Einstürzende Neubauten: No Beauty Without Danger

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  Anarchic, well informed and recommendable biography/interview-tome

  I’ve been listening to Neubauten for a long time, and this book is enlightening. It consists of 300 pages of interview material with all former members conducted during 43 interviews, yet that’s not the point. “Nur was nicht is, ist möglich.” – “Just what is not is possible”, as Blixa Bargeld sings ... (continue)

  I’ve been listening to Neubauten for a long time, and this book is enlightening. It consists of 300 pages of interview material with all former members conducted during 43 interviews, yet that’s not the point. “Nur was nicht is, ist möglich.” – “Just what is not is possible”, as Blixa Bargeld sings in “Ende Neu”, defines the anarchic knife’s edge where this band, that has now existed for more than 28 years, is and always has been. The book takes the reader from their shaky, anarchic and drug-addled existence in 1980, West Berlin, to their present, third roster, explaining where their journey has taken them. From funny anecdotes to how the band squandered themselves through drugs (in ways both good and bad, as Neubauten logic has it), how the band nearly quit in the mid 90s and what instruments, structures, lyrics, sound, politics and language means to them. Highly interesting if you’re into the band, very well-written biography on a ground-breaking band if you’re not.

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• English Books
• Hardcover 302 Pages
• Edition: 1
• Pub date: Jan 01, 2005

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