Uwe Kanka and Dirk Krause met in 1986 in Kassel, Germany, at a shared

Uwe Kanka and Dirk Krause met in 1986 in Kassel, Germany, at a shared rehearsal space where Krause was working with a synthpop band and Kanka was with a new wave band called Beat The Beat. Uwe had self-taught to play guitar and Dirk studied piano at a music college. The pair rented an apartment and began to play music together, formalizing as a band by December 1988. It soon became clear that the duo wanted to work together on music that was more electronic and aggressive, which eventually led them to Music Research and Talla 2XLC (Andreas Tomalla). Armageddon Dildos were one of the first acts on the Music research imprint Zoth Ommog Records , alongside other significant acts such as Leæther Strip , X Marks the Pedwalk , and Tomalla’s own band, Bigod 20 .