Einsturzende Neubauten Members - Blixa Bargeld, Alexander Hacke, F. M. Einheit, Mark Chung, Gudrun Gut, N. U. Unruh, Ash Wednesday (Paperback)

Chapters: Blixa Bargeld, Alexander Hacke, F. M. Einheit, Mark Chung, Gudrun Gut, N. U. Unruh, Ash Wednesday, Jochen Arbeit, Rudi Moser. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Blixa Bargeld (born Hans Christian Emmerich on 12 January 1959) is a composer, author, actor, singer, musician, performer and lecturer in a number of artistic fields. He is best known for his studio work and tours with the groups Einsturzende Neubauten and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. In 1980, he founded the music group Einsturzende Neubauten, which has released numerous albums and singles, performed all over the world, and still exists to this day. His stage name comes from Blixa, a German brand of blue felt pen, and Bargeld, German for cash. Bargeld also refers to German Dada artist Johannes Theodor Baargeld. From 1983 to 2003, Blixa Bargeld was a long-time guitarist and backing vocalist in Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Bargeld also sang several "co-vocals" with Cave, such as on "The Carny" and "The Weeping Song." Nick Cave first saw Bargeld performing with Einsturzende Neubauten on TV while The Birthday Party (Cave's band at the time) were touring in Amsterdam. He described the music as "mournful," Bargeld as looking "destroyed," and his screams as "a sound you would expect to hear from strangled cats or dying children." He is credited with playing guitar on the Gun Club song, "Yellow Eyes," off the 1987 album Mother Juno. Since the middle of the 90s Bargeld has appeared live with his solo Rede/Speech Performances. During these performances, usually supported by Neubauten's sound engineer Boris Wilsdorf, he works with microphones, sound effects, overdubbing with the help of sampler loops, and speaks English or German. The performed pieces include such curiosities as a vocal cre...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=65534