When did you 1st discover Kraftwerk?

[i_like_lectric_motors]

I actually heard them for the first time in '75 on the American Top 40 countdown of all places. Autobahn actually charted pretty high if I remember right.

[christsmasher]

My father was a german mathematician with a penchant for hi-fi equipment. He had a "listening room" with shelves and shelves of records, a kickass turntable, reel to reels, shortwave radio, shag (but not too shag) carpet and fancy leather chair. Just li

[bpdp3]

Christsmasher - -

just the way you described that 'listening room' makes me want to be there right now. I'm a sucker for experimental German music. What a cool dad! (My dad's idea of adventurous music was the Eagles...)

[edisonoside]

During the late 70's and early 80's in Puerto Rico's channel(2) T.V station, Kraftwerks track "The Robots"(instrumental version) would play during the stations identification break...In that time I didn't know it was a Kraftwerk track. In 1983 I bough the

[marie3]

Sometime in the 80's for me. Tour de France was played alot on my local station WLIR. They also played Pocket Calculater. I did see the Tour de France video recently on VH1 classics. I'd never seen it before.

[KYYX4ever]

Motors,
"Autobahn" made the American Top 40? Far out!

I had heard "Trans Europe Express" on the radio in the early 80's, but I wasn't hooked just yet on these guys. In '84 or '85, I heard "Showroom Dummies" on the radio and THAT is what got me into Kr

[Otters Walk Among Us]

Autobahn reached #25 in 1975 and Trans-Europe Express reached the lofty heights of #67 in 1978.