Van Der Graaf Generator was formed in the late sixties by Peter Hammill. The most celbrated line up also featured Hugh Banton, Guy Evans and David Jackson. The band released a number of highly regarded albums during the seventies including, Pawn Hearts, H to He and a live album Vital before splitting in 1978. The band re formed again in 2005 releasing the studio album Present and performed at a number of high profile concerts including the Royal Festival Hall in London.

Following a split with long time member David Jackson the band released a new studio album Trisector in 2008

This DVD captures a live performance by Van Der Graaf Generator and was filmed in Holland in 2007 for viewing via the internet. The performance filmed at the Paradiso in Amsterdam features the three man line up of Peter Hammill, Hugh Banton and Guy Evans. The DVD includes the complete performance and also a bonus interview filmed with Peter Hammill in April 2009. Peter Hammill has also written the sleeve notes for the DVD.

...Originally filmed for transmission on the internet this performance is actually far better than three old geezers have any right to be,...

...Given the lack of Van Der Graaf Generator DVD material out there this is certainly a welcome addition and the bonus interview material with Hammill makes this even more mouthwatering for VDGG fans.

Ray Harper

Total Music Magazine

Stroke your Chins....musos at work!

Filmed to stream on the now defunct interbet site Fabchannel.com, this is the current and most compact Van Der Graaf line - up of Peter Hammill, Guy Evans and Hugh Banton, reinventing themselves following their 2005 reformation and their recent split with saxophonist David Jackson.

 In the interview that's this disc's extra, Hammill concedes that taking VDGG's material and reimagining it without the sax was something of a cahllenge, but there's a sense that the opportunity to see what VDGG might mean in the middle of 00s, compared to the early 70s reunion, is fudamentally what drives them. No mere reformation just for the sake of it, but a chance to make a new artistic statement.

 In this age of in-it-for-the-money reunions has all the more validity about it, transcending mere repetition by constructing a set of classics, lesser-known compositions and new work that's multi layered.