OFF: from the archives of Van Der Graaf Generator

[Amphetamine Embalmer]

boc-l,
Like it or not, I just have to present some classic
VdGG reviews from the band's second classic
incarnation for y'all to pick through after picking
your teeth with my previous post dissecting Peter
Hammill's brilliant "In Camera" album lyric by lyric a
few months back, its inhumanly transcribed catholic
church splatter-dracula contents prompting Mike Holmes
to call for my lithium!

CLUB SANDWICH REVIEWS: VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR SPECIAL
EDITION #666, CRACKLING ELECTRIC BRAIN GREASE X-RAY
MULTIPLE FLIGHT TEST BONE-CONSTRUCT EDITION:

Van Der Graaf Generator - "Godbluff"
(Classic progressive gothrock masterpiece from 1975,
the band's darkly organ-driven psychedelia hailing
from their peak period of the mid-70's producing the
excellent  "Undercover Man", the awesome "Scorched
Earth" and the closing nightmare delerium of "The
Sleepwalkers" showcase Hammill at his most lyrical,
sinister and demented.)

Van Der Graaf Generator - "Still Life"
(IMO their finest album, from 1976, being ageless and
cosmic psychedelia, VdGG's heavy organ driven gothic
sci-fi obsessions and peaking personal acid trips
being exposed at their most exotic and complex, much
of the album dealing with concepts like the death of
mortality and infinity, godhood and eternal human
obsessions, with central pieces like "Still Life" and
"La Rossa" being the album's finer moments.)

Van Der Graaf Generator - "World Record"
(More variable song formats on this late classic VdGG
era release from 1976, the album still has its prime
Hammill moments, like "When She Comes", "Masks" and
"Mergluys III (The Songwriter's Guild)", "Masks" in
particular subtly demonstrating the classic basic punk
chords predating the likes of The Damned, TSOL or
Chaos UK.)

Van Der Graaf Generator - "The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure
Dome" (on one CD)
(This rather weak twilight era effort of the band
dates from 1977, the only worthwhile track being
"Cat's Eye/Yellow Fever (Running)" showing this
organ-less and violin-driven latter day version of the
band still managing to sound like a musical nervous
breakdown.)

(c) Christian Mumford 2002


Chr. (still serving the SS minion by minion)
ObCD: Venom - "The Best Of Venom"

"Captain Swing wants his revenge at the Solstice at
Stonehenge!"
        - Inner City Unit

"Uncle Sam is very humane, he'd do anything for
anybody... He'd put him out his misery, give him some
nuclear death... Uncle Sam is very humane..."
        - Hawkwind

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