The Robocop Kraus

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Robocop Kraus
Img_capt = The Robocop Kraus
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Background = group_or_band
Origin = Nuremberg, Germany
Genre = Indie rock, Indie pop, Post-punk revival
Years_active = 1998 – present
Label = Swing Deluxe
L'Age D'Or
Epitaph
ANTI-
Associated_acts =
URL = http://www.therobocopkraus.de/
Current_members = Thomas Lang - vocals, guitar
Matthias Wendl - guitar
Peter Tiedeken – bass
Markus Steckert – organ, keyboards
Hans Christian Fuss - drums
Past_members = Johannes Uschalt
Roman Maul
Tobias Helmlinger

The Robocop Kraus are a post-punk revival/indie rock band from Nuremberg, Germany.

History

The Robocop Kraus formed in 1998 with Thomas Lang as lead singer and on guitar, Matthias Wendl on guitar, Johannes Uschalt on drums, and Roman Maul on bass. Maul left before the release of a split EP with The Cherryville on Swing Deluxe records, Lang and Uschalt's record company. Tobias Helmlinger replaced Maul on bass and Markus Steckert joined in on keyboards and organ. After touring with Yage, The Robocop Kraus followed their split EP with The Cherryville up with their first full-length album in 1999 entitled "Inferno Nihilistique 2000", again, on Swing Deluxe. The band toured Germany, France, and Spain in support of "Inferno Nihilistique 2000".

In 2001, the band released their second album and first worldwide release "Tiger" on "Day After Records", a Czech record label. They toured in support of "Tiger" throughout Germany, France, Holland, the Czech Republic, Poland, England, and Ireland with The World/Inferno Friendship Society and Yage. A year later, The Robocop Kraus released "As Long As We Dance We Are Not Dead", a two CD collection of rarities including songs from "The Robocop Kraus/The Cherryville" split EP. They hooked up with The World/Inferno Friendship Society once more for a US tour and followed that up with another tour across Japan in 2002.

2003 saw the release of their third album "Living With Other People" on L'Age D'Or.

After Hans Christian Fuss replaced Johannes Uschalt on drums, The Robocop Kraus began recording their fourth studio album "They Think They Are The Robocop Kraus" in February 2005 at Grōndahl Studios with Pelle Gunnerfeldt. They released "They Think They Are The Robocop Kraus" in Germany on June 20, 2005 followed by a European wide release on September 5, 2005.

On February 2006, "They Think They Are The Robocop Kraus" was released in the US and The Robocop Kraus went on tour with Art Brut in support of this album.

Discography

tudio albums and EPs

*1998 "The Robocop Kraus/The Cherryville" on Swing Deluxe (EP)
*1999 "Inferno Nihilistique 2000" on Swing Deluxe (LP)
*2001 "Tiger" on Day After Records (LP)
*2002 "As Long As We Dance We Are Not Dead" on Swing Deluxe (Rarities)
*2003 "Living With Other People" on L'Age D'Or and Day After Records (LP)
*2003 "Fake Boys 12" on L'Age D'Or and Day After Records (EP)
*2003 "Fashion" on L'Age D'Or (EP)
*2005 "Who Do They Think They Are" on L'Age D'Or (EP)
*2005 "They Think They Are The Robocop Kraus" on L'Age D'Or and Epitaph (LP)
*2007 "Blunders And Mistakes" on ANTI- and Epitaph (LP)

Compilation album appearances

*2000 "Achtung Autobahn" on Swing Deluxe (features "Poor Soul Relax")

External links

* [http://www.therobocopkraus.de/ R°B°C°P KRAUS - The Robocop Kraus's Homepage]
*MySpace-music|id=therobocopkraus|name=The Robocop Kraus
* [http://www.epitaph.com/artists/artist/184/ The Robocop Kraus] at [http://www.epitaph.com/ Epitaph]
* [http://www.fabchannel.com/therobocopkraus Fabchannel.com - Watch a full length video recording of the 2005 Paradiso (Amsterdam) concert]