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Nitzer Ebb

British EBM band

Nitzer Ebb are an English EBM group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends Vaughan "Bon" Harris, Douglas McCarthy, and David Gooday (drums). The band was originally named La Comédie De La Mort but soon discarded that and chose the name Nitzer Ebb by cutting up words and letters and arranging them randomly to create something Germanic without using actual German words.

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Nitzer Ebb
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a band
from
Essex
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1982
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1 song

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members: Douglas McCarthy, Bon Harris, Julian Beeston, Dave Lovering, Jason Payne, David Gooday, Simon Granger, Kourtney Klein

formed in: Chelmsford

labels: Mute Records

genres: electronic body music, techno

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Nitzer Ebb is a British EBM project, formed in 1982. Original drummer David Gooday reunited with the band together with Simon Granger of NitzerEbbProdukt for a new tour starting in 2018. Douglas McCarthy died of undisclosed causes at age 58 on June 11, 2025, but was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis a year earlier. Also known as: NE, Nitz, Nitzer Reb, Nitzerebb, ニッツァー・エブ From Discogs (free to use). Their entry

Liner notes

Nitzer Ebb, the records, oldest first
  1. Basic Pain Procedure
    1983 album
  2. That Total Age
    1987 album
  3. Belief
    1989 album
  4. Showtime
    1990 album
  5. As Is
    1991 ep
  6. Ebbhead
    1991 album
  7. All States Promo
    1992 ep
  8. Big Hit
    1995 album
  9. Industrial Complex
    2009 album
  10. Join in the Rhythm of Machines
    2011 ep
Records from MusicBrainz; covers from the Cover Art Archive.
Nitzer Ebb on the air

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