Kraftwerk: I Was a Robot

Fatboy Slim, the Prodigy, the Chemical Brothers — these are just a few of the major names in contemporary dance culture whose work owes a huge debt to Kraftwerk. Pioneers of electronic minimalism in the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s, Kraftwerk redefined pop music. When they split up in the early 1980s, founding member Wolfgang Flür discovered his name dropped from album credits and the drum machine of his own invention being patented by his bandmates. I Was a Robot documents the group’s alternately inspiring and bitter story from its unsteady beginnings through worldwide fame to the legal battle in a Hamburg court that vindicated the author but left lasting scars on all. Color photographs are included.