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Van der Graaf Generator

  • 20-10-2007 10:13am
    #1
    MoominPapa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭


    One of those bands I've heard of for years but never got around to hearing until now, thanks to lastfm
    Check out this fantastic track from 1970
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDmhP6YiN6s

    This is typical of the quality but only hints at the variety of their music. I think they may be one of those great missing link bands, this track is like a bridge between Soft Machine and Roxy Music, others sound like King Crimson jamming with the Floyd but always there are the unique VDGG elements
    This brilliant freak out was John Peels theme tune at one stage
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWcJ7WeAK78


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  • #2
    Undergod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Undergod


    Not too familiar with VDG, the song "Firebrand" on their website is worth checking out though.

    Can anyone on these boards say they've jammed with a former member? I know I can. :D


  • #3
    MoominPapa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭MoominPapa


    Undergod wrote: »
    Can anyone on these boards say they've jammed with a former member? I know I can. :D
    That is soooo :cool: Who? How? Where? Why? When?


  • #4
    damonjewel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭damonjewel


    here is a band I've over looked for a long time, mainly because I had heard some of Peter Hamills solo stuff which didnt real do it for me . However I heard ' A Plague of lighthouse keepers' on Stuart MacConie's Freak zone and had to get it. So I bought Pawn hearts which is a revelation, its not very accesible and quite miserable but a great album for the adventurous. Looking forward to hearing more


  • #5
    Undergod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Undergod


    MoominPapa wrote: »
    That is soooo :cool: Who? How? Where? Why? When?

    David Jackson, the guy playing saxophone in the second vid there. He does a lot of work with special needs education, and a few years ago he was doing a project in the school my mam works in, and so I went up and met him and jammed with him. Was pretty cool.

    Here's the VDG song I mentioned above.

    http://www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk/mp3/firebrand.mp3


  • #6
    lodgepole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,810 ✭✭✭lodgepole


    They're an amazing band. I recomend "H To He Who Am The Only One", particularly the song House With No Door.

    Pawn Hearts is very good too.


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