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Hallucination on Sustain: 25 Years of Amon Düül II

Scott Fischer, Eurock, 2000

AS AN ESTABLISHED trend of musical non-adventurism became the keynote of the early '70s, an alternative motif of sonic exploration became necessary and was provided in a most timely fashion by the German vanguard bands, Amon Düül II in particular. Unlike the other great Teutonic entities, Amon Düül II was slightly more accessible to Amerikana, if for no other reason than the fact that they had domestic releases, the first of which was the incredible Dance Of The Lemmings.

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