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2	[[caption-width-right:350:The band, in all their infrared glory.]]
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4	Amon Düül II is a German rock band formed in 1968, considered part of the {{Krautrock}} movement. It emerged from a Munich commune. The band's early history is rather convoluted. Suffice it to say that there was a split at the commune, with one band called Amon Düül and another called Amon Düül II. Amon Düül consisted of commune members who didn’t have much musical ability. Amon Düül II’s members did, and ADII is the band recognized as one of the luminaries of the Krautrock crew, alongside Music/{{Kraftwerk}}, Music/{{Can}}, Music/{{Neu}}, and Faust.
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6	ADII is notable for trippy improvisations, oddball but catchy shorter songs, and surreal album cover art. Best-known example: the cover of ''Yeti''; this image also graces the cover of Julian Cope's book ''Krautrocksampler.'' The band still performs sporadically.
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8	Amon Duul II’s discography:
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10	* ''Phallus Dei'' (1969)
11	* ''Yeti'' (1970)
12	* ''Tanz der Lemminge'' (''Dance of the Lemmings'') (1971)
13	* ''Carnival in Babylon'' (1972)
14	* ''Wolf City'' (1973)
15	* ''Live in London'' (1973)
16	* ''Vive La Trance'' (1973)
17	* ''Hijack'' (1974)
18	* ''Made in Germany'' (1975)
19	* ''Pyragony X'' (1976)
20	* ''Almost Alive'' (1977)
21	* ''Only Human'' (1979)
22	* ''Vortex'' (1981)
23	* ''Nada Moonshine'' (1995)
24	* ''Düülirium'' (2010)
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26	!!Tropes:
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28	* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album covers for ''Yeti,'' ''Tanz der Lemminge,'' and ''Carnival in Babylon''. You can thank keyboardist Falk Rogner, who also did cover design.
29	* EpicRocking: On "Phallus Dei," "Mozambique," "Soap Shop Rock," "Yeti," and most of ''Tanz der Lemminge''.
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31	* TheGrimReaper: The cover of ''Yeti'' depicts a photograph of a reaper-type figure wielding a scythe. In fact, the guy with the scythe was Wolfgang Krischke, ADII's sound man, who had died of hypothermia while tripping on acid. Keyboardist/album cover artist Falk Rogner included the photo of Krischke as a tribute.
32	* OneWomanWail: Courtesy of singer Renate Knaup on ''Phallus Dei.''
33	* RevolvingDoorBand: This is to be expected from a band that formed at a commune. They even teamed up with some members of Amon Düül I for ''Yeti.''
34	* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: "Mozambique"
35	* [[WordSaladLyrics Word Salad Song Titles]]: "Eye Shaking King," "Soap Shop Rock," "Dehypnotized Toothpaste," "A Short Stop at the Transylvanian Brain Surgery," "Toxicological Whispering", "Green Bubble Raincoated Man"...

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