Peter Hammill

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Van Der Graaf Generator in 1974
"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

Documentary
Peter Hammill 1980s
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

Biographies
Peter Hammill NYC 1979
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.

Bands & Artists
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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

Live Performances
Peter Hamill: Incoherence (Expanded) cover art
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

Albums
Van der Graaf Generator
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

Interviews
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Peter Hammill announces Italian live dates for November

By Jerry Ewing Published

Van der Graaf frontman Peter Hammill will also play two live dates in Athens in Janaury 2025

Concerts & Shows
Van der Graaf Generator
"It’s a maths geek’s love song to maths!" The story of Van der Graaf Generator's A Grounding In Numbers

By Dom Lawson Published

Van der Graaf Generator's third reunion album, 2011's A Grounding In Numbers saw the trio working with shorter form but no less complex material

Albums
Peter Hamill - In A Foreign Town / Out Of Water 2023
“A vivid, three-dimensional update… they outstrip the originals’ impact by some distance”: Peter Hammill’s In A Foreign Town / Out Of Water 2023

By Dom Lawson Published

Van der Graaf Generator frontman has little to prove – but does it anyway with his revamp of solo albums hobbled by late-80s production values

Albums
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“Am I Prog’s Taylor Swift? That’s a debate that could run and run”: why Peter Hammill re-recorded his Enigma-era albums

By Julian Marszalek Published

Van der Graaf Generator lynchpin cites pop star’s motivation behind his new versions of In A Foreign Town and Out Of Water

Albums
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