Van der Graff Generator

[moonvisage]

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Van Der Graff Generator were Johnny Rotten's favourite band whilst he was in The Sex Pistols.

[Roxxy]

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Didn't Van der Graaf Generator do the musical piece 'Theme One' for Radio 1's signature tune when it launched in '67??

[Paulos]

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Weren't these the things that used to make your hair stand up in science lessons?

[zip55]

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They were on the Charisma label (Mad Hatter) and were part of that label's drive to get their artists known through running concerts for 1p ... not bad value that

[Roxxy]

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"Weren't these the things that used to make your hair stand up in science lessons?"

Yep, the very same.

[Pussywillow]

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Maybe because no one has heard of them.........me included.

What a Philistine

Loved VDGG ,great band, so original and Progressive. Had some of their output on TAPE (remember those ?).

OF course if you love Progressive Rock as I do you'll know that great bands from the 70's never die and VDGG are still around along with Pavlov's Dog, Uriah Heep and loads of other classic bands we used to love.

[goodbyetomaria]

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I saw Peter Hammill at The Loft in Bath several years ago. He was playing guitar with a bassist, drummer and a bloke on accordion. They were so frighteningly good, it made you want to go home and throw your own guitar in a skip. I could play guitar for a thousand years and not come anywhere near that talent.

[Cartimand]

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The Least We Can Do is probably my favourite album of theirs, with Pawn Hearts a close second. Truly inventive prog-rock at its best.