Amon Düül II (or Amon Düül 2, Pronunciation: Amon Düül) is a German rock band formed in 1968. The group is generally considered to be one of the pioneers of the West German krautrock scene. Their 1970 album Yeti was described by British magazine The Wire as "one of the cornerstones of ... the entire Krautrock movement".

Amon Düül II emerged from the radical West German Amon Düül art commune in Munich. The band's first album, Phallus Dei, was released in 1969. Amon Düül II received offers to write music for films and won a German film award, the Deutscher Filmpreis, for their contribution to the 1970 film San Domingo.

History
The band emerged from the radical West German commune scene of the late 1960s, with others in the same commune including some of the future founders of the Red Army Faction. Founding members are Chris Karrer, Dieter Serfas, Falk Rogner (born 14 September 1943), John Weinzierl (born 4 April 1949), and Renate Knaup-Krötenschwanz (born Renate Aschauer-Knaup, 1 July 1948) who, thus far, is the only woman in the band.

The band was founded after Weinzierl and the others met at the Amon Düül 'art commune' in Munich. The commune consisted mainly of university students, who formed a music group initially to fund the commune, with everyone who lived there joining in to play music whether or not they had any experience or ability. The commune split when they were offered an opportunity to record, which was boycotted by the more musically proficient members of the commune (who went on to form Amon Düül II). Recordings were made by the other members but were of very poor quality and were only released later (under the name Amon Düül) to capitalise on the success of Amon Düül II's albums. As Amon Düül II grew and personnel changed, they still remained a commune, living together as a band.

Their first album Phallus Dei ('God's Phallus'), released in 1969, consisted of pieces drawn from the group's live set at the time. By this time the line-up was built around a core of Karrer (mainly violin and guitar), Weinzierl (guitar, bass, piano), Rogner on keyboards, bass player Dave Anderson, and two drummers (Peter Leopold (born 15 August 1945) who had joined the group from Berlin, and Dieter Serfas. Renate Knaup at this point was only contributing minimal vocals but was very much part of the group. According to Weinzierl by this time "The band played almost every day. We played universities, academies, underground clubs, and every hall with a power socket and an audience". Releasing an album brought the group greater prominence and they began to tour more widely in Germany and abroad, playing alongside groups such as Tangerine Dream, and in Germany staying in other communes including the pioneering Kommune 1 in Berlin.

Their second album Yeti (1970) saw them introducing arranged compositions along with the bluesy violin and guitar jams such as the long improvised title track. The next album Tanz der Lemminge (1971) was based on four extended progressive rock suites. By this time bassist Anderson had returned to England and joined Hawkwind, to be replaced by Lothar Meid (born 28 August 1942), and the group was augmented by synthman Karl-Heinz Hausmann (Karrer had formed a short-lived group in 1966 – supposedly named 'Amon Düül O' – with future Embryo founders Lothar Meid and drummer Christian Burchard).

Still touring widely, they recorded their Live in London album in late 1972 and in 1975 signed with Atlantic Records in the US, and United Artists Records Germany and initially disbanded in 1981.

As well as their albums and live shows ADII received offers to write music for films, winning a German film award, the Deutscher Filmpreis, for their contribution to the film San Domingo.

Amon Düül II's drummer, Peter Leopold, died on 8 November 2006. A memorial service was held for Leopold in Munich, where the remaining members of Amon Düül II sang a song for him. Leopold was replaced by multi-instrumentalist Daniel Fichelscher, for many years guitarist and drummer of Krautrock group Popol Vuh. Fichelscher is not new to the group, and in fact has had a long affiliation with Amon Düül II, having played with them as early as 1972 on Carnival in Babylon.

Bass player Lothar Meid died on 3 November 2015.

Band members 
 Chris Karrer – violin, guitars, saxophone, vocals (1969–1981)
 John Weinzierl – guitar, bass, vocals (1969–1977)
 Falk Rogner – organ, synthesizer, electronics (1969–1971, 1972–1975, 1981)
 Renate Knaup – vocals, tambourine (1969–1970, 1972–1975, 1981)
 Dieter Serfas – drums (1969)
 Peter Leopold – drums, percussion (1969–1972, 1973–1979, died 2006)
 Christian "Shrat" Thiele – bongos, vocals, violin (1969–1970)
 Dave Anderson – bass (1969–1970)
 Lothar Meid – bass, vocals (1971–1973, 1974, died 2015)
 Karl-Heinz Hausmann – keyboards, organ, electronics (1971–1972)
 Danny Fichelscher – drums, percussion, guitar (1972, 1981)
 Robby Heibl – bass, guitar, violin, vocals (1973, 1975)
 Nando Tischer – guitar, vocals (1975)
 Klaus Ebert – guitar, bass, vocals (1976–1979)
 Stefan Zauner – keyboards, synthesizer, vocals (1976–1979)
 Jörg Evers – bass, guitar, synthesizer (1981)

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

Singles

Legacy 
Amon Düül II influenced such bands in late 70s like Hungarian psychedelic hardcore 'shaman punk' band Galloping Coroners.

References

External links

Krautrock musical groups
Musical groups established in 1969
German experimental musical groups
German progressive rock groups
German psychedelic rock music groups
아몬 뒬 II(Amon Düül II, Amon Düül 2)는 독일의 록밴드이다. 크라우트록을 창시한 밴드 중 하나로 본다.

역사 
서독의 코뮌 (공동체)적인 분위기가 짙던 1960년대 후반에 결성되었다. 해당 집단거주지에는 이후 적군파 (독일)를 만드는 사람들도 포함되어 있었다. 결성 멤버들은 크리스 카레르, 디터 세르파스, 팔크 로그너, 존 바인치엘, 레나테 놉-크뢰텐슈바르츠 등이었다.

밴드는 뮌헨의 예술 꼬뮨인 아몬 뒬에서 만났다. 주로 대학생들로 꼬뮨 유지비 확보를 위해 공연을 시작했다. 다들 음악 경험은 없는 상태였다. 그들이 녹음 기회를 가지게 되었을 때 그때 녹음할 것인가 말 것인가로 견해가 나뉘었고 좀 더 음악적으로 연주력이 좋은 사람들은 그 기회를 거부하여 아몬 뒬 II가 되었다. 그때 녹음했던 조악한 음반은 II의 성공 이후 아몬 뒬의 음반으로 발매되었다. 아몬 뒬 II가 성공하고 멤버가 계속 바뀐 다음에도 아몬 뒬 I의 멤버들은 밴드를 하며 공동생활을 계속했다.

첫 앨범 Phallus Dei는 1969년에 발매되었으며 그들의 초기 라이브 조각들을 모은 음반이었다. 바인치엘은 "당시 밴드는 매일 연주했고 대학이든 클럽이든 관객만 있다면 어디서든 연주했다"고 했다. 핑크 플로이드의 영향을 크게 받은 음반이다. 앨범을 낸 덕에 그들은 독일 각지에서 공연할 수 있었으며 탠저린 드림과 함께 공연하기도 했다. 독일에서 거주할 때는 베를린의 꼬뮨 1(Kommune 1)에서 공동생활을 하곤 했다. 당시의 공연 기록이 뤼디히어 뉘흐텐(Rüdiger Nüchtern) 감독의 다큐멘터리로 남아있다.

2집 Yeti에선 잘 다듬어진 작곡이 들어갔으며 긴 즉흥연주가 포함되었다. 멜로디 메이커를 비롯해 영국 매체들에게서 호평받았다. 3집 Tanz der Lemminge는 프로기한 4곡의 연작이었다. 멤버 안데르손은 영국의 호크윈드에 참여하기 위해 탈퇴하여 그 자리를 다른 멤버들로 보강했다. 그중 칼하인츠 하우스만의 경우는 엠브리오를 결성하는 로타르 마이트와 밴드활동을 했던 경력이 있었다.

공연을 하며 실력을 인정받은 그들은 Live in London를 내놓고 1975년엔 미국에서는 애틀랜틱 레코드, 독일에선 UA가 배급하기로 계약한다. 그들의 음악은 영화음악에도 종종 사용되었으며 독일영화상에서 상을 받기도 했다. 그들은 1981년에 해체했다.

80년대에 존 바인치엘(John Weinzierl)은 영국 내 아몬 뒬의 인기를 활용해 아몬 뒬 UK를 결성하고 5장의 앨범을 내었다.

리더 크리스 카레르는 호크윈드의 보컬 로버트 캘버트와 교류가 있었기 때문에 1988년 캘버트가 사망했을 때 추모공연을 했다. 그 과정에서 아몬 뒬 II가 재결성되어 이후 간간이 활동을 하였다. 그들은 초기작을 재발매하였고 새 앨범을 발매했다. 일본 공연을 비롯에 세계 여러 곳에서 공연을 진행했다.

드러머 페터 레오폴트는 2006년 11월에 사망하여 추모공연이 있었다. 포폴 부 출신의 다니엘 피셸체어가 그 자리를 이어받았다.베이스인 로타 마이드는 2015년 11월에 사망했다.

그들의 영향력은 세계적이었으며 특히 스토너 계열의 밴드들에 영향을 주었다. Queens of the Stone Age, Galloping Coroners 같은 밴드들이 언급된다.

음반

Amon Düül 
모든 앨범이 1969년 세션이며 Collapsing Singvögel을 제외하곤 다 같은 시기 세션의 음원들을 뽑아 앨범으로 만든 것이다.

 1969	Psychedelic Underground
 Amon Düül, Minnelied 등의 이름으로도 재발매
 1969	Collapsing Singvögel Rückwärts & Co.
 1971	Paradieswärts Düül
 1972	Disaster (Lüüd Noma)
 1984	Experimente

Amon Düül II 
 1969	Phallus Dei
 1970	Yeti
 1971	Tanz Der Lemminge
 1972	Wolf City
 1972	Carnival In Babylon
 1973	Live In London
 (1973)	BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert Plus(1992년 발매)
 1973	Vive La Trance
 1974	Hijack
 1975	Made In Germany
 1976	Pyragony X
 1977	Almost Alive...
 1978	Only Human
 1981	Vortex
 1982	Utopia
 1995	Nada Moonshine #
 1996	Live In Tokio
 1996	Kobe (Reconstructions) (CD, Album)
 1996	Eternal Flashback (CD, Album)
 2010	Bee As Such

Amon Düül II UK 
Hawk Meets Penguin (as Amon Duul II, 1982)
Meetings With Menmachines - Inglorious Heroes of the Past... (as Amon Düül II, 1983)
Die Lösung (with Robert Calvert, as Amon Düül) (1989)
Fool Moon (as Amon Düül, 1989)

각주

외부 링크 
 

독일의 록 밴드
크라우트록
1969년 결성된 음악 그룹
사이키델릭 록 밴드