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Van der Graaf Generator: Live in Concert at Metropolis Studios, London

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Label: Salvo Records
Released: 2012.06.04
Time:
 52:07 / 34:29
Category: Progressive Rock
Producer(s): Amardeep Chama, Sinead D'Arcy
Rating:
Media type: CD double
Web address: www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk
Appears with: Peter Hammill
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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Disc One

[1] Interference Patterns (P.Hammill) - 4:22
[2] Nutter Alert (P.Hammill) - 5:35
[3] Your Time Starts Now (P.Hammill) - 4:25
[4] Lemmings (P.Hammill) - 14:26
[5] Lifetime (P.Hammill) - 5:24
[5] Bunsho (P.Hammill) - 5:38
[6] Childlike Faith (P.Hammill) - 12:16


Disc Two

[1] Mr. Sands (P.Hammill) - 5:22
[2] Over The Hill (P.Hammill) - 12:21
[3] We Are Not Here (P.Hammill) - 4:54
[4] Man-Erg (P.Hammill) - 11:50

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Peter Hammill - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
Hugh Banton - Keyboards, Organ, Bass
Guy Evans - Drums

Amardeep Chama - Producer
Sinead D'Arcy - Producer
Ian Brenchley - Executive Producer
Steve Gallant - Executive Producer
Sam Wheat - Engineer, Mixing
Ben Baptie - Assistant Engineer
Xavier Stephenson - Assistant Engineer
Phil McDonald - Editing
Mazen Murad - Mastering
Hannah Merrington - Studio Coordinator
Katy Samwell - Production Manager
Nick Wrate - Technical Manager
VK Assi - Package Design
Emma Montanet - Hair Stylist, Make-Up
Oded Shein - Photography
Annika Walsh - Marketing
Patrick Humphries - Liner Notes

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Recorded Live in Concert at Metropolis Studios, London album by Van Der Graaf Generator was released Aug 07, 2012 on the Conveyor label.

On the evening of December 18, 2010, 120 lucky Van Der Graaf Generator fans braved a blizzard to travel to West London's Metropolis Studios to take in a rare UK apearance by Peter Hamill, Hugh Banton and Guy Evans. Among the most revered of the progressive rock groups to evolve in England during the late 60s and early 70s, VDGG performed songs from all stages of their career in an intimate atmosphere that was captured in a manner unlikely ever to be achieved again.



Few bands of the late 60s and 70s inspired such a devoted following as Van Der Graaf Generator. Fans found theirs some of the most rewarding and challenging music of the era. "The times were intense, and we were an intense, even scary band," admitted founder member Peter Hammill (whose work was a major influence on many musicians, including David Bowie and John Lydon). Splits and reunions, an ongoing Hammill solo career, CD reissues, a box set, sporadic one-off get togethers and on and off reunions eventually culminated in this studio rendezvous for three charter members of the band in December, 2010. On the evening in question, 120 lucky Van Der Graaf Generator fans braved a blizzard to travel to Metropolis Studios, West London, to take in a rare UK appearance by Hammill, Hugh Banton and Guy Evans in an intimate atmosphere that was captured in a manner unlikely ever to be achieved again. The DVD also includes revealing interviews with all three band members in which they describe this "unrepeatable, fantastic event" which showcases work from their recent A Grounding In Numbers album as well as their illustrious past. Fractured time signatures... Hammill's fervent, occasionally terrifying, vocals... the complexity of the band's music... the inscrutability of their lyrics... it all adds up to a unique and inimitable performance.

Aamzon.com



Van Der Graaf Generator may be weirder than early Pink Floyd and at least, if not more, progressive than King Crimson. They play complex music with odd lyrics and even odder time signatures.

In 2010, the three original members, Peter Hammill, Hugh Banton and Guy Evens went to Metropolis Studios in London and gave a performance in front of a small, intimate crowd made up of their biggest fans. They have released the concert on a double CD and DVD package. The DVD contains rare interviews with all three band members.

The drawback is that the band only played three songs released before 2005. The band, proud of their latest music, still should pay more homage to their past, and to their fans. The concert is filled with crazy vocals and wild musical passages proving that Van Der Graff Generator are still as in tune with who they are, musically, as they ever were. Songs like “Nutter Alert” and “Over the Hill” are the most interesting of the newer tunes but the classic “Man-Erg” is the darkest and most brooding tune on the album.

Like iced coffee, it takes a required taste; one either loves this band or hates them. For those who dig Van Der Graaf then this is a must see DVD and a must hear double CD release.

Jeb Wright - classicrockrevisited.com
 

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