Editing Neu! (section)

===1970–1971: Pre-formation===
Neu! was formed in 1971 in [[Düsseldorf]] as an offshoot from an early line-up of another seminal krautrock band, [[Kraftwerk]], whose early works were also produced by [[Conny Plank]].<ref name="The Great Rock Discography">{{cite book
| first= Martin C.
| last= Strong
| year= 2000
| title= The Great Rock Discography
| edition= 5th
| publisher= Mojo Books
| location= Edinburgh
| page= 687
| isbn= 978-1-84195-017-4}}</ref> Drummer [[Klaus Dinger]] had joined Kraftwerk midway through sessions for their [[Kraftwerk (album)|eponymous debut album]]. Guitarist [[Michael Rother]] was then recruited to the Kraftwerk line-up on completion of the album.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> (Rother had been playing in a local band called The Spirits of Sound, the line-up of which also included drummer [[Wolfgang Flür]], who would himself go on to join Kraftwerk two years later.)

Kraftwerk co-founder [[Ralf Hütter]] left the band at this point to complete his studies; for six months, Kraftwerk consisted of a trio of Rother, Dinger and [[Florian Schneider]]. This line-up played sporadic gigs and made a live appearance on German television programme ''[[Beat Club]]''. Recording sessions at [[Conny Plank]]'s Windrose studio were unsuccessful (Rother later attributed the failure to "a difference of temperament").{{Citation needed|date = February 2016}} Dinger and Rother parted company from Schneider and began Neu! with Plank. Hütter rejoined Schneider and the pair continued recording [[Kraftwerk 2|the second Kraftwerk album]] with Plank.