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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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  • circuit134

    DAF

    Yesterday 8:47pm Reply

  • Troglodyta___

    New Depeche Mode is boring, new SPETSNAZ deserves mention if you like EBM [2]

    10 Apr 11:34am Reply

  • skinnydrifter

    New Depeche Mode is boring, new SPETSNAZ deserves mention if you like EBM

    18 Mar 3:15am Reply

  • bloody_octopus

    not bad

    16 Feb 11:35am Reply

  • Jason1087

    You wanna suck it... Down on your kness... Hit you back... I think even Nitzer Ebb isn't a gay icon he should be adored by all men. ja ja ja ja

    29 Jan 9:58am Reply

  • El-Nido

    Nitzer ebb, hell of a band.

    11 Jan 12:50pm Reply

  • KonfetnajaDusha

    thumbs up

    7 Jan 1:05pm Reply

  • etherealmoment

    cyberpunk, lol

    17 Dec 2012 Reply

  • Andru1990

    Kill Your Friends is absolutely good/ McCarthy did a masterpiece

    13 Dec 2012 Reply

  • Alfredo_Poo

    Come Alive!

    22 Nov 2012 Reply

  • prominence_la

    Industrial Complex had some killer tracks [2] "Some" being the key word there.

    11 Nov 2012 Reply

  • zelenysh

    Various Artists "Alan Wilder Parallels" (1989-2012) http://ru-depeche.livejournal.com/553535.html Enjoy!

    11 Nov 2012 Reply

  • skinnydrifter

    For Nitzer Ebb fans - Get It (And One, Treibwerk EP) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6olgSEcFYhE - I just had to post this again! You'll thank me

    13 Sep 2012 Reply

  • NurVerzweiflung

    This is what EBM should sound like. Too much of this club friendly popish hoovery trancey crap nowadays.

    7 Aug 2012 Reply

  • sewertroll

    I don't think the newer ones are alot better, at least after the 90's.. (And those bands were kinda between ebm and electro-industrial). Anyway, i think the newer ones have better gear, not more complex songs.

    29 Jul 2012 Reply

  • skinnydrifter

    ONE BY ONE YOU TORREE MY DREAMS AWAY! - Nitzer Ebb's Douglas McCarthy on new And One EBM e.p. NICE!!!

    17 Jul 2012 Reply

  • lotsajoy

    When I think of music that epitomizes the cyberpunk genre, I think of two bands: Skinny Puppy and Nitzer Ebb.

    7 Jul 2012 Reply

  • Spacebel

    Murderous!

    26 Jun 2012 Reply

  • St1cki3

    After repeated listens to old school EBM / Industrial, I've realized that I don't really like it. I mean it's good, but I don't enjoy it a whole lot. It's meh for me. Too bad 'cause I REALLY wanted to love it. And I thought it would be beastly, awesome and just more pure awesomeness. But all I hear is simple/basic electronic sounds, simple song structures, simple everything. I do greatly respect and appreciate these early pioneers, but it's just not for me. :/ I don't really like early sounds. I like genres more when they're refined and perfected by later generations (if that ever happens).

    25 May 2012 Reply

  • petrik007

    just simply Electronic Body Music

    21 May 2012 Reply
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