Thomas Dinger (28 October 1952 — 9 April 2002) was a

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drummer, singer and songwriter who was active in solo pursuits in addition to having been a member of

Neu! Neu! (; German for "New!"; styled in block capitals) were a West German krautrock band formed in Düsseldorf in 1971 by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother following their departure from Kraftwerk. The group's albums were produced by Conny Plan ...

and

La Düsseldorf La Düsseldorf was a German band, consisting of onetime Kraftwerk drummer and Neu! multi-instrumentalist Klaus Dinger and occasional Neu! collaborators Thomas Dinger and Hans Lampe. La Düsseldorf was formed after Neu! disbanded following the rel ...

, both with his brother

Klaus Dinger Klaus Dinger (24 March 1946 – 21 March 2008) was a German musician and songwriter most famous for his contributions to the seminal krautrock band Neu!. He was also the guitarist and chief songwriter of new wave group La Düsseldorf and brief ...

, and 1-A Düsseldorf.

Discography

Solo albums (as Thomas Dinger)

* ''

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'' (1982)

with Neu!

* ''

Neu! 75 ''Neu! 75'' is the third studio album by the krautrock band Neu!. It was recorded and mixed at Conny Plank's studio between December 1974 and January 1975. It was released in 1975 by Brain Records, and officially reissued on CD on 29 May 2001 by ...

'' (1975)

with La Düsseldorf

* ''

'' (1976) * ''

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'' (1978) * ''

Individuellos ''Individuellos'' is the third album by the German band La Düsseldorf. It was shortly before the time ''Individuellos'' was released that La Düsseldorf's piano player Andreas Schell committed suicide. This is marked by a cross next to his cred ...

'' (1981)

with La! NEU?

*''

Goldregen ''Goldregen'' (Gold Rain) is the third album released in 1998 by German band La! Neu?. Like the previous year's ''Zeeland'', ''Goldregen'' takes the form of a series of spontaneous jams, quickly recorded and mastered. Unlike ''Zeeland'', ''Goldre ...

(1998)

with 1-A Düsseldorf

* '' Fettleber'' (1999) * ''

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'' (1999) * '' D.J.F.''(2000) * ''Live'' (2001) * '' Pyramidblau'' (2003, memorial album recorded by his bandmates)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dinger, Thomas 1952 births 2002 deaths German rock drummers Male drummers Neu! 20th-century German male musicians