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Alter Der Ruine (German for: Age of the Ruin (as in: years of existence of a derelict building)) is a power noise group from Tucson, Arizona. After self-releasing their first album The Ruine Process in August 2006 the band began playing shows across the southwestern United States and Mexico.
In 2007 the group was signed to Sistinas Music, expanded to four members and produced their second album State of Ruin, which features a remix by Assemblage 23.
In 2008, the third album was released by an industrial music label Crunch Pod based in California, USA. In 2009, the band released Beating a Dead Horse: The Relax And Ride It Single available as a free download from Vampire Freaks. In February 2010, a compilation album This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things was released for Europe by a German label ProNoize.
The band has received considerable radio and club play in Europe and ADR members have played shows in Spain as well.
Recently, the band has added Robert Sidwell to their line-up as percussion, synths and bass.
Other Projects
The members of Alter Der Ruine themselves are involved in numerous side projects, including the synthpop group Dust Is Noise (featuring Mike T on Vocals, Mike J on Drums, and Jacob on Synths), and Attack Decay Release, an electro-clash band featuring Mike T on vocals, Jacob on synths, Robert on bass and Mike J on drums.
Mike J also does live druming for Kevorkian Death Cycle and Assemblage 23.