Einsturzende Neubauten - Five on the Open-Ended Richter-Scale [Some Bizarre]

Imagine a child that's been given a toy with detailed directions. Frustrated with its complexities, the child throws out the directions and chucks the toy against a wall, proceeding to step on it, bite it, smash it, and ultimately break it into as many pieces as he can. Bored with merely making as much noise as possible with the toy, the child begins to examine its parts and how it works. Though he puts it together in a way that was not intended, he becomes enamored with the new toy. Funf Auf Der Nach (Five On The Open-ended Richter-scale [some Bizarre]) is where Einsturzende Neubauten truly grab hold of their broken elements and fashion them into something completely unique and (relatively) contemporary at the same time. Read More