Die Krupps

Die Krupps (German pronunciation: [diː ˈkʁʊps]) ("The Krupps") is a German industrial metal/EBM band, formed in 1980 by Jürgen Engler and Bernward Malaka in Düsseldorf.

This article is about the band. For the commercial steel dynasty after whom the band is named, see Krupp.

Die Krupps
Die Krupps performing in 2018
Background information
OriginDüsseldorf, Germany
Genres
Years active1980–1985, 1989–1997, 2005–present
Labels
  • Zickzack
  • Synthetic Symphony
  • Hollywood
  • Atom-H
  • Metropolis Records
  • Cleopatra Records
MembersJürgen Engler
Ralf Dörper
Nils Finkeisen
Paul Keller
Past membersMarcel Zürcher
Rüdiger Esch
Christoph "Nook" Michelfeit
Bernward Malaka
Frank Köllges
Eva-Maria Gößling
Tina Schnekenburger
Walter Jaeger
Christopher Lietz
Lee Altus
Darren Minter
George Lewis
Oliver Röhl
Achim Färber
Volker Borchert
Bradley Bills
Hendrik Thiesbrummel
Websitediekrupps.com

The band has had a diverse range of musical influences over time, including the percussive industrial Stahlwerksynfonie (1981) then to a more synth-pop styled Volle Kraft voraus! (1982) and Entering the Arena (1985), with the latter album featuring their first English-language material. The band later established itself as an industrial metal band, releasing four albums predominantly in this genre, from 1992 to 1997 with each labelled 1 to 4. The band has released additional albums since 1997, including the predominantly electro-industrial Als wären wir für immer (2010) and The Machinists of Joy (2013), before revisiting the metal sound they had pursued in the 90s with V – Metal Machine Music.

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