Arch-provocateur DJ Hell (or simply Hell) is one of the most revered and influential figures in the history of electronic music. Born Helmut Josef Geier on September 6, 1962 and brought up in the tiny Bavarian market town of Altenmarkt an der Alz, Hell grew up on the outsider electronic music of the '60s and '70s, never imagining there would one day be money in it. Beginning his mixing career while still a teenager, Hell moved through punk and new wave to electro, house and hip-hop by the mid-'80s. His DJ'ing gradually led to the start of his production career, and one of his ...