Atlantis was founded in the late summer of 1972 by Inga Rumpf (vocals), Jean-Jacques Kravetz (keyboard) and Karl-Heinz Schott (bass), who previously played with the band Frumpy. The founding cast of Atlantis also included guitarist Frank Diez and drummer Curt Cress (formerly with the band Emergency).
After a few live performances in Germany, the studio of Island Records in London produced the first LP, which was particularly well received in the USA, where Rumpf's blues-oriented voice was appreciated. Diez and Cress left the band after the recordings.
George Meier joined Atlantis as guitarist and Udo Lindenberg as drummer for a four-week tour through England with Procol Harum and Traffic. These were replaced after the tour by Dieter Bornschlegel (formerly with the band Traumtorte) and Ringo Funk (formerly with Jeronimo ), with whom the second LP It's Getting Better (1973) was recorded.
During another four-week tour of England, Jean-Jacques Kravetz left the band to join the band Randy Pie . Rainer Schnelle stepped in for him at short notice. At the end of 1973 the band ranked among the three most popular groups of the readership of the then important trade journal Musikmarkt .
The next personnel change took place in the summer of 1974. British keyboardist Adrian Askew came for Rainer Schelle, and guitarist Alex Conti from the band Curly Curve came for Dieter Bornschlegel . In 1974 the third album Ooh, Baby was recorded with this line-up.
In 1975 a tour took place through the USA (mostly as the opening act for Lynyrd Skynyrd ), after which the band separated from Alex Conti, for whom the former guitarist Frank Diez and for the first time a second guitarist, Rainer Marz (formerly like Ringo Funk at Jeronimo), joined the group. The following fourth LP Get on Board (1975) is clearly influenced by the hard rock American style, but was not a commercial success.
In January 1976 Rumpf and Schott announced the breakup of the band. There were some more studio recordings by March 1976, which were released on the album Top of the Bill (1978).
On February 23, 1983, the founding members of Atlantis hosted a unique reunion concert in the Hamburg factory .
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