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RAC band from Germany. Started in 1990. Kraftschlag ist eine 1989 gegründete Rechtsrock-Band aus Itzehoe, die in neonazistischen Kreisen einen großen Bekanntheitsgrad hat und enge Beziehungen zu dem in Deutschland verbotenen Neonazi-Netzwerk „Blood and Honour“ pflegt. Die Besetzung der Band um den Sänger Jens-Uwe Arpe wechselte bereits häufig. So spielten unter anderem Steve Bramekamp von „Entwarnung“, Mattze von „Soldiers of Freedom“, Klapmeier von „Ostseefront“ und Miika von „Mistreat“ mit. Die Band pflegt insbesondere Kontakte zu Musikern aus dem „Blood-and-Honour“-Umfeld in Skandinavien, woraus einige Split-CDs hervorgingen. Arpe, der zeitweise in Schweden wohnhaft war, ist an der Herstellung der neonazistischen „Blood-and-Honour“-Verkaufsvideos „Kriegsberichter“...

Kraftwerk ("power plant" in English) is an electronic band founded in 1970 in Düsseldorf, Germany. They pioneered electronic music in the 70s and are considered one of the most important and influential bands of their genre, often described as "the godfathers of electronic music". Kraftwerk's sound is minimalistic and strictly electronic; it combines driving, repetitive rhythms with catchy melodies and vocals usually sung through a vocoder. The current line-up consists of Ralf Hütter (the only original member), Fritz Hilpert, Henning Schmitz and Stefan Pfaffe. The other founding member Florian Schneider left the band in 2008. Ralf Hütter (born 1946, Krefeld,...

Founded in 1995 by vocalist/guitarist Thomas Stromvig Pedersen, guitarist R. Mork, drummer Mikael Skou Jorgensen and bassist Jeppe Tander, Denmark’s Urkraft embarked upon an experimental journey through the depths of thrash metal. The name, translated in Scandanavian/German as ‘primordial’ or ‘primitive’ force immediately establishes Urkraft’s belief in the importance of their music. Following years of experimenting with their sound and their dynamics as a group, in 2000 Urkraft recruited Cacophony guitarist Thomas Birk and in 2001 took Tommy Neperus on board as a keyboard player for their live shows, before establishing Jeppe Eg’s position as a full time keyboardist in...

Walter Anthony Murphy, Jr. (Also Known as Uncle Louie) (born 19 December 1952) is a pianist, composer, and arranger who had a massive hit with the instrumental, "A Fifth of Beethoven", a disco adaptation of some passages of the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, in 1976, when disco was at the height of its popularity. Murphy was born in 1952, in New York City, New York, USA and grew up in Manhattan. He attended the Manhattan School of Music there, where he studied jazz and classical piano. After finishing school, Murphy served as an arranger for Doc Severinsen and...