Influential "krautrock" musician Dinger dies

Posted April 3, 2008 by Tangent in Grab Bag

German musician Klaus Dinger, who played drums in the early days of Kraftwerk and went on to co-found Neu!, died March 21 of heart failure. He was 61. The news was not widely publicized until Neu!’s label, Gronland, announced it Wednesday.

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