But they only stuck around for about three years, creating an intensely melodic blend of prog and jazz fusion on their debut, achieving orchestral intricacy without drifting off into self-indulgence.

as one of the most promising supergroups ever - the band featured ex-members of King Crimson, Yes, Roxy Music and Soft Machine. Yeti isn't just one of Krautrock's greatest albums it's one of the finest records of the entire original psychedelic era. Half of Yeti was completely improvised in the studio, but it's hard to identify which half pre-written tracks like the opening suite 'Soap Shop Rock' and the searing rocker 'Archangel Thunderbird' seem to follow their own primal internal compass, while the improvised nine-minute closer 'Sandoz in the Rain' (allegedly recorded while the entire band was on acid) is ravishing in its stark, crystalline beauty. Heavier and hairier than most of their Krautrock contemporaries, the band melded elements of the Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Jefferson Airplane, Pink Floyd and Quicksilver Messenger Service with African, Asian and Indian influences to create something deeply personal and even more deeply weird. Described by Lester Bangs in Rolling Stone as 'Germany's great psyche-overload band,' Amon Düül II delivered some serious mind-fry on their sprawling second album.

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