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Kraftwerk

Germany · Arts / Popular Music. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

8Records
1970–1987Date range
8Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1970

Klaus Dinger1970

Dusseldorf · Arts / Popular Music

Plays drums with early Kraftwerk before later co-founding Neu.

Ralf Hutter1970

Dusseldorf · Arts / Popular Music

Co-founds Kraftwerk with Florian Schneider in Dusseldorf.

Florian Schneider1970

Dusseldorf · Arts / Popular Music

Co-founds Kraftwerk with Ralf Hutter and develops the group's electronic identity.

1971

Michael Rother1971

Dusseldorf · Arts / Popular Music

Briefly joins Kraftwerk before forming Neu with Klaus Dinger.

1973

Wolfgang Flur1973

Dusseldorf · Arts / Popular Music

Joins Kraftwerk as electronic percussionist during the move toward a cleaner machine sound.

1974

Klaus Roeder1974

Dusseldorf · Arts / Popular Music

Joins Kraftwerk briefly as guitarist and violinist during the Autobahn period.

1975

Karl Bartos1975

Dusseldorf · Arts / Popular Music

Joins Kraftwerk, completing the classic quartet with Hutter, Schneider and Flur.

1987

Fritz Hilpert1987

Dusseldorf · Arts / Popular Music

Joins Kraftwerk as electronic musician and technical contributor.

Names involved

Florian SchneiderFritz HilpertKarl BartosKlaus DingerKlaus RoederMichael RotherRalf HutterWolfgang Flur

Provenance

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