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Formed in Chelmsford when main protagonists Douglas McCarthy (vocals) and Bon Harris (drums, programming) were just 15, Nitzer Ebb cut a dynamic swathe through the electronic music and Balaeric beat scenes of the 1980s and 90s. They were electro-punks before the genre even existed, at a time when The Prodigy were not even a gleam in fellow Essex boy Liam Howlett’s eye. Militaristic, intimidating yet always accessible, Nitzer Ebb enjoyed a string of ferocious club hits and released five critically acclaimed albums on Mute. From their first-ever single, 1984’s ‘Isn’t It Funny How Your Body Works’ through to their final 1995 single ‘I Thought’, they were a band whose honed aggression, originality and precision were impeccable.

The band’s musical adventures first began in 1982 when McCarthy and Harris, along with drummer David Gooday, formed the group whilst still at school in Chelmsford. Listening to the likes of Abwärts, Neubauten, Malaria, DAF, Cabaret Voltaire, Killing Joke and Bauhaus among many others the boys began experimenting with synthesizers and samples culminating in the release of four singles on their own Power Of Voice Communications label (a joint venture with Pet Shop Boys producer Phil Harding) before Daniel Miller was impressed enough to sign them to his own label Mute.

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Cazaroth wrote:
last week

Wow you guys are from my hometown....I knew Chelmsford was good for something lol

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skinnydrifter wrote:
last month

EBM is EBM when we're talking Nitzer Ebb lol

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saxo-drachen wrote:
last month

thanks for supporting DEPECHE MODE :-)

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DJHEMPBALLMORE wrote:
last month

Everyone is all hung up on "lables"; just enjoy!!! It's going to be a slammin show.

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skinnydrifter wrote:
last month

Promises, Promises, Promises... FAST FALL THE HANDS!

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skinnydrifter wrote:
last month

Check out Spetsnaz, if you like the full force of EBM

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r0tt3n wrote:
last month

Murderous has the full force of EBM

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skinnydrifter wrote:
October 2009

AHHH... AHHHHHHHHH! GET CLEAN, GET FAST!

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extra_sense wrote:
October 2009

http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Extra+Sense/Elsewhere

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Fishermang wrote:
October 2009

AUUGH!!

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godtBrukt wrote:
October 2009

AH-AH-AUGH!

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secretpassage wrote:
October 2009

join in the chant

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skinnydrifter wrote:
October 2009

Nitzer Ebb and Depeche Mode, again!

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Memphisto77 wrote:
October 2009

Looking forward to seeing you guys open for DM!!!

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snusmumr1k wrote:
October 2009

Great warm up for DM in january-february shows! Can't wait! :)

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dpch_mod wrote:
October 2009

which album is the best?

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bau242 wrote:
October 2009

MagnificoEBM

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Fishermang wrote:
October 2009

Cthulberg, as with many old bands and their total changes in style, you have to call them something. And the most popular times of their musical history is what represents them. The newer Nitzer Ebb albums is not what most people think of when they hear the name Nitzer Ebb. This band is therefore the very essence of EBM. What else are you going to call them? EBM-industrial-rock-guitar-grunge-whatever-music?

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Fixmer_McCarthy wrote:
October 2009

Spetsnaz, DAF, FRont 242, Nitzer ebb!! <<- E. B. M. ->>

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EmilyTheLiar wrote:
September 2009

Have you fools not heard their Skinny Puppy's latest two offerings? It's not industrial for sure no more, but if it's also not IDM... it's just electronica

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Dec 3 Nitzer Ebb Paradise Rock Club, Boston MA, United States
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Dec 4 Nitzer Ebb Blender Theater at Gramercy, New York, NY, New York, United States
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Dec 5 Nitzer Ebb Starlight Ballroom, Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, United States
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