Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk are the most influential and one of the most famous Electronic groups ever. Kraftwerk started in the late 60's as "Organisation", an experimental Krautrock band. They later renamed. Themselves Kraftwerk, which means "Power Station" in German. In 1973, Kraftwerk released "Ralf Und Florian", an album that explored many musical styles including Rock, Pop, Classical, Tropical and most importantly, Electronic music. The Ralf und Florian album is also notable for being the first Kraftwerk album to feature their now famous Vocoder. Throughout the rest of the 1970's are 1980's, Kraftwerk would release some of the most important electronic albums of all time including Autobahn, Trans Europe Express, Computer World and the greatest album of all time, The Man Machine. In the late 80's and early 90's, Two important members, Karl Bartos and Wolfgang Flür would leave the group leaving only Ralf and Florian as the remaining members of their influential late 70's and early 80's era. Eventually, Florian would also leave. Kraftwerk still tour to this day. Ralf Hütter is now the sole original founding member in the group.