Delightfully Weird Pop Music of 1980s West Germany

Mainstream German culture has a reputation for being straight-laced and business-like. But going back, at least as far as the Weimar art scene, German artists have been among the world's most nonconformist and outrageous.

WWII temporarily replaced outsider art with dull kitsch, but it didn't take long for the outsider spirit to return during peacetime.

Weird Pop Music of 1980s West Germany

Kraftwerk - Showroom Dummies   (1977)

Gina X - Nice Mover (1978)

Grauzone - Eisbaer   (1980)

Klaus Nomi - Total Eclipse (1981)

Nico - Genghis Khan (1981)

Silvia - Sauf Und Stirb (1982)

Andreas Dorau - Fred vom Jupiter (1981)

Trio - Da-Da-Da (1982 )

Nacht Und Nebel - Movoco Synthaca   (1983)

Nina Hagen  - New York, NY (1983)

George Kranz - Din Daa Daa (1984)

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