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Take a minute to enjoy this video portrait of the man who was one quarter of the classic
Kraftwerk line-up and take in some facts about his life in music
NAME: Wolfgang Flür
BORN: 17 July 1947, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
INSTRUMENT(S): Drums, synthesiser, voice
BANDS: The Beathovens, Fruit, Spirits Of Sound, Kraftwerk,
Yamo
HIGHEST UK CHART POSITION: Number One (‘The Model’
single, released December 1981)
HIGHEST US CHART POSITION: Number Five (‘Autobahn’
album, released November 1974)
QUOTE: “Subsequent musicians have replicated the entire
concept [of Kraftwerk] again and again and profited from the
futuristic image that we built together – Ralf, Karl, Florian,
Wolfgang. Back then, we understood each other well and had
fun together. We displayed the joy and the pride that we felt
playing together by having our names in neon writing in front of
us on stage. The current Kraftwerk line-up wouldn’t want to do
anything like that.“ (Electronic Sound interview transcript, 2014)