Nitzer Ebb

Nitzer Ebb
Nitzer Ebb live 2011
Background information
Origin	Essex, England, U.K.
Genres	EBM, post-industrial, electronic, industrial rock
Years active	1982–1995, 2006-present
Labels	Mute Records Geffen Records (US)
Associated acts	Fixmer/McCarthy, Depeche Mode, Recoil, Die Krupps, Derrick May, KLOQ (band)
Members	Bon Harris Douglas McCarthy Jason Payne
Past members	David Gooday Duc Nhan Nguyen Julian Beeston
Notable instruments
Synthesizer Drum machine Sequencer

Nitzer Ebb (pronounced ['nɪtsəɹ eb] or ['naɪtsəɹ eb]) are a British EBM group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends Vaughan "Bon" Harris (programming, synthesizers, drums, vocals), Douglas McCarthy (vocals), and David Gooday (drums).

Nitzer Ebb began work on new material in Los Angeles early in 2007, with a retrospective documentary still in the pipeline. During 2007, Nitzer Ebb continued its trend of replacing drummers as Kourtney Klein left the band to be replaced by Jason Payne. A first track, "Once You Say," with Depeche Mode songwriter Martin L. Gore on backing vocals, was played in June 2007 by Dave Clarke in his White Noise show on VPRO's 3 Voor 12. This track, along with "Payroll," were debuted live as Nitzer Ebb played a handful of shows and festivals during 2007. These tracks are featured on Nitzer Ebb's newest album, Industrial Complex.

McCarthy and Harris reunited up with Jason Payne and producer Flood to finish up the first new Nitzer Ebb record in over a decade. In the meantime, Fixmer/McCarthy released its second album in June 2008, Into the Night.

The band announced a US tour for fall–winter 2009 and were selected as the opening act of the January and February European and Russian dates of Depeche Mode's Tour of the Universe in 2010.

The single "Murderous" has been sampled by other electronic music acts, such as Information Society (on "Now That I Have You") and Kode IV (on "Success").