It wasn't just David Bowie who was influenced by the German bands of the 1970s. Post punk, electronica and indie artists have been inspired by everybody from Faust to Can and Kraftwerk in particular have left their imprint on techno and early hip hop. Although Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter were not too pleased when they found out that Afrika Bambaataa had used their songs "Trans Europe Express" and "Numbers" without permission, we should be thankful he did. Equally drawing on George Clinton's electro funk and Kraftwerk's Teutonic robot music, hip hop pioneers created a genre that is still with us today, more than three decades after its inception. The video to "Planet Rock" has some kick-ass dance moves too.
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