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3	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 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.
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5	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.
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7	!Discography as of 2013
8	* ''Thanks for Nothing'' (1996)
9	* ''We Came to Kill'' (1997)
10	* ''Killing Time Again'' (1998)
11	* ''Execution Tracks'' (1998)
12	* ''Maschine Zeit'' (2000)
13	* ''T'' (2000/2001)
14	* ''Survivor'' (2002)
15	* ''Revivor'' (2003)
16	* ''Navigator'' (2005)
17	* ''Aviator'' (2007)
18	* ''Blutzoll'' (2010)
19	* ''Companion In Crime'' (2013)
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22	!This band provides examples of
23	* AuthorTract: a majority of their songs are anti-war in some way.
24	* ChildSoldiers: "Child Soldier"
25	* CoverVersion: They did a cover of "Get Off" by Music/{{Prince}}. No really. They've also covered "Harvester of Sorrow" by Music/{{Metallica}}.
26	* 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.
27	* DrivenToSuicide: The narrator of "Our Life".
28	* FanDisservice: "Shaven" is about a sadomasochist who derives pleasure from shaving women's pubes. Bloody semen is also involved.
29	* FootballHooligans: the subject of "The Firm"
30	* 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.
31	* HarshVocals: The band's songs are all sung in a rough, guttural voice.
32	* HomingProjectile: "Fire And Forget" is about fire-and-forget missiles.
33	* HumansAreBastards
34	* {{Industrial}}
35	* ListSong: "Under Deck" is about a warship crew who gets shot at by a different enemy ship in each verse.
36	* OneLetterTitle: the EP ''T''
37	* ObligatoryBondageSong: "Spread Your Legs". "Shaven" is this played for FanDisservice.
38	* PoliceState: "The State Within"
39	-->''They can fake everything''
40	-->''To prove that you are guilty''
41	-->''They can erase your life''
42	-->''Steal your whole identity''
43	-->''There's not much you can do''
44	-->''Resistance is impossible''
45	-->''In the end they take your life''
46	-->''[[UnPerson And no one knows you have been there]]''
47	* RecurringRiff: a certain eight-bar progression appears in many of their songs.
48	* SequelSong: "Tragic Hero", "Fallen Hero", and "Arising Hero" collectively are called the Hero Trilogy.
49	** "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.
50	* 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.
51	** The repeated line "The world moved on and left me here" in "Thoughts of A Soldier" can be interpreted this way as well.
52	* {{Sampling}}: Shouldn't come as a surprise given the genre.
53	* ShoutOut: "Red Queen" is one to Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass, in which Alice and the Red Queen find themselves running and running but not getting anywhere.
54	* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Für Dich," a peaceful love song.
55	* TitleTrack: "Thanks For Nothing", "Maschine Zeit", "Navigator", "Survivor"
56	* ThisIsYourSong: "Für Dich" is German for "For You."
57	* 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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