Amoeba Music

In the 1970s, the experimental rock band was Faust. Rival groups Can and Neu! may have defined the signature motorik beat of Krautrock, but Faust embodied its spirit. Welding together a coarse pastiche of mechanized clangor, musique concrete, whimsical pop, and maximal and minimal rock, they were able, for a very long time, to exclusively claim a vast terrain of experimental music as their own. The entire 80s-era industrial genre owes them a debt, starting with Einsturzende Neubauten, yet few of the bands that followed them were able to duplicate Faust’s cavalier exuberance, conceptual aggression, dizzying breadth, or drug-soaked élan.

Add to that bushels and bushels of mystique. Their records were some of the best ever... Read More

Genre:

Rock, Progressive, Krautrock, Experimental, Ambient/Electronic

City Of Origin:

Wumme, Germany

Formed Date:

1970