Biography
Nazi Disco Party were 'discovered' by music historian Norman Strauss in the late 1980's, and he spent the following years locating and documenting everything to do with this unusual (and, unfortunately, misunderstood) band, before passing on the reins to his personal assistant so that he could concentrate on cataloguing other forgotten musical acts, such as Broken Radios Underwater and Chainsaw Children.
Nazi Disco Party have arguably one of the most notorious backgrounds of perhaps any band, which undoubtedly has resulted in their name being relegated to the bargain bin of history, despite their incredible influence on various musical genres.
NDP were the forerunners of electronica, and associated styles such as industrial and electro-funk. Their sound influenced any number of acts from obvious genre stalwarts as FrontLine Assembly and KMFDM, to funk-rock acts like Rage Against the Machine and Hootie and the Blowfish.
NDP initially came into being around the late 1930's - and this is where some other music historians argue over Norman Strauss' findings - as the brainchild of one Adolf Hitler. Together with his best friend, Evan Braun, he sought to bring his vision of what music could, and perhaps should, sound like in the future. He envisioned drum patterns that would allow simplistic but enthusiatic dancing, and catchy choruses that would create mantras in the minds of all who heard it. Adolf labelled this, simply, 'dance music'.
But, the equipment of the time was by no means up the task, or rather, was incapable of creating what Adolf and Evan had in mind. To this end, Adolf poured a lot of funding into creating the ultimate piece of musical equipment: Funkatronic 5000, a robot capable of generating the sound of almost any kind of instrument, and equipped with synthetic vocal components.
They recorded one full album (Funk & Destroy) and played several gigs, of varying sizes, until personal matters took centre stage in their lives; Adolf developed unsociable habits, Evan had a sex change and married Adolf, and Funkatronic 5000 was decommissioned and turned into a destructive war engine, much to his chagrin.
All songs on Funk & Destroy were recovered from separate sources and digitally remastered. Other recordings (mainly live versions of these and unreleased tracks) are believed to exist, and their procurement is a priority of other music historians who seek to prove (or otherwise) Norman Strauss' findings.
No pictures exist of NDP as a group (only Funkatronic 5000), and many overlook their actual music in favour of their somewhat unfortunate logo, which is perhaps unsuitable for modern sensibilities but proved a most popular piece of art at the time of the band's inception. These things undoubtedly go a long way to explaining some of the less favourable responses there have been to NDP over the years.
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