This article is about the Norwegian band. For the German band called Popol Vuh, see Popol Vuh (German band)

Popol Vuh (German band)

Popol Vuh was a German electronic avantgarde band, in the mainstream-media so called Krautrock, founded by pianist and keyboardist Florian Fricke in 1969 together with Holger Trülzsch and Frank Fiedler...

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Popol Vuh, later known as Popol Ace, was a 1970s Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 progressive rock

Progressive rock

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 band, that became popular in the 1970s Norwegian rock scene with such song

Song

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s as "All We Have Is the Past", "Queen of all Queens" and "Music Box".

The band later changed its name to "Popol Ace" to avoid confusion with the German band Popol Vuh

Popol Vuh (German band)

Popol Vuh was a German electronic avantgarde band, in the mainstream-media so called Krautrock, founded by pianist and keyboardist Florian Fricke in 1969 together with Holger Trülzsch and Frank Fiedler...

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The band's downfall came with the lead singer Jahn Teigen

Jahn Teigen

Jahn Teigen is a Norwegian singer and musician. Jahn received a knighthood from H.M. King Harald V. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest three times, in 1978, 1982 and 1983. His given name was Jan, he added the silent H later. Since October 2006 he has been living in Sweden...

 leaving the band for a solo career.

Last line-up

• Jahn Teigen
  Jahn Teigen
  Jahn Teigen is a Norwegian singer and musician. Jahn received a knighthood from H.M. King Harald V. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest three times, in 1978, 1982 and 1983. His given name was Jan, he added the silent H later. Since October 2006 he has been living in Sweden...
  
   – vocals
• Pete Knutsen – guitar, keyboards
• Arne Schulze – guitar
• Terje Methi – bass
• Thor Andreassen – drums and percussion
• Pjokken Eide – flute, trombone

Discography

as Popol Vuh

• 1972 Popol Vuh, Polydor 2923 009
• 1973 Quiche Maya, Polydor 2382 038

as Popol Ace

• 1975 Stolen From Time, Polydor 2480 332
• 1978 Curly Sounds, Polydor 2383 498
• 1994 Cat of 9 Tales, Polydor 523908-2 (compilation)
• 2003 All We Have, Universal/Polydor (albums 1-4 + 5th disc of rarities)
• 2006 The Best of Popol Ace, Universal (compilation)