later won the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album with their live album 3-D The Catalogue (2017) at the 2018 ceremony.
In 2021, Kraftwerk was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in the early influence category. As of 2024, the band continues to tour, with the members' live performances celebrating Kraftwerk's fiftieth anniversary.
Ralf Hütter - lead vocals, vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards (1970-1971, 1971-present); organ, drums and percussion, bass guitar, guitar (1970-1971, 1971-1974)
Henning Schmitz - sound effects, live keyboards (1991-present)
Falk Grieffenhagen - live video technician (2013-2022); electronic percussion (2023-present)
Georg Bongartz - live video technician (2023-present)
Former members:
Florian Schneider - synthesizers, background vocals, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion, electric guitar, violin (1970-2008; died 2020)
Andreas Hohmann - drums (1970)
Thomas Lohmann - drums (1970)
Hans-Günther "Charly" Weiss - drums (1970)
Klaus Dinger - drums (1970-1971; died 2008)
Eberhard Kranemann - bass guitar (1970-1971)
Houschäng Nejadépour - electric guitar (1970-1971)
Peter Schmidt - drums (1970-1971)
Michael Rother - electric guitar (1971)
Plato Kostic (a.k.a. Plato Riviera) - bass guitar (1973)
Emil Schult - electric guitar, electronic violin (1973)
Wolfgang Flür - electronic percussion (1973-1987)
Klaus Röder - electric guitar, electronic violin (1974-1975)
Karl Bartos - electronic percussion, vocals, live vibraphone, live keyboards (1975-1990)
Fritz Hilpert - electronic percussion (1987-2022)[non-primary source needed]
Fernando Abrantes - electronic percussion, synthesizer (1991)
Stefan Pfaffe - live video technician (2008-2012)
From: Düsseldorf, West Germany
Genre(s): Electronic, synth-pop, krautrock
Active From: 1970-present