Communing With Chaos: Amon Düül II
Edwin Pouncey, Wire, The, February 1996
WHEN THE GERMAN rock explosion (now recognised as Krautrock) first hit these shores in the early 70s, the temptation to label it as a thriving and productive little European movement was too much for the music press of the day to resist.
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