KRAFTWERK

This post was written 12 years ago.
Sat, 01 Dec 2012

I was just listening to my guilty pleasure – the Absolute Eighties digital-radio station after eating a plate of pasta – when what should come on but "The Model" by German electro-synth outfit Kraftwerk. Their name, which is usually totally mangled by English-speaking types, has two halves: Kraft and werk. Kraft for some reason means "power". And werk is kind of obvious – it's a works or, in this case, a station. So Kraftwerk is "powerstation", which – perhaps intentionally – was also the name of another 80s band that was formed as an offshoot from another synth group of the time: Duran Duran. I should add that Kraftwerk was one of the few internationally successful German groups during the early 80s, unless you count the criminally bad "Goombay Dance Band", which I don't because they are shit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goombay_Dance_Band


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