Editing Neu! (section)

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{{Redirect|Neu}}{{for|universities with the same initials|Northeastern University (disambiguation)}}
{{Short description|German rock band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Neu!
| image           = Neu_band.jpg
| caption         = Neu! in 2000. From left to right: [[Klaus Dinger]], [[Michael Rother]].
| background      = group_or_band
| origin          = [[Düsseldorf]], Germany
| genre           = {{hlist|[[Krautrock]]|[[electronic rock]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Demby |first1=Eric |title=Old NEU! Albums Finally Coming Stateside |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1441197/old-neu-albums-finally-coming-stateside/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123020724/http://www.mtv.com/news/1441197/old-neu-albums-finally-coming-stateside/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 January 2015 |website=[[MTV News]] |access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref>|[[experimental rock]]<ref name="nyt"/>|[[proto-punk]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Folgar|first1=Abel|title=Top Twenty Proto-Punk Bands: An Incomplete List|url=https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/music/top-twenty-proto-punk-bands-an-incomplete-list-6425606?storyPage=3&_gl=1*atrx4q*_up*MQ..*_ga*ODMxMzA1NDEzLjE2ODcwNjE3Njc.*_ga_K6K4GEWM1V*MTY4NzA2MTc2NC4xLjEuMTY4NzA2MTc4OC4wLjAuMA..|website=Broward Palm Beach New Times|access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref>}}
| spinoff_of      = [[Kraftwerk]]
| years_active    = 1971–1975, 1985–1986
| label           = {{hlist|[[Brain Records|Brain]]|[[United Artists Records|United Artists]]|[[Captain Trip Records]]|[[Grönland Records]]}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Kraftwerk]]|[[La Düsseldorf]]|[[La! Neu?]]|[[Harmonia (band)|Harmonia]]|Die Engel des Herrn|[[Conny Plank]]}}
| website         = {{URL|neu2010.com}}
| past_members    = {{unbulleted list|[[Klaus Dinger]]|[[Michael Rother]]|Eberhard Kranemann|[[Uli Trepte]]|[[Thomas Dinger]]|Hans Lampe|Konrad Mathieu|Georg Sessenhausen}}
}}

'''Neu!<!--lowercase "Neu!" per Wikipedia's [[WP:MOSTM]] guideline-->''' ({{IPA|de|nɔʏ|pron}}; German for "New!"; styled in block capitals) were a West German [[krautrock]] band formed in Düsseldorf in 1971 by [[Klaus Dinger]] and [[Michael Rother]] following their departure from [[Kraftwerk]].<ref name="The_Great_Rock_Discography">{{cite book|first=Martin Charles | last=Strong|title=The Great Rock Discography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DE9qW3YfHG4C|year=2002|publisher=Canongate|isbn=978-1-84195-312-0|page=687}}</ref> The group's albums were produced by [[Conny Plank]], who has been regarded as the group's "hidden member".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14475-neu-box-set/|title=Neu!: Neu! Box Set Album Review {{!}} Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|access-date=2017-01-05}}</ref> They released three albums in their initial incarnation—''[[Neu! (album)|Neu!]]'' (1972), ''[[Neu! 2]]'' (1973), and ''[[Neu! 75]]'' (1975)—before disbanding in 1975. They briefly reunited in the mid-1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/neu!-mn0000387815/biography|title=Neu! {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2017-01-05}}</ref>

Although Neu! had minimal commercial success during their existence, the band are retrospectively considered a central act of West Germany's 1970s krautrock movement.<ref name="allmusic.com"/> They are known for pioneering the "[[motorik]]" beat, a minimalist [[4/4 time|{{music|time|4|4}}]] rhythm associated with krautrock artists.<ref name="allmusic.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/neu!-mw0000004284|title=Neu! - Neu! {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2017-01-19}}</ref> Their work has exerted a widespread influence on genres such as [[electronica]] and [[punk rock|punk]].<ref name="bg"/>