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Their mesmeric, expressive music evolved through many incarnations and a great deal of adversity. The first incarnation of the band appeared in 1977\/78, in the midst of Australia’s nascent punk scene and re-grouped in London in 1984. The later line-up of singer Simon Bonney, Einstürzende Neubauten’s guitarist Alexander Hacke, DAF’s synth player Chrislo Haas, jazz bassist Thomas Stern, violinist Bronwyn Adams and Bad Seed’s Mick Harvey on drums recorded 3 studio albums in quick succession.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrime’s freedom of expression and adventurousness reached an apex on 1990’s \u003ci\u003eParadise Discotheque\u003c\/i\u003e and its epic Last Dictator saga, which spanned four songs laid out like chapters at the album’s conclusion. 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The album includes the remarkable ‘Six Bells Chime,’ which caught the attention of acclaimed German filmmaker Wim Wenders who invited the band to perform the song live in his 1988 masterpiece Wings of Desire. 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