Jürgen Engler

A prolific musician and producer, Jürgen Engler is best known as the co-founder and frontman for German industrial metal/EBM outfit Die Krupps. In 1976 the Düsseldorf-born artist founded the punk band Male, one of the leading lights in the Neue Deutsche Welle (the German iteration of the punk/new wave movement). In 1980 Engler and Bernward Malaka formed Die Krupps -- the name refers to a 400-year-old German dynasty famous for their production of armaments. The band has been hailed as a pioneer of the industrial movement, alongside other influential German groups like Kraftwerk...