The band was originally formed by Boris Blank (keyboards, sampling, percussion, backing vocals) and Carlos Perón (tapes) in the late 1970s.

The song appears in numerous films and television shows, including Ferris Bueller's Day Off and an episode of South Park "Hell on Earth 2006".

[2] Along with Talking Heads vocalist David Byrne, Meier was a guest artist on the X-Press 2 album Muzikizum.

[citation needed] In the 1990s Meier continued his performance art, designed silk scarves and was involved with ReWATCH, a company that recycles cans into watches.

[12] In 1989 Meier played a demimonde businessman in the Swiss drama-comedy Leo Sonnyboy by Rolf Lyssy,[13] and in 1992 he had a part in the Daniel Schmid comedy, Hors Saison.

He acquired a controlling interest in Euphonix, a producer of digital mixing desks for recording studios, and became chairman of the board.

[18][19] His successful investments in companies and business ventures during the last decades have brought Meier assets which are estimated around 150-200 million Swiss franc as of 2017[update].