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Tuesday, December 02, 2008

amon düül II. live in munich 1969. untitled jam.


(From the Fassbinder film "Die Niklashauser Fart"- 1970)
You can see and sometimes hear: renate knaup vocals / chris karrer violin / peter leopold drums / john weinzierl guitar / lothar meid bass / shrat bongoes. the guy playing maracas at the beginning of the clip might be falk rogner or dieter serfas.
rainer werner fassbinder, günther kaufmann and some friends are seen smoking unaffectedly...

Amon Düül II (or Amon Düül 2) is a German rock band. The group is generally considered to be one of the founders of the German rock music scene and a seminal influence on the development of Krautrock.
Contrary to their colleagues in Amon Düül I, founding members Chris Karrer, Peter Leopold, Falk Rogner, John Weinzierl and Renate Knaup placed high value on musical ability. With their first album Phallus Dei (God's Penis) in 1969 they created what is considered to be a milestone in German rock history. The title song alone was 21 minutes in length. They received offers to write music for films, winning a Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Award) for their contribution to the film San Domingo.
Their second album Yeti was their breakthrough album in the United Kingdom. Inevitable comparisons with Pink Floyd and the Velvet Underground followed.

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