Florian Schneider, a keyboardist and co-founder of the German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk, has died after a short battle with cancer, a representative for the band told TheWrap. He was 73.

In 1982, a teenaged-Organized Noize member Patrick “Sleepy” Brown heard Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force’s “Planet Rock” for the first time. He was hooked by the song’s combination of rap ...

It doesn't speak well of their laughably inanimate stage presence, but it says a lot about Kraftwerk's concert Wednesday night in Minneapolis that one of the most joyous and colorful moments came when ...

Florian Schneider, co-founder and keyboardist of the influential German electronic music group Kraftwerk, has died at the age of 73. “Kraftwerk co-founder and electro pioneer Ralf Hütter has sent us ...

Schneider formed the group with Ralf Hütter in 1970. With the band's use of homemade and custom-built instruments, the group is credit with pioneering electronic music. Their influence spread to ...

Florian Schneider — cofounder of German electronic-music pioneers Kraftwerk, one of the most influential groups of the past 50 years — has died after a brief battle with cancer, a rep confirmed to ...

MORRISON, Colo. — Fresh off their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk have announced a new North American tour. Kraftwerk's immersive "3-D" concert ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

MORRISON, Colo. — German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk will bring their first U.S. tour in four years to Colorado in celebration of their 50th anniversary. Kraftwerk's immersive "3-D" concert ...