Editing Düsseldorf (section)

===Music and nightlife===
[[File:Sensation White 2008 Silvester - LTU Arena, Düsseldorf.jpg|thumb|[[Sensation White]] New Year's Eve party, [[Merkur Spiel-Arena|Esprit Arena]]]]
Düsseldorf has been home to a number of influential music artists and bands, particularly in the [[Electronic music|electronic]] and [[krautrock]] genres, with [[Kraftwerk]] being the most prominent example. As one source describes, "This is the place where [[Neu!]] conceived the motorik beat, [[Harmonia (band)|Harmonia]] dreamed up ambient, [[Die Krupps]] expanded the idea of industrial, and where those brilliant mensch-maschines Kraftwerk, declared: 'We are the robots'."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hollow |first=Christopher |date=5 June 2015 |title=How Dusseldorf became the birthplace of modern electronica |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/how-dusseldorf-became-the-birthplace-of-modern-electronica-20150602-13194w.html |access-date=9 February 2024 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=25 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925005919/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/how-dusseldorf-became-the-birthplace-of-modern-electronica-20150602-13194w.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Since the 1950s the "[[Kom(m)ödchen]]" has been one of the most prominent political cabarets of Germany. The city's best-known contribution to the culture of modern [[popular music]] is the influential avant-garde [[electronic music|electronic]] band [[Kraftwerk]]. Formed by two Düsseldorf-born musicians, [[Kraftwerk]] is internationally known as the most significant band in the history of [[post-war]] [[Music of Germany|German music]] and as pioneers in electronic music.<ref name="graun_kraftwerk">[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/jul/25/artsfeatures.popandrock Desperately seeking Kraftwerk] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326150515/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/jul/25/artsfeatures.popandrock |date=26 March 2020 }}; "Kraftwerk [was] so far ahead of [its] time that the rest of the world...spent 25 years inventing new musical genres in an attempt to catch up. Another famous Synth-pop band to come from the city was [[Propaganda (band)|Propaganda]]. House, techno, hip-hop, trip-hop, synth-pop, trance, electroclash: Kraftwerk's influence looms over all of them. It's difficult to imagine what rock and pop music would sound like today if Kraftwerk had never existed", ''[[The Guardian]]'', 24 July 2003; accessed 8 December 2014.</ref> 

Other influential musical groups originating from Düsseldorf include [[Neu!]], formed in 1971 by [[Klaus Dinger]] and [[Michael Rother]], after their split from Kraftwerk,<ref name="The_Great_Rock_Discography">{{cite book |first=Martin Charles |last=Strong |title=The Great Rock Discography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DE9qW3YfHG4C |year=2002 |publisher=Canongate |isbn=978-1-84195-312-0 |page=687 }}</ref> and [[La Düsseldorf]], also formed by Dinger in 1976 shortly after Neu! disbanded. Both groups had a significant influence on a variety of subsequent [[rock music|rock]], [[post-punk]], and [[electronic music]] artists.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/neu!-mn0000387815/biography |title=Neu! {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic |website=AllMusic |access-date=5 January 2017 |archive-date=5 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505163439/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/neu%21-mn0000387815/biography |url-status=live }}</ref>

Internationally known [[power metal]] band [[Warlock (band)|Warlock]] was formed in Düsseldorf in 1982. Its frontwoman, [[Doro (musician)|Doro Pesch]], has had a successful solo career in Europe and Asia since [[Warlock (band)|Warlock]] ended. The [[punk rock|punk band]] [[Die Toten Hosen]], the electronic act [[Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft|D.A.F.]], as well as the electronic/industrial pioneers [[Die Krupps]], all originated in Düsseldorf. 

Düsseldorf appears in several songs, including ''Düsseldorf'' by the British indie band [[Teleman]] and ''Wärst du doch in Düsseldorf geblieben'' by Danish singer [[Dorthe Kollo]].