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== Members == === Current members === * [[Ralf Hütter]] – lead vocals, vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards <small>(1970–1971, 1971–present);</small> organ, drums and percussion, bass guitar, guitar <small>(1970–1971, 1971–1974)</small> * Henning Schmitz – sound effects, live keyboards <small>(1991–present)<ref name="fb_about" /></small> * [[Falk Grieffenhagen]] – live video technician <small>(2013–2022);</small> electronic percussion <small>(2023–present)<ref name="fb_about" /></small> * Georg Bongartz - live video technician <small>(2023–present)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ambrosia.com.br/musica/c6-fest-kraftwerk-faz-show-impecavel-para-plateia-reverente-no-rio|title=C6 Fest – Kraftwerk faz show impecável para plateia reverente no Rio|website=Ambrosia|access-date=21 May 2023|archive-date=19 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519230745/https://ambrosia.com.br/musica/c6-fest-kraftwerk-faz-show-impecavel-para-plateia-reverente-no-rio/|url-status=live}}</ref></small> === Former members === {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Florian Schneider]] – synthesizers, background vocals, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion, electric guitar, violin <small>(1970–2008; died 2020)</small> * Andreas Hohmann – drums <small>(1970)</small> * Thomas Lohmann – drums <small>(1970)</small> * Hans-Günther "Charly" Weiss – drums <small>(1970)</small> * Peter Schmidt – drums <small>(1970)</small> * [[Klaus Dinger]] – drums <small>(1970, 1971; died 2008)</small> * Eberhard Kranemann – bass guitar <small>(1970–1971)</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ksta.de/stadt-leverkusen/kraftwerk-ueber-leverkusen-in-den-musik-olymp,15189132,25984564.html |title=Kraftwerk: Über Leverkusen in den Musik-Olymp |website=Ksta.de |date=24 January 2014 |access-date=2 July 2014 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714221408/http://www.ksta.de/stadt-leverkusen/kraftwerk-ueber-leverkusen-in-den-musik-olymp,15189132,25984564.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * Houschäng Nejadépour – electric guitar <small>(1970–1971)</small> * [[Michael Rother]] – electric guitar <small>(1971)</small> * Plato Kostic (a.k.a. Plato Riviera) – bass guitar <small>(1973)</small> * [[Emil Schult]] – electric guitar, [[electric violin]] <small>(1973)</small> * [[Wolfgang Flür]] – electronic percussion <small>(1973–1990)</small> * [[Klaus Röder]] – electric guitar, electronic violin <small>(1974–1975)</small> * [[Karl Bartos]] – electronic percussion, vocals, live vibraphone, live keyboards <small>(1975–1990)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.karlbartos.com/cv/karl.html |title=KARL BARTOS – Curriculum vitae Karl Bartos |publisher=Karl Bartos |year=2016 |access-date=30 March 2017 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220115208/http://www.karlbartos.com/cv/karl.html |url-status=live }}</ref></small> * [[Fritz Hilpert]] – electronic percussion <small>(1990–2022)<ref name="fb_about">{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/KraftwerkOfficial/about/ |title=Kraftwerk – About _ Facebook |publisher=KraftwerkOfficial |year=2012 |access-date=28 April 2017 |archive-date=13 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213061741/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FKraftwerk%2Fabout |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=June 2019}}</small> * [[Fernando Abrantes]] – electronic percussion, synthesizer <small>(1991)</small> * Stefan Pfaffe – live video technician <small>(2008–2012)</small> {{div col end}} === Timeline === {{#tag:timeline| ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:18 PlotArea = left:120 bottom:90 top:5 right:10 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1970 till:{{#time:d/m/Y}} TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:4 ScaleMajor = increment:5 start:1970 ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:1970 Colors = id:Vocals value:red legend:Vocals id:Bvocals value:pink legend:Backing_vocals id:Flute value:tan2 legend:Flute id:Guitar value:green legend:Guitar id:Keyboards value:purple legend:Keyboards id:Bass value:blue legend:Bass id:Violin value:drabgreen legend:Violin id:Drums value:orange legend:Drums id:Perc value:claret legend:Electronic_percussion id:Video value:powderblue legend:Video_technician id:Studio value:black legend:Studio_album id:Other value:gray(0.7) legend:Other_release id:bars value:gray(0.95) BackgroundColors = bars:bars BarData = bar:Florian text:Florian Schneider † bar:Ralf text:Ralf Hütter bar:Thomas text:Thomas Lohmann bar:Andreas text:Andreas Hohmann bar:Klaus text:Klaus Dinger † bar:Peter text:Peter Schmidt bar:Charly text:Charly Weiss bar:Houschäng text:Houschäng Nejadépour bar:Michael text:Michael Rother bar:Emil text:Emil Schult bar:Klaus2 text:Klaus Röder bar:Eberhard text:Eberhard Kranemann bar:Plato text:Plato Kostic bar:Wolfgang text:Wolfgang Flür bar:Fritz text:Fritz Hilpert bar:Karl2 text:Karl Bartos bar:Fernando text:Fernando Abrantes bar:Henning text:Henning Schmitz bar:Stefan text:Stefan Pfaffe bar:Falk text:Falk Grieffenhagen bar:Georg text:Georg Bongartz 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from:01/03/1971 till:31/08/1971 color:drums bar:Klaus from:21/08/2008 till:21/08/2008 color:skyblue text:† bar:Peter from:01/12/1970 till:31/12/1970 color:drums bar:Michael from:01/01/1971 till:31/08/1971 color:guitar bar:Emil from:01/08/1973 till:31/12/1973 color:guitar bar:Emil from:01/08/1973 till:31/12/1973 color:violin width:3 bar:Wolfgang from:01/11/1973 till:07/02/1990 color:perc bar:Klaus2 from:01/04/1974 till:28/02/1975 color:guitar bar:Klaus2 from:01/04/1974 till:28/02/1975 color:violin width:3 bar:Karl2 from:01/03/1975 till:01/08/1990 color:perc bar:Karl2 from:01/01/1978 till:10/11/1986 color:keyboards width:3 bar:Karl2 from:28/02/1987 till:01/08/1990 color:keyboards width:3 bar:Karl2 from:10/11/1986 till:28/02/1987 color:vocals width:3 bar:Karl2 from:10/11/1986 till:28/02/1987 color:keyboards width:7 bar:Fernando from:22/12/1990 till:20/07/1991 color:keyboards width:3 bar:Fernando from:22/12/1990 till:20/07/1991 color:perc bar:Stefan from:01/01/2008 till:25/08/2012 color:video bar:Fritz from:07/02/1990 till:02/09/2022 color:perc bar:Henning from:18/10/1991 till:end color:keyboards width:3 bar:Henning from:18/10/1991 till:end color:perc bar:Falk from:11/01/2013 till:18/05/2023 color:video bar:Falk from:18/05/2023 till:end color:perc bar:Georg from:18/05/2023 till:end color:video LineData = layer:back color:Other at:06/06/2005 #>Minimum Maximum<# at:26/05/2017 #>3D The Catalog<# at:21/12/2020 #>Remixes<# color:Studio at:01/11/1970 #>Kraftwerk<# at:01/01/1972 #>Kraftwerk 2<# at:01/10/1973 #>Ralf and Florian<# at:01/11/1974 #>Autobahn<# at:01/10/1975 #>Radio-Activity<# at:01/05/1977 #>Trans-Europe Express<# at:01/05/1978 #>The Man-Machine<# at:01/05/1981 #>Computer World<# at:01/12/1986 #>Electric Café<# at:25/06/1991 #>The Mix<# at:04/08/2003 #>Tour de France Soundtracks<# }} === Lineups === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- !scope="col"|Period !scope="col"|Members !scope="col"|Releases |- !scope="col"|1970 | *'''[[Florian Schneider]]''' – synthesizers, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion, electric guitar, violin *'''[[Ralf Hütter]]''' – vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards |- !scope="col"|1970 | *Florian Schneider – synthesizers, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion, electric guitar, violin *Ralf Hütter – vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards *'''Thomas Lohmann – drums''' |- !scope="col"|1970 | *Florian Schneider – synthesizers, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion, electric guitar, violin *Ralf Hütter – vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards *'''Andreas Hohmann – drums''' | *''[[Kraftwerk (album)|Kraftwerk]]'' (1970) |- !scope="col"|1970 | *Florian Schneider – synthesizers, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion, electric guitar, violin *Ralf Hütter – vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards *'''Hans-Günther "Charly" Weiss – drums''' *'''[[Klaus Dinger]] – drums''' | *''[[Kraftwerk (album)|Kraftwerk]]'' (1970) |- !scope="col"|1970 | *Florian Schneider – synthesizers, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion, electric guitar, violin *Ralf Hütter – vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards *Klaus Dinger – drums *'''Peter Schmidt – drums''' *'''Houschäng Nejadépour – guitar''' *'''Eberhard Kranemann – bass''' |- !scope="col"|1971 | *Florian Schneider – synthesizers, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion, electric guitar, violin *Ralf Hütter – vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards *Houschäng Nejadépour – guitar *Eberhard Kranemann – bass *'''[[Michael Rother]]''' - guitar |- !scope="col"|1971 | *Florian Schneider – synthesizers, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion, electric guitar, violin *Michael Rother – guitar *'''Klaus Dinger''' – drums |- !scope="col"|1971 | *Florian Schneider – synthesizers, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion, electric guitar, violin *Michael Rother – guitar *Klaus Dinger – drums *'''Ralf Hütter – vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards''' |- !scope="col"|1971–1973 | *Florian Schneider – synthesizers, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion, electric guitar, violin *Ralf Hütter – vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards | *''[[Kraftwerk 2]]'' (1972) *''[[Ralf and Florian]]'' (1973) |- !scope="col"|1973 | *Florian Schneider – synthesizers, background vocals, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion *Ralf Hütter – lead vocals, vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards *'''[[Emil Schult]] – electric guitar, electronic violin''' |- !scope="col"|1973 | *Florian Schneider – synthesizers, background vocals, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion *Ralf Hütter – lead vocals, vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards *Emil Schult – electric guitar, electronic violin *'''Plato Kostic – bass guitar''' |- !scope="col"|1973 | *Florian Schneider – synthesizers, background vocals, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion *Ralf Hütter – lead vocals, vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards *Emil Schult – electric guitar, electronic violin |- !scope="col"|1973 | *Florian Schneider – synthesizers, background vocals, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion *Ralf Hütter – lead vocals, vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards *Emil Schult – electric guitar, electronic violin *'''[[Wolfgang Flür]] – electronic percussion''' |- !scope="col"|1974 | *Florian Schneider – synthesizers, background vocals, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion *Ralf Hütter – lead vocals, vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards *'''[[Wolfgang Flür]] – electronic percussion''' |- !scope="col"|1974–1975 | *Florian Schneider – synthesizers, background vocals, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion *Ralf Hütter – lead vocals, vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards *Wolfgang Flür – electronic percussion *'''[[Klaus Röder]] – electric guitar, electronic violin''' | *''[[Autobahn (album)|Autobahn]]'' (1974) |- !scope="col"|1975–1990 | *Florian Schneider – synthesizers, background vocals, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion *Ralf Hütter – lead vocals, vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards *Wolfgang Flür – electronic percussion *'''[[Karl Bartos]] – electronic percussion, vocals, live vibraphone, live keyboards''' | *''[[Radio-Activity]]'' (1975) *''[[Trans-Europe Express (album)|Trans-Europe Express]]'' (1977) *''[[The Man-Machine]]'' (1978) *''[[Computer World]]'' (1981) *''[[Electric Café]]'' (1986) |- !scope="col"|1990 | *Florian Schneider – synthesizers, background vocals, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion *Ralf Hütter – lead vocals, vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards *Karl Bartos – electronic percussion, vocals, live vibraphone, live keyboards *'''[[Fritz Hilpert]] – electronic percussion''' | *''[[The Mix (Kraftwerk album)|The Mix]]'' (1991) |- !scope="col"|1990–1991 | *Florian Schneider – synthesizers, background vocals, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion *Ralf Hütter – lead vocals, vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards *Fritz Hilpert – electronic percussion *'''[[Fernando Abrantes]] – electronic percussion, synthesizer''' |- !scope="col"|1991–2008 | *Florian Schneider – synthesizers, background vocals, vocoder, computer-generated vocals, acoustic and electronic flute, live saxophone, percussion *Ralf Hütter – lead vocals, vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards *Fritz Hilpert – electronic percussion *'''Henning Schmitz – sound effects, live keyboards''' | *''[[Tour de France Soundtracks]]'' (2003) |- !scope="col"|2008–2013 | *Ralf Hütter – lead vocals, vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards *Fritz Hilpert – electronic percussion *Henning Schmitz – sound effects, live keyboards *'''Stefan Pfaffe – live video technician''' |- !scope="col"|2013–2023 | *Ralf Hütter – lead vocals, vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards *Fritz Hilpert – electronic percussion *Henning Schmitz – sound effects, live keyboards *'''[[Falk Grieffenhagen]] – live video technician''' |- !scope="col"|2023–present | *Ralf Hütter – lead vocals, vocoder, synthesizers, keyboards *Henning Schmitz – sound effects, live keyboards *Falk Grieffenhagen – electronic percussion *'''Georg Bongartz – live video technician''' |}
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