'Shrat' Thiele (from Amon Düül II) – bongos Amon Düül II and Amon Düül UK Amon Düül II were formed by the more professionally and technically inclined members of the original collective, with core members Chris Karrer, Falk Rogner, Renate Knaup-Kroetenschwanz, John Weinzierl, and Peter Leopold. They signed to the United Artists label and released a string of highly regarded albums with strong psychedelic and progressive flourishes. After 1975, the band changed labels and moved towards more accessible music, before finally disbanding in the late 1970s. After a spell with Hawkwind, Amon Düül II's original bassist Dave Anderson formed a short-lived band called Amon Din with drummer John Lingwood, ex-Hawkwind guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton and John Butler in 1971–2. At the beginning of the 1980s, Amon Düül II's John Weinzierl, with Dave Anderson and various others, began releasing albums as Amon Düül, though this band is commonly called Amon Düül UK to differentiate it from the original one. Between 1982 and 1989, they released five albums. When the 1990s brought new exposure and audiences to the original krautrock groups, Chris, Renate, Falk and John reunited and continue to perform as Amon Düül II sporadically. Legacy Amon Düül and Amon Düül II influenced such bands in the late '70s as Hungarian psychedelic hardcore, 'shaman punk' band Galloping Coroners. Discography Amon Düül Psychedelic Underground (1969, re-issued as Minnelied in 1979) Collapsing/Singvögel Rückwärts & Co. (1969) Paradieswärts Düül (1970) Disaster (Double LP) (1972) Experimente (Double LP) (1983) See also Amon Düül II discography Amon Düül UK discography References External links "Amon Duul 1: The most hated Krautrock band", by Chris Moon, 16 June 1996 "Amon Düül", mainly focussed on their collaboration with Robert Calvert of Hawkwind 1967 establishments in West Germany Acid rock music groups Brain Records artists Communes German experimental musical groups Hippie movement Krautrock musical groups Musical groups established in 1967 Ohr label artists Intentional communities in Germany