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Van der Graaf Generator

A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers

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Van der Graaf Generator are an English progressive rock band, formed in 1967 in Manchester. They were the first act signed to Charisma Records. The band achieved considerable success in Italy during the 1970s. In 2005 they embarked on a reunion, which continues to the present day. The signature Van der Graaf Generator sound in the 1970s was a combination of Peter Hammill’s distinctive and dynamic voice and David Jackson’s electronically treated saxophones, generally playing over thick chordal keyboard parts (such as Hammond organ and/or clavinet), and Guy Evans’ rolling, jazz-rock-like drumming. The band explored the complete range of phonaesthetics from euphony to cacophony, often within the same song. Van der Graaf Generator albums tended to be darker in atmosphere than many of... Read on...

Song lines: ♪ ALL THINGS ARE A PART ... Would you cry if I died

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Jimguru wrote on April, 18th 2008 at 7:01am:
This is a bloody MASTERPIECE!!


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