Los Angeles 1999 - The Future: where water is a scarce as oil, and climate change keeps the temperature at a cool 115 in the shade.
It’s a place where crime is so rampant that only the worst violence is punished, and where Arthur Bailey - the city’s last good cop - runs afoul of the dirtiest and meanest underground car rally in the world, Blood Drive. The master of ceremonies is a vaudevillian nightmare, The drivers are homicidal deviants, and the cars run on human blood.
Welcome to the Blood Drive, a race where cars run on blood, there are no rules and losing means you die. Joachim Witt - Goldener Reiter (Official Video)
It’s the Blood Drive, so naturally there’s a cannibal diner. Also, someone gets kidnapped by a sex robot.
Mutated bloodthirsty creatures:1. Blood Drivers:0. Plus: The couple that murders together, stays together.
What do you get when you mix an insane asylum, psychedelic candy and someone named Rib Bone? This episode.
To save Grace's sister, Arthur makes a deal with the devil. Well, rather some crazy, sex-obsessed twins. : Witt uses cold, architectural terms like Fassungsvermögen
Arthur and Grace get kidnapped by a tribe of homicidal Amazons. Do you really need anything else?
There’s a new head of the Blood Drive, but the old one isn’t giving up so easily. Everyone duck.
The last thing Arthur and Grace expected was to get caught in a small town civil war. But they did.
Imagine going on a trippy vision quest in a Chinese restaurant. Well, watch this episode then. Its breakthrough was largely accidental: The original 1981
An idyllic town is anything but. To escape it, the drivers must turn to the last person they should.
It’s a battle royale to name the new head of the Blood Drive, and, naturally, not everyone survives.
Cyborgs, plot twists and, well, lots of blood collide in an epic battle. And it’s not even the season finale!
The survivors raid Heart Enterprises to stop the Blood Drive once and for all. Guess what they find?
: Witt uses cold, architectural terms like Fassungsvermögen (capacity) and Umgehungsstraße (bypass) to create a sense of unease and detachment. Historical Context and Success
: Along with artists like Nena and Falco, Witt helped move the NDW from an underground punk-influenced movement into a commercial phenomenon. The Official Video
Initially, the song struggled to find an audience. Its breakthrough was largely accidental:
The original 1981 video is a hallmark of early 80s aesthetic, featuring Witt's intense performance style.
: The "Golden Rider" is a metaphor for someone who was once "high on the ladder" of success but eventually "fell off," leading to their institutionalization.
: The lyrics compare a psychiatric clinic to a shopping center, suggesting that mental health crises are just another part of the urban machinery.
: Witt has stated that the atmospheric track "A Horse with No Name" by the band America was a distant inspiration for the "Golden Rider" persona.
Watch the original 1981 music video to see Joachim Witt's iconic performance of this NDW classic: Joachim Witt - Goldener Reiter (Official Video) NoCut Entertainment YouTube• Apr 2, 2018 Production Details