Klaus Dinger

Klaus Dinger (* March 24, 1946, † 21 March 2008) was a German drummer and guitarist, member of Kraftwerk, Neu! and La Dusseldorf. He is considered the inventor of the so-called motor - beats.

Dinger died on 21 March 2008, three days before his 62nd birthday, from heart failure.

Career

Power station

Dinger was next to Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider one of the first members of Kraftwerk. He replaced the previous drummer Andreas Hohmann on the self-titled debut album. After Hütter left the band in the meantime, Michael Rother joined as a replacement for the band. This band appeared on the TV show Beat-Club. Hütter returned a short time later. A dispute between Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger on the one hand and Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider on the other hand meant that Dinger and Rother power plant left and formed their own group.

New!

In 1971, Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother, whom he had met during his time in power plant, the group New!. The debut album " New! " Was released the following year. A striking feature of this work is not the last own things, monotonous drumming style. This style was referred to as motor skills and in the 10-minute piece " Hallogallo " is especially noticeable in appearance. This piece was picked up by John Peel in his BBC radio show what New! great international fame brought. In 1972, NEW! live at the Eberhard cranes man on cello, bass and guitar Hawaii participated. It was followed by two more albums, " New! 2 "( 1973) and" New! '75 "(1975), among others, two of the most famous Dinger's compositions - " Super " (! Click New 2) and " Hero " ( " New '75! " ) - Contained.

After a total of three studio albums Dinger and Rother parted to the dispute which prevented a re-release of the New! Recordings on CD, among others, until about the year 2000. It was only in 2001 laid Dinger and Rother their personal differences, at least so far in that a re-release of the New! Studio albums on Herbert Grönemeyer's label Greenland Records was possible.

La Dusseldorf

Dinger's next band, his most successful project to New! was, La Dusseldorf was. With this group he published in the late 1970s and early 1980s a number of albums, of which more than 1 million copies have been sold. Due to disputes with the record label Warner Bros. to things turned to new tasks.

Solo albums and La! New?

Dinger's first solo LP was released in 1992 under the title " The Angel of the Lord ". After " The angel of the Lord " and " Hippie Punks " La was! New? another of his later projects. La! New? was active from the mid 1990 's and consisted, inter alia, of members of the groups Kreidler, To Rococo Rot and Superbilk. Even the New! and power plant - days known multimedia artist Eberhard cranes man was at times back again. La! New? completed two acclaimed mammoth concerts in Tokyo and Osaka, which were later piecemeal released on CD. The name La! New? referenced his previous band New! and La Dusseldorf, but also the moving legal battles around the recovery and naming rights to these two formations. By 2001, this group published albums on Captain Trip Records; this label was not authorized for the former of Dinger's colleague Michael Rother subsequent New! releases " New! 4 "and" New! '72 Live! " Responsible.

Discography

With power plant

  • "Power Plant " (1970)

With New!

  • " New! " (1972)
  • " New! 2 "( 1973)
  • " New! '75 "(1975)
  • " New! 4 "( 1995)
  • " New! '72 Live "( 1996)

With La Dusseldorf

  • " La Dusseldorf " (1976)
  • "Viva " (1978)
  • " Individuellos " (1981)
  • "Mon Amour " (2006)

With La! New?

  • " Dusseldorf " (1996)
  • " Zeeland " (1997)
  • " Cha Cha 2000 - Live in Tokyo " (1998)
  • " Golden Rain " (1998)
  • "Year of the Tiger " (1998)
  • " Live in Tokyo 1996 Vol 2" ( 1999)
  • "Blue (La Dusseldorf 5 )" ( 1999)
  • "Live at Kunsthalle Dusseldorf " (2001)
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