Latest Release
- APR 6, 2023
- 10 Songs
- Essentials · 1987
- Damals hinterm Mond · 1991
- Essentials · 1993
- Essentials · 2005
- Live im Tempodrom · 2019
- Essentials · 2015
- Schafe, Monster und Mäuse · 2018
- Mittelpunkt der Welt · 2005
- Schafe, Monster und Mäuse · 2018
- Essentials · 2014
- 2023
- 2005
- 2001
- 1999
- 1996
Live Albums
- 2019
Compilations
- 2015
About Element of Crime
German rock group Element of Crime began in 1985, shortly after a different Berlin-based band to which Sven Regener (vocals, guitar, and trumpet) and Jakob Ilja (guitar) belonged, dissolved. Not wanting to quit music, however, the duo added other members, called themselves Element of Crime, and started playing around town. In 1986, their debut full-length, Basically Sad, was released on indie label ATA TAK, after which Polydor began to take interest in the group. ~ Marisa Brown
- ORIGIN
- West Berlin, Germany
- FORMED
- March 1985
- GENRE
- Rock