Neu! (ger. for "New!", "noy") was a German band, probably the archetypal example of what the UK music press at the time dubbed Krautrock. The band had minimal commercial success when active, but are credited with being a huge influence on a diverse group of artists, including PiL, Joy Division, David Bowie, Stereolab, Gary Numan, Ultravox, Simple Minds as well as the current electronic music scene.

Note: the band always wrote their name NEU! in block capitals and with an exclamation mark, intending it as a pop-art slogan. Typographic conventions have meant this spelling is not used in this article.

There is more than one artist with the name “Neu”. 1) Neu! (the German word for “new”, pronounced “noy”) a band from germany , were probably the archetypal example of what the UK music press at the time dubbed krautrock . The band had minimal commercial success when active, but are credited with being a huge influence on a diverse group of artists, including The Sex Pistols , Public Image Ltd. , David Bowie , Gary Numan , Ultravox , Simple Minds , Devo , Sonic Youth , Stereolab , as