{"id":1444,"count":4,"description":"German group formed in D\u00fcsseldorf in 1970. Formerly known as Organisation, Kraftwerk debuted live as the trio of Ralf H\u00fctter, Florian Schneider-Esleben and Charly Weiss at the Tivoli Popfestival, Aachen on 11 July 1970. Klaus Dinger then took over as drummer. Gigs between 26 December 1970 and 31 July 1971 omitted H\u00fctter, with various line-ups including Michael Rother and others. After a gig in the Weserberglands of Germany on 31 July 1971, Dinger & Rother then split-off forming Neu!. Shortly after, H\u00fctter returned. First known H\u00fctter\/Schneider gig is 22 November 1971 at the Sachsenwald Gymnasium, Hamburg.\r\n\r\nCurrent members:\r\nRalf H\u00fctter (July 1970 to December 1970, September 1971-) Lead Vocals, Vocoder, Synthesizers, Keyboards, Organ, Drums and Percussion, Guitar, Bass Guitar\r\nHenning Schmitz (1987-) Electronic Percussion (1987\u2013) Sound Engineering\r\nFritz Hilpert (1987-) Electronic Percussion, Sound Engineering\r\nFalk Grieffenhagen (2013-)  Video Technician\r\n\r\nFormer Members:\r\nKarl Bartos (1974-1991) Electronic Percussion\r\nKlaus Dinger (1970-1971) Drum\r\nWolfgang Fl\u00fcr (1973-1987) Electronic Percussion\r\nAndreas Hohmann (1970) Drum\r\nEberhard Kranemann (1970-1971) Bass Guitar\r\nThomas Lohmann (1970) Drum\r\nHousch\u00e4ng N\u00e9jadepour (1970-1971) Electric Guitar\r\nMichael Rother (1971) Electric Guitar\r\nFlorian Schneider-Esleben (1970-2008) \r\nCharly Weiss (1970) Drums\r\nPlato Kostic (a.k.a. Plato Riviera) (1970) Bass Guitar\r\nPeter Schmidt (1970) Drums\r\nEmil Schult (1973) Electric guitar, Electronic violin\r\nKlaus R\u00f6der (1974) Electric guitar, Electronic violin\r\nFernando Abrantes (1991) Electronic Percussion, Synthesizer\r\nStefan Pfaffe (2008-2012) Video Technician","link":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/artista\/kraftwerk\/","name":"Kraftwerk","slug":"kraftwerk","taxonomy":"artista","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista\/1444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/artista"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?artista=1444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}