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[[File:vdgg.jpg|frame|''Not'' your average band.]]
{{quote|''"Here, at the glass, all the usual problems, all the habitual farce''
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''And hope that it all turns out right"'' |"The Undercover Man", from ''Godbluff''}}
[[Van der Graaf Generator]] (sic) is an English [[Progressive Rock]] band (although they would deny that) originating in the late 1960s. They operated in four distinct periods and are currently in their fifth, all featuring Peter Hammill, who is the [[Face of the Band]] and primary songwriter. Their name is often shortened to VdGG.
Van der Graaf Generator are an unusual [[Progressive Rock]] band in that they focus on dark, dreary themes (such as the invasion by the Spanish Inquisition or isolation atop a lighthouse with [[Cosmic Horror Story]] undertones) and feature very little guitar/electric guitar in their music. Instead, the sound is dominated by ominous organ work, frenetic screeching saxophones, frenzied jazz drumming and dynamic singing ranging from a crooning whisper to a death metal-esque scream.
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The classic lineup reunited on stage duing a Peter Hammill solo concert in 2003 for a one-off performance, in 2004 they began recording in studio and then released a new album of all-new material in 2005, ''Present''. Soon after Jackson quit, and VdGG continued on without him, releasing the live album ''Real Time'' in 2007 and the studio albums ''Trisector'' in 2008 , ''A Grounding In Numbers'' in 2011 and ''Alt'' in 2012. They continue to tour.
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* [[AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle]]: Intentional - Peter Hammill's singing has to be heard to be believed.
* [[The Band Minus the Face]]: The members of VdGG (minus Hammill, of course) got together to record an album of instrumental music titled "The Long Hello" in 1973. This was followed up in 1981 by "The Long Hello Volume Two", in 1982 with "Long Hello Volume Three" and then "Long Hello Volume Four" in 1983. The album Gentlemen Prefer Blues (Jackson, Banton, Evans, 1985) is sometimes regarded as a sort of Long Hello Volume Five.
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