December 29, 2016

When Neu! packed it in following their album Neu! '75, member Klaus Dinger formed a new band with his brother Thomas and Hans Lampe (both of whom had contributed to Neu! in some form or another during the group's existence.)

Operating under the name La Düsseldorf, their released their self-titled debut album in 1976. They saw a decent amount of success for a band lumped under the Krautrock umbrella. Brian Eno considered them high influential and David Bowie cited them as "the soundtrack of the eighties" in interviews.

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