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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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  • 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).

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  • petrik007

    just simply Electronic Body Music

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  • lowgod666

    i love that sound

    10 days ago

  • Sanketh

    Nitzer Ebb sounds gay.

    13 days ago

  • dansexdecay

    Essential ebm. Always love me some Nitzer Ebb :)

    28 days ago

  • shelleytakeabow

    @MKDELTA: EBM is Electronic Body Movement (at least I'm pretty sure that's what it stands for!) ;)

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  • MKDELTA

    I don't think EBM stands for Electronic Black Metal

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  • newbsdid911

    Their influence on black metal is undeniable.

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