Originally signed to Chris Parry's Fiction Records, the band released Disco Rigido in the late 1980s (distributed in the United States by Atlantic Records), which featured "Welcome To America", "Land of the Free" and "I've Got To Make Sense". Though the album falls solidly into the EBM genre, it contains hints of the experimentation and genre-bending that later recordings would feature (e.g. "Y Tagata en Situ").
A second album, Big Electric Metal Bass Face, built on the foundation laid with Disco Rigido and upped the ante with excursions into funk (listen to "Funkopolis" as well as the live take of "Coming Down"). Contributors to the band at the time included Chris Vrenna and James Woolley, who both served time in Nine Inch Nails during the mid-Nineties.
Marcus and Christie then teamed up with Jane Jensen to form Oxygiene 23, and released an album ("Blue") on Fifth Column Records.
Engine, a 1995 release on WaxTrax!, was a huge jump forward and found critical acclaim for its decimation of genre boundaries. Die Warzau could no longer be simply pigeonholed into the "industrial" category, as their music became more organic, rounder on the edges yet still retaining their trademark knack for insistent rhythm and pure, unrefined electronic noise. "Liberated" and "All Good Girls" became trademark songs for the group. Fellow WaxTrax! act Sister Machine Gun "inherited" an unused song from this period ("Hole In the Ground"), which they included on their Burn album.
Die Warzau as a group then went on hiatus for a number of years, with Marcus and Christie working on other projects--Jim Marcus founded the pure funk group Everplastic while Van Christie worked on Eco-Hed.
By 2005, though, the duo had reconvened and released Convenience (on their Chicago-based Pulseblack Records). A continuation of the path they started on with Engine, songs like "Radiation Babies", "Kleen" and "Linoleum" further blur any genre lines and leave something truly original. More output is expected from the group in 2006, including a collaboration with funk pioneer George Clinton.
Shakespeare
Die Warzau Lyrics
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I'm never never
I'm never never
I'm never never
Center of the man is the center of the government
Center of the mind is the center of the man
The lyrics to Die Warzau's "Shakespeare" have a few different possible interpretations, but one interpretation is that they're expressing the idea that power comes from the mind and the individual, rather than from any external sources. The repeated phrase "I'm never never" could be interpreted as denial of any external factors controlling the singer - they're saying that they're never influenced or affected by things outside their own control. This could relate to political power, as the first line mentions the "center of the government," or it could relate to personal power and autonomy.
The second line reinforces this idea, suggesting that the "center of the mind" is the key to the individual's power. Shakespeare, referenced in the title, is known for exploring the depths of human psychology in his writing, so it's possible that the song is drawing on this theme. Overall, the lyrics seem to be making a statement about self-reliance and the power of the individual.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm never never
I am always avoiding and evading something
I'm never never
I always try to escape from my reality
I'm never never
I never settle down and face my problems
I'm never never
I am always on the run from something
Center of the man is the center of the government
The core of a human being represents the core values and beliefs of the government
Center of the mind is the center of the man
A person's thoughts and ideas shape their personality and character
Contributed by Aria G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.