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MustShaveBeard 
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 16:10 |
From Sofasound.com  :
 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. |
David Jackson's absence is dissapointing, and I wish it were explained more, but as long as they come to America for once I'll be jollier than Santa! Perhaps there's something we could do to get them over here.
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 16:13 |
Fantastic! 
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 17:02 |
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Good news! Bit of a shame really David Jaxon isn't playing with them anymore. He was so important to the classic VDGG sound. A trio now? No additional members?
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 17:41 |
Great and (a little bit) sad news simultaneously...
On the one hand, their re-reunion is always welcome. On the other hand, I can't imagine Van der Graaf Generator without Jaxon. I wonder how they will sound. It seems that they won't collaborate with Stuart Gordon within VdGG, which is a pity.
Anyway, it's more great than sad. They are welcome, welcome, welcome...
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 17:47 |
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Holy cheese! I hope they hit the states! I will find a way if they come within 500 miles of me!
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 18:29 |
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  RIP in bossa nova heaven.
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 19:10 |
Great news! If only other bands would do the same. 
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 22:20 |
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Indeed.
Great news anyway.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 22:22 |
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Hmmm, mixed feelings here...
They need Jaxon!
Maybe he'll make a guest appearance on the album, but not tour with them... maybe a guest sax player... hmmm...
All exciting news though, but still sad... hmmm, I wish them well.
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 22:25 |
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Hopefully with fresh Ideas. The latest album was ok, but nothing to loose your breath, except for the first track.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 22:30 |
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Oh, give it more credit than that Cuncuna, it's a better album than you say. Their ideas were fresh, but in a different style. That's progression.
Anyhow, I hope the absence of Jaxon doesn't hinder them too much. He is kind of an essential part of their sound, but he did look tired at the concert I saw.
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 22:39 |
A guest sax player at the record is not a bad kind of a semi-solution...
But still, we both said more or less the same things... Strange kind of feeling...
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 22:41 |
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Theo Travis would be a good choice...
But he's probably got commitments.
Yes, it's sad... although Peter Hammill albums seem to work, although Jaxon has actually been on a lot more of them than the other two... I guess he's feeling old, I don't blame him.
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 23:24 |
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How can they play their classic material without Jackson? Could any sessionist be as inventive as him?
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Bach, Ma, Bros, Déia, Dante.
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 23:59 |
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Good point. Maybe, they will play only new material plus something from Aerosol Grey Machine?
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Posted: September 28 2006 at 00:08 |
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Oh, give it more credit than that Cuncuna, it's a better album than you say. Their ideas were fresh, but in a different style. That's progression.Anyhow, I hope the absence of Jaxon doesn't hinder them too much. He is kind of an essential part of their sound, but he did look tired at the concert I saw.
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Bored me after the third song. The second disc, I don't even count it. I was very happy with the Emperor thing, but that was all for me. I agree, is not that bad an album, but a good comeback must involve flames and a storm in your ears, not just a bunch of predictible songs. I'm hoping for a devastating next album. If that doesn't happen, I'll have to stick with good old Peter Hammill solo production.
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Posted: September 28 2006 at 00:09 |
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They played most of the old stuff without Jaxon when they were Van der Graaf. Jaxon only joined them for one gig and that was recorded and became Vital. He wasn't an official member of the band.
So they can play their old classics without him, but the charm and intensity would be lost.
I mean... Killer without sax...
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Posted: September 28 2006 at 00:13 |
cuncuna wrote:
Geck0 wrote:
Oh, give it more credit than that Cuncuna, it's a better album than you say. Their ideas were fresh, but in a different style. That's progression.Anyhow, I hope the absence of Jaxon doesn't hinder them too much. He is kind of an essential part of their sound, but he did look tired at the concert I saw. |
Bored me after the third song. The second disc, I don't even count it. I was very happy with the Emperor thing, but that was all for me. I agree, is not that bad an album, but a good comeback must involve flames and a storm in your ears, not just a bunch of predictible songs. I'm hoping for a devastating next album. If that doesn't happen, I'll have to stick with good old Peter Hammill solo production.
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I wouldn't call them predictable! Predictable is pop music and pop music is not what VdGG do. The second disk was different... but they were experimenting and I think it's not that bad. I've not really listened to Present as much as I'd like too and that's not due to any dislike for it. I know In Babelsberg is a good tune, but it's yet to click, it's one of those tunes that hits you later. La Rossa is the same for me, I found that a difficult tune to get into at first. There's a hidden charm in Present I believe.
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Posted: September 28 2006 at 00:21 |
Geck0 wrote:
cuncuna wrote:
Geck0 wrote:
Oh, give it more credit than that Cuncuna, it's a better album than you say. Their ideas were fresh, but in a different style. That's progression.Anyhow, I hope the absence of Jaxon doesn't hinder them too much. He is kind of an essential part of their sound, but he did look tired at the concert I saw. |
Bored me after the third song. The second disc, I don't even count it. I was very happy with the Emperor thing, but that was all for me. I agree, is not that bad an album, but a good comeback must involve flames and a storm in your ears, not just a bunch of predictible songs. I'm hoping for a devastating next album. If that doesn't happen, I'll have to stick with good old Peter Hammill solo production.
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I wouldn't call them predictable! Predictable is pop music and pop music is not what VdGG do.The second disk was different... but they were experimenting and I think it's not that bad. I've not really listened to Present as much as I'd like too and that's not due to any dislike for it. I know In Babelsberg is a good tune, but it's yet to click, it's one of those tunes that hits you later. La Rossa is the same for me, I found that a difficult tune to get into at first.There's a hidden charm in Present I believe. |
Also hidden was a challenging album with more than those monotonous bass lines that drive the album from song #2 to the end as a block. ¿Remember "The Jargon King"?. I need something like that. Not exactly like that, but with the same impulse.
Edited by cuncuna - September 28 2006 at 00:24
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Posted: September 28 2006 at 00:29 |
Awesome news...minus this no Mr. sax man thing.
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