@@musikkunstetc.8465 That really made me laugh. I'd never made that comparison before, but now you say it...! Native Love was a classic. As is Murderous!
I know, right @ObscureMusicObsession and @musikkunstetc.8465 - Divine & Murderous - WOW that's hilarious!!! I too didn't notice the audible parallel back in 86 then but now I can't get the two out of my head (talk about earworm!).
You ever get an answer from some of those guys and can never find what your looking for because it's some insane club mix? One thing is for certain...Nitzer Ebb sounds like Nitzer Ebb. Germany was responsible for so much Industrial music.
Exactly the same here. No internet back in the time, and not really on mainstream radios so I had never heard of them although we were listening to Front 242 and such 😁 I went to see DM, they were opening. The day after, I bought the CD.....
While the EDM scene is so much bigger today, I feel like the mid-80's was the real high point of electronic dance music. You had industrial bands like Skinny Puppy and these guys embracing dance beats and heating up floors in the leather clubs and goth clubs. You had Garage in New York and House in Chicago repurposing old RnB and disco into something new and exciting for the gay clubs. You had hip-hoppers repurposing Kraftwerk into Electro, making the breakers hit that b-boy stance. You had the motorik beats and hard steel of Detroit Techno. Across the pond, you had synthpop acts like Depeche Mode and New Order proving that you can weld guitar rock to synths and drum machines and make entire stadiums groove. And while industrial and synthpop were a few years older, it was all still brand new and fresh and no one was really sure what they were doing yet, beyond just getting kids on the floor. Had to be magical.
It was like that in the 2000s too. It's just that we grow older and get "out of the loop" so we stop being invited to cool bars like that. They must still exist, but as when we were young, anyone over 25 will get stared at.
I used to love MTV 120 minutes also. That's where I first saw this video I remember staying up late to watch it because it was on Sunday's at midnight and Sunday was a school night.
Love this band! First heard them in a slam fest in Germany as a soldier.. couldn’t play in barracks, as industrial revolution: punk was considered “skinhead” music; that with my Mohawk, jeans and combat boots leather and spiked accessories, landed me on extra CQDiuty!! F}>**kn peeps don’t understand skinheads are aren’t all racial;but , rather a piunk /rebelderivative off shoot from the industrial era, mixed with origins from indie pop and reggae?? He violence stemmed from European small city slam festivals in towns like K-Town, Saar bticken Mann heim, Neumann Kirsten etc.. that were close to American military bases. I remember ambulances taking some small German dude to hospital after getting gored by a superglued tin foil tipped Mohawk accidentally speared him in the chest, party kept going With some peeps smoking Haag and joints the size of cigars, that with The beer enhanced with American whiskey, left some good memories! Also mentioning black flag and bad religion that performed with ebb. Best time ever! !
One of my FAV Industrial bands! Doug hung out with us for after the Depeche Mode-Niter Ebb Show in Pittsburgh. We hade quite a blast! He called us up the next morning and asked usif we wanted to do something so we headed to a friends half pipe and skated for a while! He was a really nice guy! Emphasis on the REAL!
Wish I had a dollar for every time I danced to this song back in the '80s. I remember being all excited that they were going to come to the U.S. to tour...and then it didn't materialize. Apparently one of them had a police record and couldn't get a visa is the story I heard. But about a year later they made it and I caught their show in Orlando. I was in heaven!
+Timothy Madden The Nitzer Ebb song Isn't It Funny How Your Body Works was released 1984. That means it should be: "RULING EBM DANCE FLOORS SINCE 1984".
The energy is and always has been so pure ! As a youngster playing rugby this song got us into the right frame of mind , 35 years on still feel that energy amazing
I dunno about you...but there are certain songs, bands, etc..... that Amp up your energy. I know that when I would listen to them it would put me in a different mood. Lol! Any one else?? Lol!
Back in those glory Days when EBM was invented by NITZER EBB/FRONT 242/DIE KRUPPS/OOMPH! and all the other Pioneers of that time.....IM RHYTHMUS BLEIBEN !
Scott Smith Funny he says that considering the album Alan Wilder produced was the one that incorporated elements of Industrial Rock/Metal. That album being Ebbhead.
Put Nitzer Ebb on before you go out at night and you will definitely be looking to crack some heads. This is better than a pair of paddles and an EMT for restarting a stopped heart. This is adrenaline times 10.
I have all of their albums and have never been disappointed yet! They're in a league all by themselves, no one can touch them! There's clone bands but this one is the original! NE you rule forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
saw them in St. Louis (Mississippi Nights) in 1992 and i was only 19. what a show! I can't remember if they opened for Front 242 or if it was a separate show but I'm pretty sure they did. I've still got the 242 concert stub but the inks worn off....well the memories DIDNT. those were the days )))
Sehr sehr geil. Diesen Track habe ich 1989 zum ersten mal gespielt und alle dachten, jetzt flippt er aus. Und das tat ich auch. Nach dreitagen war alle Vinyl-Schallplatten von Nitzer verkaufft. Zum Glück habe ich mir in der Schweiz (Phantera Records bei Rolf) gleich alle 15 Exempare gekaut und niemand andrer konnte die Platte spiehen. 🤣😇🙈🙉🙊❤
Ihr seid die besten Engländer auf dieser ganzen Welt auf jeden Fall Depeche Mode und Erasure auch Yazoo auch ihr seid die besten Engländer dieser Welt auf jeden Fall ich wünsche euch noch viel Erfolg Douglas ich finde alle Songs von euch richtig hammer geil und cool ihr macht richtig gute Musik ihr seid die besten die Elite absolut number one
Beautiful- saw free show at Camden Palace. 1987, I think. I was that guy up front letting my body move to the sounds. Wore my wax trax tshirt for Camaraderie.
Consumed a lot of Boon's Farm and Sampoerna clove cigarettes listening to That Total Age back in the day! Hearing this played at the club on alternative night with everyone shouting the lyrics felt like "home." In the 80s it was much harder to find your tribe(s) than it is today. But when you did it felt magical. Love to my fellow GenXers!
loved the ebb and this was the best music to hear before getting on a rugby field or later in the evening with mates whilst drinking. The moshpit always provided the perfect spot to combine both activities....back in the day .Though I agree still sounds fresh even listening to it as 48 year old man !
But he is right. The nowadays techno lost its rebel soul that this song has. It is truth that nowadays techno is not all bad, but the criticism AORCrazy made is correct.
Michał Polański 2017 4/4 beat 5 note bassline and filters. Psst.... I do understand techno but not the 4 djs on the dj set up that sound with can be manipulated by one halfass dj
FilK79 I guess, but on the upside, industrial is enjoying a weird sort of little revival right now. The confusing thing is none of the new bands say they're ebm or industrial, just that they draw all their influences from them xD If you're looking for something with a Nitzer Ebb vibe, give High Functioning Flesh a try.
Numbers is still here on 300 Westheimer Rd. There were bunch of bad ass clubs in Houston from the 80's that closed down that were way better than Numbers.
+BGB IG Funny interpretation. Maybe it is: "Don't be lazy. You will get very fat. Don't be lazy. You will get very fat. Shop donut shop. Shop donut shop, will clog your hearts, will clog your hearts...".
