Van Der Graaf Generator reformation (true!!)

I feel all lightheaded.

Am I reading the site right, it says there'll be a new double album in 2005?

god I would love it if they brought this to the US but probably no chance. Maybe someone will try to get them for ATP next year.

In the first crop of Re-masters set for release on 30th May 2005 will be:

The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other with bonus tracks - The Boat Of Millions Of Years and Refugees (single version)

H to He Who Am The Only One with bonus tracks - Squid/Octopus Live in the studio (from the Pawn Hearts sessions) and The Emperor in his War Room (alternative version).

Pawn Hearts with bonus tracks - Theme One (alternative version), w (alternative version), Angle Of Incidents (Guy Evans' track from planned side 3), Diminution (Hugh Banton's track) and Ponker's Theme (David Jackson's track).

This will be followed on 27th June 2005 by:

Godbluff with bonus track - Forsaken Gardens (Live from Rimini 9th August 1975) and A Louse Is Not A Home (Also from Rimini).

Still Life with bonus track - Gog (Live from Bangor 10th May 1975).

Fool's Mate with (early demo version) bonus tracks - The Birds, Sunshine, Happy, Re-awakening, Summer Song (In The Autumn).

http://www.vandergraafgenerator.net/site.php

Ask the band a question !

http://www.best-cd-price.co.uk/compare-music-price-code-B0007VWRBC.html

Now to try and get to see them live soon.

This album's making me a lot happy this week.

http:// www(dot)dariotortora(dot)net/

...specifically the "F1le shar1ng" section. That's all.

Van Der Graaf Generator - Future

After a period of consideration and some exploratory rehearsal sessions over the summer, Hugh Banton, Guy Evans & Peter Hammill are now looking forward with excitement to the next phase in the VdGG reunion.

They expect to be doing shows in the first half of 2007 and will also be recording new material in this period with a view to releasing an album later in the year.

Van der Graaf Generator is now a trio consisting of the three surviving members of the original 1968 formation. David Jackson has not been a member of the group since November 2005.

:( on lack of jaxon, who is fucking awesome & irreplaceable. BUT otoh, hammill/banton/evans together are still mighty.

I just noticed they're playing tonight at Abbey Pub in Chicago with The Strawbs. Anyone seen them lately? Should I go?

I am going to the show.

I saw Peter Hammill at the Abbey last year, and it was easily one of the top 5 shows I saw last year. So good.

No idea what to expect from this VdGG, tho..

Long time fan from the UK here. You should definitely see this trio while you have the chance. They may not cross the Atlantic again for a good long while. I have to admit that I do find something missing without Jackson. But without him, they are still a fearsome proposition.

Good NY Times review by old prog rock fan Jon Parles of their New York show a few days ago:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/arts/music/23nokia.html?_r=1

Did this get posted anywhere?

Van Der Graaf Generator + guests

Sun 27 Mar 2011

Rare London performance from Mancunian Prog-Rock pioneers with
the release of A Grounding in Numbers, their second CD as a trio
featuring Peter Hammill (vocals, guitar, piano), Hugh Banton
(organ, bass pedals) and Guy Evans (drums). Their last Barbican
show (2007) was one of the year’s hottest tickets.

link

This is part of a brief UK and European tour in the spring. They are also doing a one-off gig for a British TV show, with tickets priced at a not inconsiderable £175.

talk about making yr art accessible to the masses

Hammill says he wasn't aware of the ticket price when he inked the deal. Plus obv there is the regular tour as well so it's not as though people haven't got the chance to see them. Also appearing on a one-off TV special might actually bring in some new admirers

sorry, was grouching - am totally willing to spend £20 on these guys, and yeah of course a TV special might help, although it'd help even more to expose people to their prime line-up maybe? get some retrospective screening on

So, it's a 'reunion' at this point, right?

nah, they appear to have fresh material

Just booked! Had no idea about this otherwise, thx ilx, shame there's no Jaxon still but you can't have everything. Now Univers Zero need to play London.

Just noticed that Van Der Graaf Generator will be playing at the local (to me) Sellersville Theater in June!

Anyone see this band lately? Worth the expense to see them these days?

absolutely

yeah - even without Jaxon they're quite good, though I wish he'd just rejoin the band alreadfy

sadly that's not gonna happen. I agree though that without him they are not as good

live maybe but I think Grounding in Numbers and Trisector are better than Present.

Is this part of Nearfest? I really wish they would play the west coast at some point.

what exactly happened with Jaxon anyway? It's all a bit vague. Was it a money thing?

I saw the three piece VdGG back in 2009 and thought it was pretty phenomenal

Is this part of Nearfest? I really wish they would play the west coast at some point.

what exactly happened with Jaxon anyway? It's all a bit vague. Was it a money thing?

no but they are playing Nearfest as well.

With Jackson it wasn't about money, it was that he couldn't or wouldn't commit himself to VdGG activity among his other projects. Hammill wrote about it in some detail in a newsletter a few years back.