From k2mojo@groovedaddies.com Fri Jan 31 09:55:02 2003
Subject:RE: Van Der Graff Generator was Re: Music

Gee, I thought I was the only person in the US who followed these guys. Not
only do I have all the early VDGG albums, but I have most of the Peter
Hammill solo stuff.
I swear, sometimes I feel like a bunch of you guys grew up with me, except
the part about growing up.

Ed Fliege
k2mojo@groovedaddies.com
www.groovedaddies.com

> Wow, Van Dre Graff.. i saw them back in the 70's, yeh i'm knocking on
> a bit, and the keyboard player had an organ that could produce sounds
> below the audible threshold of the human ear. Not sure it was a
> modified Hammond or what it was, but it was a real wierd effect
> coming thru a big PA rig. You couldn't actually hear it but you could
> physically feel the floor shake beneath you.

> > Other early influences were anything from Van Der Graff Generator,
> > Quartermass, and of course, ELP. Real early Hammond songs were Keep
> Me
> > Hanging On, America, and Hush (which I still play).

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