History Music / Neu

Their temperaments clashed and Dinger and Rother separated, and then reunited a couple of years later for their third and final album in the '70s, ''Neu!'75'', which was a two headed beast. On side one, there were Rother's ambient explorations, very focused on keyboards and his guitar playing, which was very fluid and devoid of stuff like chordal progression and blues scales [[note]] in fact, right from the beginnings of the group, like some of the best Krautrock groups, they didn't want to emulate English or American music in any way, shape or form [[/note]]. On side two, Dinger basically set the template for UK {{Punk|Rock}} music, at least two years (or three, if you count the A-side of single "Super") before the first singles by the Music/SexPistols and Music/TheDamned, with relentless single chord guitar pounding, distorted "motorik" beats bashed simultaneously by his brother Thomas and Hans Lampe, and Dinger's sneering, unintelligible vocals. They split and went separate ways (Dinger went to form ''La Düsseldorf'', who took that second side of the record UpToEleven, and Rother went to form ''Harmonia'' with Cluster and recording his debut solo album).

Their second album was even more amazing. After recording some songs (including "Für Immer," which Julian Cope, in his book ''Krautrocksampler'', called "Hallogallo, part two"), they found themselves short of money. Considering that they had released a single in between albums, they added the single (titled "Super",
with "Neuschnee" as a BSide) to the recorded tracks, but it still fell short of the desired recorded time. So, what did they do? Basically they took "Super" and "Neuschnee" and played them at different RPM (Rotations per Minute) and other methods like putting the record off-center at the turntable, hence anticipating the remix.

* BreakupBreakout:
** Averted with Neu! themselves. After leaving Music/{{Kraftwerk}}, the latter band released ''Autobahn'' (albeit with inspiration from Neu!) and went on to critical and commercial success, while Neu! were much more influential than they were successful.
** Klaus Dinger formed ''La Düsseldorf'' just before ''Neu! 75'' with latter day band members Thomas Dinger and Hans Lampe. After Neu! officially broke up, ''La Düsseldorf'' went on to sell over a million records in UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} and were about as critically lauded as Neu!.
* ChronologicalAlbumTitle

* RedOniBlueOni: ''Neu! 75'' showed the difference in temperaments between the two members most clearly. Dinger's compositions anticipated PunkRock, while Rother's were more gentle and ambient.

* RedOniBlueOni: Dinger's compositions anticipated PunkRock, while Rother's were more gentle and ambient.

** "Hallogallo" is a play on the German slang term ''halligalli'', meaning a wild party, and ''[[{{Hello}} hallo]]''.

Among the people influenced by them, there were: Music/DavidBowie, Music/IggyPop, Music/BrianEno, Music/OrchestralManoeuvresInTheDark, John Lydon (of the Music/SexPistols and Music/PublicImageLtd), Music/JoyDivision, Music/GaryNuman, Music/{{Ultravox}}, Boredoms, Music/{{Stereolab}} (who are the most blatant case of FollowTheLeader, by basically exploiting the Neu! sound), Music/{{Radiohead}}, and also many auteurs in the latest electronic music scenes. Additionally, Negativland named themselves and their label Seeland after two of their songs.

* {{Pun}}: Several song titles, most of which also serve as a BilingualBonus.

'''Neu!''' [[ExcitedShowTitle (yes, with an exclamation mark)]] was a German band formed in 1971 by Klaus Dinger (mainly drums, also guitar and other instruments) and Michael Rother (guitar, bass, keyboards, other instruments) after they left Music/{{Kraftwerk}}. They are one of the major bands of what was dubbed by UK music journalists and critics as {{Krautrock}}.

->''"This beat was the war drum of modernity, pushing the listener forwards into the future. It is often associated with the great transport networks of UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}, the railway lines and the autobahns. In fact the rhythm even mimics that of a car speeding along the open road or a train clattering along the rails: Fast, measured, travel never ending. It was the rock beat stripped back to a glittering chassis. It was the minimalist framework on which improvisation could take place."''

With help from Conny Plank, they recorded their ground breaking debut album, which opened with "Hallogallo." This track is crucial because it defined, right there and then, Neu!'s important trademark sound, which was based on Dinger's "motorik beat" (sometimes also called the "Apache beat"). The rest of the album was, for the most part, incredibly different and experimental, although they seemed already defined (even by visual standards. [[IconicLogo Their logo was basically their name painted with a red marker over a white cover in a pop-art style]]).

Their second album was even more amazing. After recording some songs (including "Für Immer," which Julian Cope, in his book ''Krautrocksampler,'' called "Hallogallo, part two"), they found themselves short of money. Considering that they had released a single in between albums, they added the single (titled "Super,"

Their temperaments clashed and Dinger and Rother separated, and then reunited a couple of years later for their third and final album in the '70s, ''Neu!'75,'' which was a two headed beast. On side one, there were Rother's ambient explorations, very focused on keyboards and his guitar playing, which was very fluid and devoid of stuff like chordal progression and blues scales [[note]] in fact, right from the beginnings of the group, like some of the best Krautrock groups, they didn't want to emulate English or American music in any way, shape or form [[/note]]. On side two, Dinger basically set the template for UK {{Punk|Rock}} music, at least two years (or three, if you count the A-side of single "Super") before the first singles by the Music/SexPistols and Music/TheDamned, with relentless single chord guitar pounding, distorted "Motorik" beats bashed simultaneously by his brother Thomas and Hans Lampe, and Dinger's sneering, unintelligible vocals. They split and went separate ways (Dinger went to form ''La Düsseldorf,'' who took that second side of the record UpToEleven, and Rother went to form ''Harmonia'' with Cluster and recording his debut solo album).

* EpicRocking: Every track of the debut album with the exception of "Sonderangebot;" "Für Immer" from ''Neu! 2;'' four of the six tracks from ''Neu! '75'' (namely: "Seeland," "Leb' Wohl," "Hero," and "E-Musik").

* LastNoteNightmare: "Spitzenqualitat."

** "Hallogallo" is a play on the German slang term ''halligalli,'' meaning a wild party, and ''[[{{Hello}} hallo.]]''

** "E-Musik" is a contraction of ''Ernste Musik,'' meaning "serious" (rather than "popular") music. [[PunkRock Considering the other songs on that side...]]
* {{Protopunk}}: A noted UrExample of PunkRock, particularly with side 2 of ''Neu! 75.''

* StudioChatter: "Hallo Excentrico."

Their second album was even more amazing. After recording some songs (including "Fur Immer," which Julian Cope, in his book ''Krautrocksampler,'' called "Hallogallo, part two"), they found themselves short of money. Considering that they had released a single in between albums, they added the single (titled "Super,"

** Klaus Dinger formed ''La Dusseldorf'' just before ''Neu! 75'' with latter day band members Thomas Dinger and Hans Lampe. After Neu! officially broke up, ''La Dusseldorf'' went on to sell over a million records in UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} and were about as critically lauded as Neu!.

* EpicRocking: Every track of the debut album with the exception of "Sonderangebot;" "Fur Immer" from ''Neu! 2;'' four of the six tracks from ''Neu! '75'' (namely: "Seeland," "Leb' Wohl," "Hero," and "E-Musik").

Their temperaments clashed and Dinger and Rother separated, and then reunited a couple of years later for their third and final album in the '70s, ''Neu!'75,'' which was a two headed beast. On side one, there were Rother's ambient explorations, very focused on keyboards and his guitar playing, which was very fluid and devoid of stuff like chordal progression and blues scales [[note]] in fact, right from the beginnings of the group, like some of the best Krautrock groups, they didn't want to emulate English or American music in any way, shape or form [[/note]]. On side two, Dinger basically set the template for UK {{Punk|Rock}} music, at least two years (or three, if you count the A-side of single "Super") before the first singles by the Music/SexPistols and Music/TheDamned, with relentless single chord guitar pounding, distorted "Motorik" beats bashed simultaneously by his brother Thomas and Hans Lampe, and Dinger's sneering, unintelligible vocals. They split and went separate ways (Dinger went to form ''La Dusseldorf,'' who took that second side of the record UpToEleven, and Rother went to form ''Harmonia'' with Cluster and recording his debut solo album).

[[caption-width-right:346:Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger]]
-> ''"This beat was the war drum of modernity, pushing the listener forwards into the future. It is often associated with the great transport networks of Germany, the railway lines and the autobahns. In fact the rhythm even mimics that of a car speeding along the open road or a train clattering along the rails: fast, measured, travel never ending. It was the rock beat stripped back to a glittering chassis. It was the minimalist framework on which improvisation could take place."''

With help from Conny Plank, they recorded their ground-breaking debut album, which opened with "Hallogallo". This track is crucial because it defined, right there and then, Neu!'s important trademark sound, which was based on Dinger's "motorik beat" (sometimes also called the "Apache beat"). The rest of the album was, for the most part, incredibly different and experimental, although they seemed already defined (even by visual standards. [[IconicLogo Their logo was basically their name painted with a red marker over a white cover in a pop-art style]]).

Their second album was even more amazing. After recording some songs (including "Für Immer", which Julian Cope, in his book ''Krautrocksampler'', called "Hallogallo, part two"), they found themselves short of money. Considering that they had released a single in between albums, they added the single (titled "Super", with "Neuschnee" as a B-side) to the recorded tracks, but it still fell short of the desired recorded time. So, what did they do? Basically they took "Super" and "Neuschnee" and played them at different RPM (Rotations per Minute) and other methods like putting the record off-center at the turntable, hence anticipating the remix.

Their temperaments clashed and Dinger and Rother separated, and then reunited a couple of years later for their third and final album in the 70's, ''Neu!'75'', which was a two-headed beast. On side one, there were Rother's ambient explorations, very focused on keyboards and his guitar playing, which was very fluid and devoid of stuff like chordal progression and blues scales[[note]] in fact, right from the beginnings of the group, like some of the best Krautrock groups, they didn't want to emulate English or American music in any way, shape or form[[/note]]. On side two, Dinger basically set the template for UK [[PunkRock Punk]] music, at least two years (or three, if you count the A-side of single "Super") before the first singles by the Music/SexPistols and Music/TheDamned, with relentless single chord guitar pounding, distorted "Motorik" beats bashed simultaneously by his brother Thomas and Hans Lampe, and Dinger's sneering, unintelligible vocals. They split and went separate ways (Dinger went to form La Düsseldorf, who took that second side of the record UpToEleven, and Rother went to form Harmonia with Cluster and recording his debut solo album).

They reformed in the mid-80's to record another album, which ended up sounding like a cross between their old sound and the contemporary sound of some NewWaveMusic groups. The album was released in a more commercial format in 1995, and only became part of the official back catalogue as of 2010.

Among the people influenced by them, there were: Music/DavidBowie, Music/IggyPop, Music/BrianEno, Music/OrchestralManoeuvresInTheDark, John Lydon (of the Music/SexPistols and Music/PublicImageLtd), Music/JoyDivision, Music/GaryNuman, Music/{{Ultravox}}, Boredoms, Music/{{Stereolab}} (who are the most blatant case of FollowTheLeader, by basically exploiting the Neu! sound), Music/{{Radiohead}}, and also many auteurs in the latest electronic music scenes. Additionally, Music/{{Negativland}} named themselves and their label Seeland after two of their songs.

Discography:

!!Tropes associated with the band:

** Klaus Dinger formed La Düsseldorf just before ''Neu! 75'' with latter-day band members Thomas Dinger and Hans Lampe. After Neu! officially broke up, La Düsseldorf went on to sell over a million records in Germany and were about as critically lauded as Neu!.

* EpicRocking: Every track of the debut album with the exception of "Sonderangebot"; "Für Immer" from ''Neu! 2''; four of the six tracks from ''Neu! '75'' (namely, "Seeland", "Leb' Wohl", "Hero" and "E-Musik").

* {{Krautrock}}: They are one of the most well known German band from the 1970s.
* LastNoteNightmare: "Spitzenqualität".
* MinimalisticCoverArt: Often just the band name written in bold, a'la Pop Art.

** "Hallogallo" is a play on the German slang term ''halligalli'', meaning a wild party, and ''[[{{Hello}} hallo]]''.

** "E-Musik" is a contraction of ''ernste Musik'', meaning "serious" (rather than "popular") music. [[PunkRock Considering the other songs on that side...]]
* {{Protopunk}}: A noted UrExample of PunkRock, particularly with side 2 of ''Neu! 75''.

* StudioChatter: "Hallo Excentrico".

Klaus Dinger died in 2008, and Rother formed a project to present Neu!'s music and some new pieces with Steve Shelley (Music.SonicYouth) and Aaron Mullan (Tall Firs).

Among the people influenced by them, there were: Music/DavidBowie, Music/IggyPop, Music/BrianEno, Music/OrchestralManoeuvresInTheDark, John Lydon (of the Music/SexPistols and Music/PublicImageLtd), Music/JoyDivision, Music/GaryNuman, Ultravox, Boredoms, Music/{{Stereolab}} (who are the most blatant case of FollowTheLeader, by basically exploiting the Neu! sound), Music/{{Radiohead}}, and also many auteurs in the latest electronic music scenes. Additionally, Music/{{Negativland}} named themselves and their label Seeland after two of their songs.

* LastNoteNightmare: "Spitzenqualität"

* StudioChatter: "Hallo Excentrico"
* TropeMaker: Of the "Motorik" beat. Artists that use the beat pattern are almost exclusively referencing Neu!.

Their temperaments clashed and Dinger and Rother separated, and then reunited a couple of years later for their third and final album in the 70's, ''Neu!'75'', which was a two-headed beast. On side one, there were Rother's ambient explorations, very focused on keyboards and his guitar playing, which was very fluid and devoid of stuff like chordal progression and blues scales[[note]] in fact, right from the start, like some of the best Krautrock groups, they didn't want to emulate English or American music in any way, shape or form[[/note]]. On side two, Dinger basically set the template for UK [[PunkRock Punk]] music, at least two years (or three, if you count the A-side of single "Super") before the first singles by the Music/SexPistols and Music/TheDamned, with relentless single chord guitar pounding, distorted "Motorik" beats bashed simultaneously by his brother Thomas and Hans Lampe, and Dinger's sneering, unintelligible vocals. They split and went separate ways (Dinger went to form La Düsseldorf, who took that second side of the record UpToEleven, and Rother went to form Harmonia with Cluster and recording his debut solo album).

Their temperaments clashed and Dinger and Rother separated, and then reunited a couple of years later for their third and final album in the 70's, ''Neu!'75'', which was a two-headed beast. On side one, there were Rother's ambient explorations, very focused on keyboards and his guitar playing, which was very fluid and devoid of stuff like chordal progression and blues scales. On side two, Dinger basically set the template for UK [[PunkRock Punk]] music, at least two years (or three, if you count the A-side of single "Super") before the first singles by the Music/SexPistols and Music/TheDamned, with relentless single chord guitar pounding, distorted "Motorik" beats bashed simultaneously by his brother Thomas and Hans Lampe, and Dinger's sneering, unintelligible vocals. They split and went separate ways (Dinger went to form La Düsseldorf, who took that second side of the record UpToEleven, and Rother went to form Harmonia with Cluster and recording his debut solo album).

Their temperaments clashed and Dinger and Rother separated, and then reunited a couple of years later for their third and final album in the 70's, Neu!'75, which was a two-headed beast. On side one, there were Rother's ambient explorations, very focused on keyboards and his guitar playing, which was very fluid and devoid of stuff like chordal progression and blues scales. On side two, Dinger basically set the template for UK [[PunkRock Punk]] music, at least two years (or three, if you count the A-side of single "Super") before the first singles by the Music/SexPistols and Music/TheDamned, with relentless single chord guitar pounding, distorted "Motorik" beats bashed simultaneously by his brother Thomas and Hans Lampe, and Dinger's sneering, unintelligible vocals. They split and went separate ways (Dinger went to form La Düsseldorf, who took that second side of the record UpToEleven, and Rother went to form Harmonia with Cluster and recording his debut solo album).

Their temperaments clashed and Dinger and Rother separated, and then reunited for their third and final album in the 70's, Neu!'75, which was a two-headed beast. On side one, there were Rother's ambient explorations, very focused on keyboards and his guitar playing, which was very fluid and devoid of stuff like chordal progression and blues scales. On side two, Dinger basically set the template for UK [[PunkRock Punk]] music, at least two years (or three, if you count the A-side of single "Super") before the first singles by the Music/SexPistols and Music/TheDamned, with relentless single chord guitar pounding, distorted "Motorik" beats bashed simultaneously by his brother Thomas and Hans Lampe, and Dinger's sneering, unintelligible vocals. They split and went separate ways (Dinger went to form La Düsseldorf, who took that second side of the record UpToEleven, and Rother went to form Harmonia with Cluster and recording his debut solo album).

* BreakupBreakout: Klaus Dinger formed La Düsseldorf just before ''Neu! 75'' with latter-day band members Thomas Dinger and Hans Lampe. After Neu! officially broke up, La Düsseldorf went on to sell over a million records in Germany and were about as critically lauded as Neu!.
** Neu! themselves were not this, however. After leaving Kraftwerk, the latter band released ''Autobahn'' (albeit with inspiration from Neu!) and went on to critical and commercial success, while Neu! were much more influential than they were successful.

* JustForPun: Several song titles, most of which also serve as a BilingualBonus.
** "Hallogallo" is a play on the German slang term ''halligalli'', meaning a wild party, and ''[[{{Hello}} hallo]]''.
** "Isi" is both phonetically the same as "easy" and a contraction of the name Isabella.
** "E-Musik" is a contraction of ''ernste Musik'', meaning "serious" (rather than "popular") music. [[PunkRock Considering the other songs on that side...]]

* MinimalisticCoverArt: Often just the title.

* OneManBand: Well, ''two''-man band. Their first two albums and the first side of their third was recorded entirely by Rother and Dinger playing all instruments themselves. Dinger switched to guitar for the second side of the latter, requiring them to bring in Thomas Dinger and Hans Lampe to play drums.
* PunkRock: A noted UrExample, particularly with side 2 of ''Neu! 75''.

Among the people influenced by them, there were: Music/DavidBowie, Iggy Pop, Music/BrianEno, Music/OrchestralManoeuvresInTheDark, John Lydon (of the Music/SexPistols and Music/PublicImageLtd), Music/JoyDivision, Music/GaryNuman, Ultravox, Boredoms, Music/{{Stereolab}} (who are the most blatant case of FollowTheLeader, by basically exploiting the Neu! sound), Music/{{Radiohead}}, and also many auteurs in the latest electronic music scenes. Additionally, Music/{{Negativland}} named themselves and their label Seeland after two of their songs.

* ExcitedShowTitle

* {{Krautrock}}
* MinimalisticCoverArt

* TropeMaker: Of the "Motorik" beat. Artists that use the beat pattern are almost exclusively referencing Neu!.

'''Neu!''' (yes, with an exclamation mark) was a German band formed in 1971 by Klaus Dinger (mainly drums, also guitar and other instruments) and Michael Rother (guitar, bass, keyboards, other instruments) after they left Music/{{Kraftwerk}}. They are one of the major bands of what was dubbed by UK music journalists and critics as {{Krautrock}}.

Among the people influenced by them, there were: Music/DavidBowie, Iggy Pop, Music/BrianEno, John Lydon (of the Music/SexPistols and Music/PublicImageLtd), Music/JoyDivision, Music/GaryNuman, Ultravox, Boredoms, Music/{{Stereolab}} (who are the most blatant case of FollowTheLeader, by basically exploiting the Neu! sound), Music/{{Radiohead}}, and also many auteurs in the latest electronic music scenes. Additionally, Music/{{Negativland}} named themselves and their label Seeland after two of their songs.