Ta for the recs, Moonie and Ming. When I said I'd heard no metal, I wasn't entirely telling the truth. This is for moonie I guess: it's an early '80s German band called Warning who were like a cross between Rammstein and Kraftwerk/Tangerine Dream... Tangerine Rammstein. Just hilarious and endlessly fun (plus they can be strangely atmospheric). Their second album's almost as good, too, but their first is on youtube in its entirety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP5RptPNV-I
EDIT: Moonie, Ming and MACHINERYELF! The alliterative triumvirate of HH'ers is finally complete.