Peter Hammill
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“Overwhelming, progressive as hell and utterly unique”: Peter Hammill’s solo box set
By Dom Lawson published
183-song box set offers a colossal overview of the Van der Graaf Generator vocalist and eternal musical outlier

“Live, he’s just ripping his heart out in front of you”: Jakko Jakszyk’s favourite prog vocalist
By Fraser Lewry published
Known for a Marmite voice, personal songwriting and a powerful sense of drama, his influence runs deeper than most people realise

"There are so many elements I never expected to see or hear!" New Van der Graaf Generator film shines light on only US gig from the 1970s
By Jerry Ewing published
Van der Graaf Generator - NYC '76 captures prog legends Van der Graaf Generator at their only US live show prior to 2009

New Peter Hammill biography to be published in November
By Jerry Ewing published
The 500 plus page ROCK and ROLE: The Visionary Songs of Peter Hammill and Van der Graaf Generator features many rare and previously unseen photographs

Peter Hammill to release 20-disc The Charisma & Virgin Recordings 1971 - 1986 box set in September
By Jerry Ewing published
Peter Hammill's solo albums for Charisma and Virgin Records have been newly remastered from the original master tapes.

Peter Hammill announces live dates for England and Scotland in September and October, his first UK solo shows for seven years
By Jerry Ewing published
Van der Graaf Generator frontman Peter Hammill will play shows in Edinburgh, Manchester and London

Peter Hammill's Incoherence offers a unique glimpse into the febrile mind of a restless genius
By Dom Lawson published
An ambitious peak from a prog maverick revisited

Van der Graaf Generator went down fighting with The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome
By Daryl Easlea published
Peter Hammill remembers trimming down the music and the name to spend 18 months in a ferocious punk-tinged endgame that resulted in stunning live album Vital
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