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20 years ago Nine Inch Nails brought Atari Teenage Riot on their European tour. 1999 was a intense year in music. And Atari Teenage Riot was heading towards their most nihilistic “Live At Brixton Academy“ moment - all fans know what that means.... We’re glad we made it out alive in the end.... It was also the year where our videos got banned from MTV, most music press really made an effort to destroy us... the Berlin scene was falling apart fast. “Incite the fight and we won’t slow down - psychological warfare pulverizing my mind” Carl Crack in the song Western Decay (60 Second Wipeout) #atr #atariteenageriot #alecempire #nicendo #carlcrack #hannahelias #digitalhardcore #60secondwipeout #electronicmusic #90s #elektrarecords #techno #mtv #nin #nineinchnails #europe #1999 #westerndecay https://www.instagram.com/p/B45zdl2i4qh/?igshid=zwq0rq7rwbzz

20 years ago Atari Teenage Riot was crashing like a tank hit by a rocket. Burnt out, sick, tired but furious, the end of the world seemed near: 1999, then switch... 2000 the final show was recorded... When Nic Endo, Alec Empire and Carl Crack took the stage at Brixton Academy in London, UK, they knew that this was the end of the 90s, Digital Hardcore and ATR.... but they decided that the only option they had left was to a t t a c k.... There was no doubt that it was, and still is the loudest noise show ever played to the biggest audience, and the discussion that followed it was more about dB levels. Some argued it was 130dB, others claimed it was more like 120dB. “Definitely louder than Motorhead” “Louder than My Bloody Valentine” We say... who cares? Noise music is about using a very wide frequency range and make that a physical experience for the listener. It is ‘information overload’ to those who can’t take that much energy, but those who look for this intensity? They reach for the volume button and press up up up up... in the red... that’s how we live life... if you don’t go over the edge you might never know who you really are.... 💥💥💥💥💥💥 #atariteenageriot #bandcamp #alecempire #nicendo #carlcrack #nin #nineinchnails #london #brixtonacademy #uk #england #noise #noisemusic #1999 #y2k #moogerfooger #digitalhardcore #electronicmusic #motorhead #mybloodyvalentine #techno #electronicmusic #musichistory #nme https://www.instagram.com/p/B5VRe5KlNIa/?igshid=ed2jod4czfzy

Carl Crack and Alec Empire during Atari Teenage Riot’s first tour in Japan January 1997. 3 months later the album ‘Burn Berlin Burn’ would come out on the Beastie Boys’ label Grand Royal. #atariteenageriot #90s #1997 #japan #alecempire #carlcrack #burnberlinburn #beastieboys #digitalhardcore #electronica #techno #cyberpunk #hackerculture #grandroyal #sunglasses #parka #underground https://www.instagram.com/p/B1d54YdifNX/?igshid=ekhqq2pgaxpq

Nic Endo: “Yes, I was part of the scene, but controlling the machines on stage, adding white noise and sound effects was something I didn’t think was possible at first. But at that time the fans just wanted more energy, so I just pushed the music further, made it harder. Alec and Carl gave me total freedom, Alec encouraged me to push it all to a new level during the live shows. I was surprised that he even allowed it, but he said: “That’s cool! Don’t respect the songs too much. This is about anarchy and freedom.” I understood years later that he wants musicians to always add their own thing, develop their own personality on stage, also in the ‘Alec Empire’ band. Usually when you come on board, a band wants you to fit in, find your little space, but with this thing… It’s like coming in and figuring everything out for yourself. These were big shows. I started with Atari Teenage Riot in these places in the US with a few thousand capacity, so suddenly there is a lot of pressure, but it’s not about following the rules, so you learn very fast that it’s about letting go of fear and respect and to decide in the moment what will work.” (from interview 20th of March 2015, Wicked Channel) #nicendo #atariteenageriot #interview #electronicmusic #edm #techno #digitalhardcore #atr #music #cyberpunk #carlcrack #alecempire https://www.instagram.com/p/B3b-dooCrcc/?igshid=1tovonx2lrpg2

Atari Teenage Riot - Sick To Death E.P. was released in 1997. Although Nic Endo had already joined the band, she wasn‘t featured on the album artwork. She did appear though in the music video shot & directed by Philipp Virus. On the b-side Carl Crack delivers one of his most killer performances on the track “We’ve Got The Fucking Power”. The second single of the album “Future of War” was “Destroy 2000 Years Of Culture”. In the song ‘Sick To Death’ the riot grrl shouts appear, the lyrics ‘Burn Berlin Burn’. This would become the album title for the US release on the Beastie Boys’ label Grand Royal. A few years later German authorities censored the album, one reason was that its message is ‘too anti-fascist’. Let that sink in... Do you think music can be ‘too anti-fascist’? #atariteenageriot #alecempire #nicendo #carlcrack #hannineliaz #atr #digitalhardcore #dhr #grandroyal #beastieboys #techno #cyberpunk #909 #berlin #90s #usa #vinyl #vinylcover #artwork #digitalculture https://www.instagram.com/p/B21ggjWCY5Z/?igshid=159n9h47rh0d7

1997 was a great year for music? Do you think the so called ‘music critics’ were right when they celebrated the end of this era in 2000? Let us know in the comment section... Atari Teenage Riot ps: new tourdates will be announced soon! plus new music! 💥💥💥👊🏻👊🏾👊💥💥💥 #atariteenageriot #alecempire #nicendo #wutangclan #ratm #rageagainstthemachine #electronicmusic #tour #tourposter #1997 #usa #america #rock #musichistory #rockmusic #hiphop #odb #rza #carlcrack #electronica https://www.instagram.com/p/B2mK9ULl2uN/?igshid=rhbqr1c8r9yt

‘You know that violence is a disease it’s going to be a part of your lives and our future if we don’t do something against it But if we put our energies together it could be a very powerful era’ Carl Crack wrote these words in 1992. Neo-Nazis were constantly attacking immigrants and asylum seekers all over Germany. While the politicians in charge played the events down in the media. The police? They were always very slow to respond. The music critics? They were criticizing ATR’s lyrics for being ‘naive’ and ‘paranoid’. According to them there was no problem. Carl Crack was just writing about his experiences and his life. He didn’t go to university to know this, he saw it every day on the streets, in his neighborhood. And he didn’t want to accept to live in a society that was turning towards violence as a solution. Atari Teenage Riot #atariteenageriot #carlcrack #atr #lyrics #kidsareunited #digitalhardcore #90s #electronica #techno #punk #electronicmusic #edm #breakcore #breakbeat #nonaggressionprinciple #hackerculture #cyberpunk #phonogram #vertigo https://www.instagram.com/p/B1tWuuwFzfH/?igshid=gs1s9qp6rxqd