Amon Düül II

Amon Düül II was born of an artistic and political community’s scission called Hawkwind.

"Tanz Der Lemminge" which follows directly "Yeti" is an impressive work with a great diversity of powerful, emotional songs with some folk accents next to long free space jamming. Recorded in 1972, "Carnival in Babylon" announces a slightly new musical direction taken by the band. This album is dominated by shorter songs with the omnipresent and beautiful vocals of Renate Knaup. A more conventional work with a few memorable prog-folk ballads. The classical period of the band will end with "Wolf City" (1972) and "Vive La Trance" (1973). After the departure of Renate Knaup who s Popol Vuh in 1974 and the release of a few albums, Amon Düül II split up. In 1981, with the album "Vortex" and Renate Knaup reing Chris Karrer tried to reform the band without much success.

The band reformed again in 1995, releasing "Nada Moonshine" and performing in Europe and Japan.
Another comeback came in 2010 with the release of "Bee As Such" (later renamed "Düülirium") with the band performing again until 2018 so far.