:wumpscut:
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Wumpscut (stylised as :wumpscut: or simply :w:) is a gothic-influenced electro-industrial music project from Germany. It was founded in May 1991 by Bavarian disc jockey Rudolf "Rudy" Ratzinger (born 1966). Through 2016, Rudy Ratzinger released seventeen studio albums plus a number of compilations: demos, compilation tracks, and remixes from deleted singles and EPs.
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- Wumpscut
- Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.background
- solo_singer
- Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.birth_name
- Rudolf Ratzinger
- Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.alias
- Rudy Ratzinger
- Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.birth_place
- Gangkofen, Bavaria, West Germany
- Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.origin
- Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.years_active
- 1991–present
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- Official website
- www.wumpscut.com
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- inception
- 1991-00-00
- start of work period
- 1991-00-00
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- :W:
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Wumpscut (stylised as :wumpscut: or simply :w:) is a gothic-influenced electro-industrial music project from Germany. It was founded in May 1991 by Bavarian disc jockey Rudolf "Rudy" Ratzinger (born 1966). Through 2016, Rudy Ratzinger released seventeen studio albums plus a number of compilations: demos, compilation tracks, and remixes from deleted singles and EPs.
== History == Rudy Ratzinger is the sole member of Wumpscut, occasionally employing the help of guest artists (such as Aleta Welling, P·A·L, Selene etc.), although such collaborations were minimal in scope. Ratzinger cites the influence of such bands as Leæther Strip as his reason for making the transfer from DJing to recording music: "I was a DJ for several years and was tired of offering the audience only alien stuff. The first Leæther Strip works were responsible for trying something on my own."