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Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk banner, origionally Computerwelt
Background information
Origin	Düsseldorf, Germany
Genres	Electronic, synthpop Krautrock, experimental (early period)
Years active	1970–present
Labels	Kling Klang EMI Mute Astralwerks Cleopatra Elektra Warner Bros. Capitol Vertigo Philips
Associated acts	Organisation Neu! Karl Bartos Wolfgang Flür
Website	Official Web Site
Members
Ralf Hütter Fritz Hilpert Henning Schmitz Stefan Pfaffe
Former members
Florian Schneider Karl Bartos Fernando Abrantes Klaus Dinger Wolfgang Flür Andreas Hohmann Klaus Röder Michael Rother

Kraftwerk (German: power plant or power station, German pronunciation: [ˈkʁaftvɛɐk]) is an influential electronic band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The signature Kraftwerk sound combines driving, repetitive rhythms with catchy melodies, mainly following a Western classical style of harmony, with a minimalistic and strictly electronic instrumentation.
The group's simplified lyrics are at times sung through a vocoder or generated by computer-speech software. In the early to late 1970s and the early 1980s, Kraftwerk's distinctive sound was revolutionary for its time, and it has had a lasting impact across many genres of modern popular music.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Contents

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• 1 Biography
  • 1.1 Band formation
  • 1.2 1974–1975
  • 1.3 1976–1982
  • 1.4 1983–1989
  • 1.5 1990–1999
  • 1.6 2000–present
• 2 Band members
  • 2.1 Current members
  • 2.2 Past members
  • 2.3 Departure of Florian Schneider
• 3 Music
• 4 Live shows
  • 4.1 1970–1974
  • 4.2 1975–1981
  • 4.3 Post 1981
• 5 Influence on other musicians
• 6 Discography
• 7 Bibliography
• 8 Sheet music
• 9 See also
• 10 References
• 11 Footnotes
• 12 External links