Product Description

Rock writer Pascal Bussy has written a uniquely definitive account of Kraftwerk's history, delving beyond their publicity-shunning exterior. Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider former group members and collaborators have broken their usual silence, providing an in-depth examination into their working methods and complex technological imagery. The intense mythology that has built up around this hugely influential group is finally uncovered.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #637675 in Books
• Published on: 2002-12
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Q Magazine, November 1993
“Bussy engagingly explains why they're one of the few groups who've actually changed how music sounds.”

NME, October 1993
"This is a thorough and entertaining read with much helpful incidental detail.”

Synopsis
From underground electronic pioneers, Kraftwerk became, without compromise, successful pop stars, known for songs such as the 1981 hit "The Model". Founder members Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider broke their usual silence to collaborate on this biography,

Customer Reviews

Boring
Okay it's hard to write a biography if your subjects think themselves too good to be interviewed. On top of that the writer tries to describe the way every track for every album sounds. If I want to know what a record sounds like I'll buy it or pre-listen on the web or in a record store. I don't need a book to tell me that.
That is so boring. Besides describing how a record sounds is very subjective. The rest of the info is mainly snippets he scraped together from articles in newspapers and magazines, an interview with Karl Bartos and some very sparse comments by Ralf Hütter. Florian Schneider nor Wolfgang Flür cooperated (the latter was writing his own book at the time).
Personally I prefer Wolfgang Flür's book (I Was A Robot) as it gives a lot more insight into the band and what happened on tours. I do not recommend Man, Machine and Music.

i prefer their music.....
A reasonable account of the aloof Kraftwerk band, some interesting titbits but overall fairly droll,something for the diehards.

Not so disappointing but not very informative
This is a factual book with little insider info. Chapters are organized mostly around their LPs and author analyzes them, some of the tours are mentioned but no details.

There is almost no info about recording equipment and methods, no info about equipment used on concerts and so on. I would agree that very little investigation was done and most of the things in book are well known facts. So, if you enjoy an easy read about your favourite band go for it. But it is one time only read.