Klaus Walter lives in Frankfurt am Main and has been writing about pop culture, soccer and politics since the mid-70s. In the 80s he was an editor at the magazine Pflasterstrand, and since 1984 he has been a radio DJ at Hessischer Rundfunk. In 2005, "Plattenspieler" was published, a joint discussion book with Frank Witzel and Thomas Meinecke. The sequel was published in 2009 under the title "Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland." Walter is currently working on a book about the history of Frankfurt subcultures. Klaus Walter has written for Spex, Frieze, Süddeutsche Zeitung, TAZ, WOZ, Jungle World and Konkret, among others. He also works regularly for DLF, Deutschlandradio Kultur, BR, NDR, WDR and HR.
Since the 1990s, Klaus Walter has regularly given workshops and seminars on pop and radio. Since 2008, Klaus Walter has been working as an editor and presenter at ByteFM, where he creates the programs Was ist Musik and taz.mixtape, among others.