The band Neu! started in Kraftwerk with members Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother leaving the band to pursue different musical interests. The songs Trans-Europe Express and Autobahn became the foundation of hip hop along with samples from the one and only, James Brown. As the new decade of 1980 was welcomed, emerging DJs and rappers, notably Dr Dre, would sample Kraftwerk’s songs. Red shirts and black ties became the image of the time to associate yourself with this new music.Īlong with this influence, was that on hip hop. So while the music sounded new, you hummed along like any pop song. While the music was unlike anything anyone heard, the quartet’s history as an early prog rock band allowed them to use pop song structures. They turned themselves into robots to further add depth to this otherworldly music. This electronic quartet became the music, decades before Daft Punk did it. To say there wouldn’t be music as it is today without them, is the understatement of this article. Kraftwerk / Neu! Courtesy of: Fröhling/Kraftwerkīoth from Germany, Kraftwerk and Neu’s influence reaches well beyond their German borders. Their bravery and influence will never go away. Morrissey also credits them as his favourite group. While the legendary band influenced the Sex Pistols, The Damned and Hanoi Rocks, there would never have been a Mötley Crüe or Guns N’ Roses without them either. Their 1973 self-titled debut, is firmly in the collection of most punk fans and hard rock fans, alike. McLaren had arrived in New York on business before managing the Dolls and taking their sound, attitude and image back to England. Where Bowie and Marc Bolan were tasteful, albeit peculiar to some extent, the Dolls were sleaze.īefore their demise, they were shortly managed by British manager and designer, Malcolm McLaren. Not simply wearing makeup and going on stage, but living in it every day. Their sound of 3 chords with excitement fuelled New York and ignited a new form of music. they sure had balls! New York City in the early 70s was a genuinely dangerous place if you were invisible, much less dressing in drag and proudly doing so. Speaking for men who dressed as women 24/7 in 1971. While they didn’t reach the world like Bowie, the New York Doll’s influence is just as powerful.
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New York Dolls Photo: Michael Ochs Archive Their simplicity and energy mixed with the performance inspired the Sex Pistols, Ramones and The Germs. Songs such as Hang on to Yourself and Suffragette City, from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, have become staples in punk and hard rock n roll catalogues alike. While Ziggy Stardust transformed live performance and ignited the imagination of teenagers all over the world, he still had guitar player Mick Ronson.
However, suffice to say, his continuation of muddy guitars with influences from his work in theatre as a mime, allowed rock music to become theatre.
Like the Underground, an entire article could be spent on Bowie.
Overtly conscious to make the nastiest record ever made, the sludge and grime lasts for days when listening to it. While their debut, The Velvet Underground & Nico, from 1967 is their classic, it was White Light/White Heat, 1968, that caused a catalyst in music. To them, there were no rules and it was beautiful. The band’s completely individual and unique sound paved the way for punk, goth, shoegaze, industrial, art rock, indie, noise, and endless others. Similar to Iggy Pop, few bands have been as influential on music as, The Velvet Underground. The Velvet Underground Photo: Gerard Malanga
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