Einstürzende Neubauten is an avant-garde music band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980.

The band is often classified as industrial music. One of their 'trademarks' is the use of custom made instruments (usually, but not always, made out of scrap metal and building tools) and noises, in addition to standard musical instruments. Neubauten has always experimented with sounds, originally in noise music and recently in very diverse styles.

The band name is usually translated into English as "Collapsing New Buildings". "Collapsing" here is a participial adjective, not the progressive participle of a transitive verb, i.e. the intended meaning is "buildings that are collapsing". Neubauten ("new buildings" in English) is a general term referring to buildings constructed in Germany after 1945. These are often regarded as cheaper, flimsier, and less aesthetically attractive than Altbauten, or pre-1945, especially pre-modernist buildings. Due to the extensive destruction throughout Germany during the Second World War, and the extensive rebuilding thereafter, Neubauten constitute a very familiar element of German cities.

Discography

* Stahlmusik (1980)
* Kollaps (1981)
* Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T. (1983)
* Halber Mensch (1985)
* Fünf auf der nach oben offenen Richterskala (1987)
* Haus der Lüge (1989)
* Tabula Rasa (1993)
* Ende Neu (1996)
* Silence Is Sexy (2000)
* Perpetuum Mobile (2004)
* Alles wieder offen (2007)

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