Neu!

Throughout the '80s and '90s, the mysterious German band Neu! (meaning "new," as in "New! Improved!") was a strong presence in avant-garde rock circles, partly because, at the time, only bootleg versions of their albums were available. Neu! gathered praise from Brian Eno, Sonic Youth, and Radiohead, while Stereolab owed a good deal of its sound directly to an outfit that started playing nearly 30 ...