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* JoinTheArmyTheySaid: "Thoughts of A Soldier" is about a soldier's anger at how he has been treated.
-->''Remembering the last words: It won't be long I promise.''
-->''Remembering the last words: It won't be long I promise.''
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* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: a fairly consistent 8.
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* GutturalGrowler: all of the vocals.
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* GutturalGrowler: HarshVocals: The band's songs are all of the vocals.sung in a rough, guttural voice.
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* DrivenToSuicide: "Our Life"
-->I don't have the power to live anymore
-->The destination's much too far
-->Too weak to live - too strong to die
-->Born to lose, I'm the opposite of a winner
-->I point the gun at my head...
-->I don't have the power to live anymore
-->The destination's much too far
-->Too weak to live - too strong to die
-->Born to lose, I'm the opposite of a winner
-->I point the gun at my head...
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* DrivenToSuicide: The narrator of "Our Life"
-->I don't have the power to live anymore
-->The destination's much too far
-->Too weak to live - too strong to die
-->Born to lose, I'm the opposite of a winner
-->I point the gun at my head...Life".
-->I don't have the power to live anymore
-->The destination's much too far
-->Too weak to live - too strong to die
-->Born to lose, I'm the opposite of a winner
-->I point the gun at my head...
* GratuitousEnglish: They often sing in perfectly fine English but the random line "Hey fuck you!" in "Mein Weg" (which is in German) is a textbook example of this trope.
* ListSong: "Under Deck" is about a warship crew who gets shot at by a different enemy ship in each verse.
* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: a fairly consistent 8.
* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: a fairly consistent 8.
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* ObligatoryBondageSong: "Spread Your Legs". "Shaven" is one too, albeit to a lesser extent and played for FanDisservice.
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* ObligatoryBondageSong: "Spread Your Legs". "Shaven" is one too, albeit to a lesser extent and this played for FanDisservice.
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* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: The message may be anti-war, but the music is very catchy and aggressive.
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* HarsherInHindsight: "Body Count" is about a terrorist attack "much worse than Oklahoma" with bodies "burnt beyond recognition". It was released just a year before 9/11 and was therefore [[TooSoon omitted from their US tour]] that year.
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* IAmNotShazam: Nobody in the band has the name Vogt.
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Funker Vogt are a German [[{{Industrial}} Electro-Industrial]] band founded by Jens Kästel and Gerrit Thomas in 1995. "Funker" is German for "Radio Operator" and "Vogt" is a German surname— the band was named after Stephen Vogt, a friend of Gerrit Thomas who was a military radio operator. Much of their work is about various aspects of humanity's violent nature and how WarIsHell for everyone involved.
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Funker Vogt are a German [[{{Industrial}} Electro-Industrial]] band founded by Jens Kästel and Gerrit Thomas in 1995. "Funker" is German for "Radio Operator" and "Vogt" is a German surname— the band was named after Stephen Stephan Vogt, a friend of Gerrit Thomas who was a military radio operator. Much of their work is about various aspects of humanity's violent nature and how WarIsHell for everyone involved.
* DrivenToSuicide: "Our Life"
-->I don't have the power to live anymore
-->The destination's much too far
-->Too weak to live - too strong to die
-->Born to lose, I'm the opposite of a winner
-->I point the gun at my head...
-->I don't have the power to live anymore
-->The destination's much too far
-->Too weak to live - too strong to die
-->Born to lose, I'm the opposite of a winner
-->I point the gun at my head...
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* GutturalGrowler: Both Kästel and Korn have low, raspy voices.
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* GutturalGrowler: Both Kästel and Korn have low, raspy voices.all of the vocals.
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* IAmNotShazam: Nobody in the band has the name Vogt.
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* OneLetterTitle: the EP ''T''
* ObligatoryBondageSong: "Spread Your Legs". "Shaven" is one too, albeit to a lesser extent and played for FanDisservice.
* PoliceState: "The State Within"
-->''They can fake everything''
-->''To prove that you are guilty''
-->''They can erase your life''
-->''Steal your whole identity''
-->''There's not much you can do''
-->''Resistance is impossible''
-->''In the end they take your life''
-->''[[UnPerson And no one knows you have been there]]''
* RecurringRiff: a certain eight-bar progression appears in many of their songs.
* ObligatoryBondageSong: "Spread Your Legs". "Shaven" is one too, albeit to a lesser extent and played for FanDisservice.
* PoliceState: "The State Within"
-->''They can fake everything''
-->''To prove that you are guilty''
-->''They can erase your life''
-->''Steal your whole identity''
-->''There's not much you can do''
-->''Resistance is impossible''
-->''In the end they take your life''
-->''[[UnPerson And no one knows you have been there]]''
* RecurringRiff: a certain eight-bar progression appears in many of their songs.
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* VocalDissonance: Jens Kästel has a very deep, guttural voice but is [[http://www.mylot.com/image/1208805/jens-k-stel-statistic-according-to fairly handsome]].
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Funker Vogt are a German [[{{Industrial}} Electro-Industrial]] band founded by Jens Kästel and Gerrit Thomas in 1995. "Funker" is German for "Radio Operator" and "Vogt" is a German surname— the band was named after Stephen Vogt, a friend of Gerrit Thomas who was a military radio operator. Much of their work is about various aspects of humanity's violent nature and how WarIsHell for everyone involved.
In 2013, Sacha Korn (codenamed Sick Man) replaced Jens Kästel as lead vocalist after the latter's retirement. Controversy erupted when it was brought to light that some of Korn's work has been featured on a far-right compilation CD.
!Discography as of 2013
* ''Thanks for Nothing'' (1996)
* ''We Came to Kill'' (1997)
* ''Killing Time Again'' (1998)
* ''Execution Tracks'' (1998)
* ''Maschine Zeit'' (2000)
* ''T'' (2000/2001)
* ''Survivor'' (2002)
* ''Revivor'' (2003)
* ''Navigator'' (2005)
* ''Aviator'' (2007)
* ''Blutzoll'' (2010)
* ''Companion In Crime'' (2013)
!This band provides examples of
* AuthorTract: a majority of their songs are anti-war in some way.
* ChildSoldiers: "Child Soldier"
* CoverVersion: They did a cover of "Get Off" by Music/{{Prince}}. No really. They've also covered "Harvester of Sorrow" by Music/{{Metallica}}.
* DealWithTheDevil: In "Funker Vogt 2nd Unit", the titular character sells his soul to the Devil and together they try and corrupt humanity. It doesn't work... because HumansAreBastards already.
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: The message may be anti-war, but the music is very catchy and aggressive.
* FanDisservice: "Shaven" is about a sadomasochist who derives pleasure from shaving women's pubes. Bloody semen is also involved.
* FootballHooligans: the subject of "The Firm"
* GutturalGrowler: Both Kästel and Korn have low, raspy voices.
* HarsherInHindsight: "Body Count" is about a terrorist attack "much worse than Oklahoma" with bodies "burnt beyond recognition". It was released just a year before 9/11 and was therefore [[TooSoon omitted from their US tour]] that year.
* HomingProjectile: "Fire And Forget" is about fire-and-forget missiles.
* HumansAreBastards
* {{Industrial}}
* JoinTheArmyTheySaid: "Thoughts of A Soldier" is about a soldier's anger at how he has been treated.
-->''Remembering the last words: It won't be long I promise.''
* SequelSong: "Tragic Hero", "Fallen Hero", and "Arising Hero" collectively are called the Hero Trilogy.
** "Funker Vogt" is about a soldier of the same name joining the military, then going into battle and getting killed. In "Funker Vogt 2nd Unit" he becomes an evil spirit after selling his soul to the Devil.
* ShellShockedVeteran: "Survivor" is from the point of view of a morphine addict trying to escape from his memories of being wounded in a beach landing.
** The repeated line "The world moved on and left me here" in "Thoughts of A Soldier" can be interpreted this way as well.
* {{Sampling}}: Shouldn't come as a surprise given the genre.
* ShoutOut: "Red Queen" is one to Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass, in which Alice and the Red Queen find themselves running and running but not getting anywhere.
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Für Dich," a peaceful love song.
* TitleTrack: "Thanks For Nothing", "Maschine Zeit", "Navigator", "Survivor"
* ThisIsYourSong: "Für Dich" is German for "For You."
* WarIsHell: the theme of most songs.
Funker Vogt are a German [[{{Industrial}} Electro-Industrial]] band founded by Jens Kästel and Gerrit Thomas in 1995. "Funker" is German for "Radio Operator" and "Vogt" is a German surname— the band was named after Stephen Vogt, a friend of Gerrit Thomas who was a military radio operator. Much of their work is about various aspects of humanity's violent nature and how WarIsHell for everyone involved.
In 2013, Sacha Korn (codenamed Sick Man) replaced Jens Kästel as lead vocalist after the latter's retirement. Controversy erupted when it was brought to light that some of Korn's work has been featured on a far-right compilation CD.
!Discography as of 2013
* ''Thanks for Nothing'' (1996)
* ''We Came to Kill'' (1997)
* ''Killing Time Again'' (1998)
* ''Execution Tracks'' (1998)
* ''Maschine Zeit'' (2000)
* ''T'' (2000/2001)
* ''Survivor'' (2002)
* ''Revivor'' (2003)
* ''Navigator'' (2005)
* ''Aviator'' (2007)
* ''Blutzoll'' (2010)
* ''Companion In Crime'' (2013)
!This band provides examples of
* AuthorTract: a majority of their songs are anti-war in some way.
* ChildSoldiers: "Child Soldier"
* CoverVersion: They did a cover of "Get Off" by Music/{{Prince}}. No really. They've also covered "Harvester of Sorrow" by Music/{{Metallica}}.
* DealWithTheDevil: In "Funker Vogt 2nd Unit", the titular character sells his soul to the Devil and together they try and corrupt humanity. It doesn't work... because HumansAreBastards already.
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: The message may be anti-war, but the music is very catchy and aggressive.
* FanDisservice: "Shaven" is about a sadomasochist who derives pleasure from shaving women's pubes. Bloody semen is also involved.
* FootballHooligans: the subject of "The Firm"
* GutturalGrowler: Both Kästel and Korn have low, raspy voices.
* HarsherInHindsight: "Body Count" is about a terrorist attack "much worse than Oklahoma" with bodies "burnt beyond recognition". It was released just a year before 9/11 and was therefore [[TooSoon omitted from their US tour]] that year.
* HomingProjectile: "Fire And Forget" is about fire-and-forget missiles.
* HumansAreBastards
* {{Industrial}}
* JoinTheArmyTheySaid: "Thoughts of A Soldier" is about a soldier's anger at how he has been treated.
-->''Remembering the last words: It won't be long I promise.''
* SequelSong: "Tragic Hero", "Fallen Hero", and "Arising Hero" collectively are called the Hero Trilogy.
** "Funker Vogt" is about a soldier of the same name joining the military, then going into battle and getting killed. In "Funker Vogt 2nd Unit" he becomes an evil spirit after selling his soul to the Devil.
* ShellShockedVeteran: "Survivor" is from the point of view of a morphine addict trying to escape from his memories of being wounded in a beach landing.
** The repeated line "The world moved on and left me here" in "Thoughts of A Soldier" can be interpreted this way as well.
* {{Sampling}}: Shouldn't come as a surprise given the genre.
* ShoutOut: "Red Queen" is one to Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass, in which Alice and the Red Queen find themselves running and running but not getting anywhere.
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Für Dich," a peaceful love song.
* TitleTrack: "Thanks For Nothing", "Maschine Zeit", "Navigator", "Survivor"
* ThisIsYourSong: "Für Dich" is German for "For You."
* WarIsHell: the theme of most songs.
