Bayon (band)

Bayon
Bayon with RUTH-Award July 2010
Background information
Origin	Weimar
Genres	World music
Years active	1971–2023
Members	Christoph Theusner Sonny Thet Denis Stilke Justo Gabriel Perez
Website	www.bayonmusic.de

Bayon was a German band founded around 1971 in the former GDR. Its musical style can be described as a mixture of folk, jazz, rock, and classical music. Internationally they came to prominence with their musical contribution Stell dich mitten in den Regen to the movie The Lives of Others. The name of the band derived from the Khmer temple Bayon in Cambodia.