The Liebing text pretty much sums it up, but there´s more to the word.

When I started listening to techno, the Word "Schranz" had just started to be used in the Frankfurt Area, and no one really knew what it was. Back then I couldn´t tell Liebing from Sven Väth, but on that fateful night, when I was in the U60311 and I had my first E... I knew what "Schranz" was. ...well at least I thought I did, actually I didn´t know shit, but that´s about the point most people who use the word are at. The word itself in german has a strange sort of dynamics, kind of like the Word "Scheiße" (s hit), which can be used for pretty much everything; positive or negative. Kinda like f*ck in english.

Nowadays hardly anyone used the word Schranz anymore to describe their music, because it is no longer considered cool. Then again, at least when you say "Schranz", everyone knowsyou mean hard banging german techno. Personally.. I don´t really give a Schranz :roll: