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Kraftwerk is a German band that was formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider-Esleben. Widely considered to be the electronic version of The Beatles, it was among the first successful acts to popularize pop-oriented electronic music. 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.
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), the classic quartet members Wolfgang Flür left the group in 1987, followed by Karl Bartos in 1990. Founding member Schneider retired in 2008 and died of cancer in 2021.
Perhaps the most influential musical group of all time, the band's work has influenced virtually every genre of modern music, including synth-pop, hip-hop, post-punk, techno, ambient, and club music. In 2014, the Recording Academy honored Kraftwerk with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award. The band later won the Grammy award for Best Dance/Electronic Album with its live album "The Catalogue 3-D" (2017) at the 2018 ceremony. As of 2020, the band continues to tour. In 2021, the band was finally voted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame.German- Actor
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The Damned is known for The Return of the Living Dead (1985), Baby Driver (2017) and It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010).- Composer
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The Specials is known for Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Finch (2021) and Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019).- Actor
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The Jam is known for Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) and The Gentlemen (2019).- Actor
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Stiff Little Fingers is known for High Fidelity (2000), Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) and Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008).- Actor
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Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976. The group consisted of vocalist Ian Curtis, guitarist/keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. Their debut album Unknown Pleasures was released in 1979. Curtis suffered from personal problems and committed suicide on the band's first American tour in May 1980. The remaining members regrouped under the name New Order and became hugely successful.- Music Artist
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Siouxsie and the Banshees were an English punk rock band, formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin. They have been widely influential since their debut album The Scream was released in 1978 to critical acclaim. During their career, Siouxsie and the Banshees released 11 studio albums and 30 singles. The band experienced several line-up changes, with Siouxsie and Severin being the only constant members. They disbanded in 1996.- Actor
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Echo & The Bunnymen is known for Donnie Darko (2001), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) and I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017).- Actor
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Public Image Ltd is an English post-punk band formed by singer John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten), guitarist Keith Levene, bassist Jah Wobble, and drummer Jim Walker. The group's personnel has changed frequently over the years; Lydon has been the sole constant member. Public Image Ltd has released ten studio albums and are known for songs like "This Is Not a Love Song" and "The Order of Death".- Actor
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Ultravox were a British new wave band, formed in London in 1973 as Tiger Lily. Between 1980-86, they scored seven Top Ten albums and seventeen Top 40 singles in the UK, the most successful of which was their 1981 hit "Vienna". From 1974 until 1979, singer John Foxx was frontman and the main driving force behind Ultravox. Foxx left the band in March 1979 to embark on a solo career and, following his departure, Midge Ure took over as lead singer, guitarist and frontman.- Actor
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The Psychedelic Furs is known for Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), Call Me by Your Name (2017) and Pretty in Pink (1986).- Music Artist
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The Smiths is known for Bumblebee (2018), 500 Days of Summer (2009) and Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008).- Actor
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Bauhaus were an English goth rock band, formed in Northampton, England in 1978. The group consisted of Daniel Ash (guitar, saxophone), Peter Murphy (vocals, occasional instruments), Kevin Haskins (drums) and David J (bass). The band was originally named Bauhaus 1919 in reference to the first operating year of the German art school Bauhaus, although they shortened the name within a year of formation. Bauhaus broke up in 1983.- Music Artist
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Cocteau Twins is known for Judge Dredd (1995), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) and The Lovely Bones (2009).- Actor
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Prefab Sprout are an English pop band from Witton Gilbert, County Durham, England who rose to fame during the 1980s. Nine of their albums have reached the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart, and one of their singles, "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", peaked at number seven in the UK Singles Chart. The band formed in 1978 in Newcastle.- Composer
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Killing Joke is an English rock band formed in October 1978 in Notting Hill, London, England. The band achieved mainstream success in 1985 with both the album Night Time and the single "Love Like Blood". Killing Joke have influenced many later bands and artists, such as Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson and Soundgarden.- Actor
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The Sisters of Mercy is an English gothic rock band, formed in 1980 in Leeds. After achieving early underground fame there, the band had their commercial breakthrough in the mid-1980s and sustained it until the early 1990s, when they stopped releasing new recorded output in protest against their record company WEA. The band has released three studio albums but has been a touring outfit since the release of the album "Vision Thing" in 1990.- Actor
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The Jesus & Mary Chain is known for Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), Lost in Translation (2003) and The Crow (1994).- Actor
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My Bloody Valentine is an Irish-English alternative rock band formed in Dublin in 1983, known for their early and highly influential shoegaze recordings. Since 1987, the band's lineup has consisted of founding members Kevin Shields (vocals, guitar, sampler), Colm Ó Cíosóig (drums, sampler), Bilinda Butcher (vocals, guitar) and Debbie Googe (bass). Their music is distinguished by dissonant guitar textures, androgynous vocals, and unorthodox production techniques. Following several unsuccessful early releases and membership changes, My Bloody Valentine signed to Creation Records in 1988. The band released several successful EPs and the albums Isn't Anything (1988) and Loveless (1991) on the label; the latter is often described as their magnum opus and one of the best rock albums of the 1990s. However, My Bloody Valentine were dropped by Creation after its release due to the album's extensive production costs. In 1992, the band signed to Island Records and recorded several albums worth of unreleased material, remaining largely inactive. Googe and Ó Cíosóig left the band in 1995, and were followed by Butcher in 1997. Unable to complete a follow-up to Loveless, Shields isolated himself and, in his own words, "went crazy". In 2007, My Bloody Valentine reunited and subsequently embarked on a world tour. They released the compilation EP's 1988-1991 in 2012. Their long-delayed third studio album, m b v, was released in 2013 and supported by further touring.- Music Artist
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The Stone Roses is known for Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), The World's End (2013) and Death to Smoochy (2002).Songs Covered By...
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