Viva la Prog Rock!
November 07, 2008
By: 
rollerkaty
Category: Van der Graaf Generator
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NPR aired a story today on Mark Hammill, founder of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator in the early 1970s. After my mini-obsession with Yes a year ago, I’ve become intrigued with the prog rock genre and found the story quite interesting.
The story traced the history of Van der Graaf Generator and of the band’s musical influence. According to the All Things Considered web site, “as a founding member of the British progressive rock scene in the early ’70s, Hammill reached beyond the pretension of prog rock and into the fury of punk.”
If you are interested in hearing the story, you can listen to it here.
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