1990s
In 1990, the band tried something completely new, recording the soundtrack for East German playwright Heiner Muller's play Die Hamletmaschine ("The Hamlet Machine") for East German radio Rundfunk der DDR.[6] The band image of Einsturzende Neubauten changed: Blixa Bargeld, formerly wearing punk/industrial style clothes, appeared at the live concerts in a suit.

1991 also saw the release of the double album, a best-of and rarities album, Strategies Against Architecture II. This collection included a musical setting of Heiner Muller's piece Bildbeschreibung ("Explosion of a Memory" or "Description of a Picture").

In Vienna, May 1992, Einsturzende Neubauten performed at The Academy of Fine Arts' 300th anniversary in a show by Erich Wonder, Das Auge des Taifun ("The eye of the typhoon").

The next album, Tabula Rasa (1993),[1] was an important turning point in the band's history, the music becoming softer and containing more electronic sounds.

In 1993, the band was booked to support U2 during the European leg of the Zoo TV Tour, but were thrown off the stage and off the tour when a band member threw an iron bar into the booing crowd.