YEAR
2021
INDUCTED BY
Pharrell Williams
CATEGORY
Musical Influence
Kraftwerk established the blueprint for modern electronic music – without them it simply would not exist.
Karl Bartos
Wolfgang Flur
Ralf Hutter
Florian Schneider
Kraftwerk 2021 Induction Ceremony Feature
HALL OF FAME
ESSAY
By Rob Bowman
Kraftwerk, alongside the Beatles, are one of the two most influential bands in the history of postwar popular music. That is a big claim to make, but the facts back it up. In the mid-seventies, Kraftwerk single-handedly introduced the idea of purely electronic music into the pop landscape.
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