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| 1. | Lemmings
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| 2. | A Place To Survive
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| 3. | Lifetime
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| 4. | In The Black Room
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| 5. | Every Bloody Emperor
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| 6. | All That Before
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| 7. | Gog
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| 8. | Meurglys III, The Songwriter's Guild
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| 9. | The Sleepwalkers
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| 10. | Man-Erg
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| 11. | Scorched Earth
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| 12. | Interview with Peter Hammill 2009
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Peter Hammill / vocals, guitar, pianos
Hugh Banton / organ
Guy Evans / drums
Van Der Graaf Generator was formed in the late sixties by Peter Hammill. The most celbrated line up also featured Hugh Banton, Guy Evans and David Jackson. The band released a number of highly regarded albums during the seventies including, Pawn Hearts, H to He and a live album Vital before splitting in 1978. The band re formed again in 2005 releasing the studio album Present and performed at a number of high profile concerts including the Royal Festival Hall in London.
Following a split with long time member David Jackson the band released a new studio album Trisector in 2008
This DVD captures a live performance by Van Der Graaf Generator and was filmed in Holland in 2007 for viewing via the internet. The performance filmed at the Paradiso in Amsterdam features the three man line up of Peter Hammill, Hugh Banton and Guy Evans. The DVD includes the complete performance and also a bonus interview filmed with Peter Hammill in April 2009. Peter Hammill has also written the sleeve notes for the DVD.
The second live album to follow Van Der Graaf Generator's reunion, arriving on the heels of 2005's Real Time, Live at the Paradiso captures the band on tour for the first time as a trio, following the departure of saxophonist David Jackson -- and scarcely missing him in the slightest. For obvious reasons the set list has been substantially rearranged since the earlier tour, but classics "Lemming," "(In The) Black Room," "Scorched Earth," and more remain; indeed, although the liners insist that the band is looking forwards more than back, disc two in its entirety looks back to the band's mid- to late '70s. That said, "Every Bloody Emperor" leaps from the band's reunion LP with all the drama and menace that the original band ever conjured up, while there is a power to the set that is wholly the product of the band's 21st century rebirth. Peter Hammill is in spine-chilling form throughout, while bandmates Hugh Banton and Guy Evans lay down a backdrop that refuses to acknowledge the passage of time -- in fact, VDGG sound more contemporary today than they ever did in the past, although it would be difficult to imagine any "new" band being able to conjure sounds like these from its arsenal. So forget the fact that this is their second live album in just four years. Live at the Paradiso is as essential as any VDGG album could be. [A DVD version was also released.] ~ Dave Thompson, All Music Guide
Van Der Graaf Generator
Active Decades: '60s, '70s and '00s
Born: 1967
Died: 1978
Genre: Rock
Styles: Experimental, Prog-Rock/Art Rock
An eye-opening trip to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury during the summer of 1967 inspired British-born drummer Chris Judge Smith to compose a list of possible names for the rock group he wished to form. Upon his return to Manchester University, he began performing with singer/songwriter Peter Hammill and keyboardist Nick Peame; employing one of the names from Judge Smith's list, the band dubbed itself Van Der Graaf Generator (after a machine which creates static electricity), eventually earning an intense cult following as one of the era's preeminent art rock groups.
Despite the early involvement of Judge Smith and Peame, the group found true success as a vehicle for Hammill, whose dark, existentialist lyrics made him the focus of considerable attention. After the release of the 1968 single "People You Were Going To," Judge Smith left Van Der Graaf Generator, which by then consisted of Hammill, keyboardist Hugh Banton, bassist Keith Ellis and drummer Guy Evans. The group soon split, and in 1968 Hammill entered the studio, ostensibly to record a solo album; however, he ultimately called in his ex-bandmates for assistance, and when The Aerosol Grey Machine appeared, it did so under the Van Der Graaf Generator name.
Although Ellis was replaced by Nic Potter and woodwind player David Jackson, the reconstituted group continued on for 1969's Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other. After 1970's H to He, Who Am the Only One, Potter departed; the Generator recorded one more LP, 1971's Pawn Hearts, before Hammill left for a solo career, putting an end to the group. After five solo efforts, however, Hammill again re-formed Van Der Graaf Generator in 1975 for Godbluff. Following a pair of 1976 albums, Still Life and World Record, Banton and Jackson exited; as simply Van Der Graaf, the band recorded The Quiet Zone with new violinist Graham Smith. After a 1978 live set, Vital, the group officially disbanded, although most members made appearances on Hammill's subsequent solo records. Twice during the 1990s, Van Der Graaf also reunited for one-off gigs, and in 2005 released a reunion album, Present. Another new outing, Trisector, appeared in 2008.
---Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide |
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