Amon Düül II
Amon Düül II was one of a handful of bands that defined German rock music in the early 1970s and helped to shape the genre now commonly known as Krautrock. Their musical style, especially on their early releases, was influential to the progressive rock bands that followed and the band became a touchstone of fans of adventurous music for years to come.
Amon (from the Egyptian sun god) Düül (a character from Turkish fiction), was a revolutionary musical and political commune set up in the later part of the 1960s by a loose group of bohemian German intellectuals in West Berlin. The commune, part of the international anti-war movement, was created with the goals of protesting, living an alternative lifestyle, and playing experimental music.... Read More
- Genre:
- Rock, Psychedelic, Progressive, Krautrock
- City Of Origin:
- Munich, Germany
- Formed Date:
- 1969
