Einstürzende Neubauten - Listen With Pain - Rough Trade

Along with Can and Kraftwerk, Einstürzende Neubauten are amongst the most important bands to come of late 20th Century Germany. "Listen In Pain" is a documentary celebration of their twentieth birthday, shot by long time fans and filmmakers Christian Beetz and Birgit Herdilitchke. A candid investigation of the strange, often controversial career of Einstürzende Neubauten, the band reveal much about their inspirations and interpersonal relationships, creating a wholly satisfying and highly entertaining portrait of a unique and highly innovative phenomenon.
"Listen with Pain" explores the creative process in extensive detail. Littered with musical extracts from various stages of the band's career it reveals the development and metamorphosis of a band at the forefront of the European, industial avant-garde movement. Along with extensive interivew and behind the scenes footage of the band there are interviews with Stevo of label Some Bizarre and friend and collaborator Nick Cave.
For fans of Einstürzende Neubauten this is an invaluable addition to their collection and for the uninhabitated it is a matchless introduction.