Electronic body music: Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, Poésie Noire, Front Line Assembly, Covenant, Leæther Strip, ThefucKINGFUCKS, Infest, Oomph!, Spetsnaz, Sturm Café, Armageddon Dildos, Schnitt Acht, Thessalonian Dope Gods, Grendel, Trivalia, MentalEscape, Die

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 51. Chapters: Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, Poésie Noire, Front Line Assembly, Covenant, Leæther Strip, ThefucKINGFUCKS, Infest, Oomph!, Spetsnaz, Sturm Café, Armageddon Dildos, Schnitt Acht, Thessalonian Dope Gods, Grendel, Trivalia, MentalEscape, Die Krupps, Assemblage 23, Nul, Cyborg Attack, Klinik, À;GRUMH..., And One, Second Coming, U.M.M., Bunjie Jambo, Monody, Dero Goi, Pouppée Fabrikk, Neuroticfish, C-Tec, Headhunter, Vomito Negro, Bigod 20, A Split-Second, Mind:state, Cat Rapes Dog, Detroit Diesel, Kunststoff 23, Stiff Valentine, Tommi Stumpff, FÏX8:SËD8, Cell:burn, Onecyze project, Destroid, Anhalt EBM, Dupont, Paranoid, Scapa Flow, Orange Sector, Pankow, Ravenous, Cobalt 60, Zerstorer, Fusspils 11. Excerpt: Nitzer Ebb (pronounced NIGHT-zer or NIH-tzer¿the band pronounces it both ways) is a British EBM group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends Vaughan "Bon" Harris (programming, synthesizers, drums, vocals), Douglas McCarthy (vocals), and David Gooday (drums). The name of the band was chosen for its harsh, supposedly German sound; it does not carry any meaning in either English or German. Nitzer Ebb began when Bon Harris and David Gooday asked Douglas McCarthy to sing in their band. They shared an interest in witchcraft, talking to trees, and collecting runestones in Chelmsford and Little Baddow. Their inspiration were bands such as DAF, Killing Joke, and Bauhaus. In August 1983, the group recorded its first demo tape, Basic Pain Procedure. This rare demo tape included eight songs. (¿Faded Smiles,¿ ¿Tradition,¿ ¿The Home,¿ ¿Star,¿ ¿The Pass,¿ ¿The Book,¿ ¿Crane,¿ ¿Trust Ran in Colours¿) The trio began with shows in small local venues, but its arresting stage presence, military-like image, and energy garnered a growing base of followers and soon led to appearances in larger clubs and concert venues. Combining the energy of punk with the electronic pulse of DAF, it released its debut single "Isn't It Funny How Your Body Works" on 7 January 1985 on its own label, Power of Voice Communications, and its music soon became a fixture on the club scene. A double-A-sided single, "Warsaw Ghetto"/"So Bright So Strong," followed in 1985 to similar critical and dance floor acclaim. Two further releases, "Let Your Body Learn"/"Get Clean" and "Murderous" were released on Power of Voice Communications before the group signed with Mute Records. The group¿s recordings were licensed to Geffen Records in the United States, which kept the band on its roster when that label switched distributors from Warner Bros. Records to MCA Records. In May 1987, the group released its debut album on Mute Records (Geffen/Warner Bros. in the US), That Total Age, which spawned a hit with the pounding bass