Einstürzende Neubauten – Elektrokohle Konzert 2, Medley (1989)

Einstürzende Neubauten – VEB Elektrokohle, 2nd Show, 21 Dec 1989
Medley: Negativ Nein, Armenia, Zerstörte Zelle, Ich Bins

ELEKTROKOHLE (VON WEGEN) (Deutschland 2009) is a documentary about the first concert by the EINSTUERZENDE NEUBAUTEN in East Berlin, December 21, 1989. Director Uli M Schueppel compiled his archived concert footage – shot during two shows that night – to accompany the Von Wegen (OFF WAYS) documentary, released in 2009 for the 20th anniversary of the German reunification.  (Extract from DVD bonus material.)

*Related Post: Von Wegen (OFF WAYS) Dec 21, 2009

Von Wegen (OFF WAYS)

Einstuerzende Neubauten – preparing to leave for the East (21 Dec 1989)

At noon on December 21st, 1989 the members of Einstuerzende Neubauten – a band then hailed as a West-German cult export – hit the road in West Berlin for their very first concert in East Berlin, (still) capital of the GDR. In the film, it is still a long, strange journey from Berlin Kreuzberg to Berlin Lichtenberg, into the Wilhelm Pieck-Hall of the industrial plant VEB Elektrokohle. The Berlin Wall is still standing and there are still tedious border control…

Continue for LIVE VIDEO, PHOTO & INTERVIEWS