Atari Teenage Riot

Atari Teenage Riot
Nic Endo and Alec Empire performing at Fusion Festival in 2010
Background information
Origin	Berlin, Germany
Genres	Digital hardcore, hardcore techno, hardcore punk, drum and bass, industrial metal, noise, experimental
Years active	1992–2000, 2010–present
Labels	Digital Hardcore, Phonogram, Grand Royal, Dim Mak
Members	Alec Empire Nic Endo CX KiDTRONiK Rowdy Superstar
Past members	Hanin Elias Carl Crack

Atari Teenage Riot (abbreviated ATR) is a German digital hardcore group formed in Berlin in 1992. The name was taken from a Portuguese Joe song entitled "Teenage Riot" from the album Teen-age Riot, with the word 'Atari' added as an Atari ST computer was used to create compositions. Highly political, they fused anarchist, anti-fascist and anti-Nazi views with punk vocals and the newly emerging techno sound called digital hardcore, which is a term band member Alec Empire used as the name of his record label.

The group was founded as an attack on the Neo-Nazi subculture by fusing hardcore punk views with German techno; it consisted of three Berliners—Alec Empire, Hanin Elias and MC Carl Crack. ATR's early releases (which included the track "Hetzjagd Auf Nazis!"/"Hunt Down the Nazis!") were surrounded by controversy in Germany.

After signing to major European label Phonogram Records in 1993, the band received a large financial advance which they duplicitously used to set up their own record label: Digital Hardcore Recordings (DHR). ATR never delivered a commercially viable demo to Phonogram.

The major label Intercord signed the group in 1995 for Germany. ATR's record label Digital Hardcore Recordings released the debut album "Delete Yourself!" internationally. In 1996 the Beastie Boys licensed the album and released it in the USA with extra songs under the title "Burn Berlin Burn" on their label Grand Royal.