Van der Graaf Generator [SEP] location of formation
Van der Graaf Generator
Van der Graaf Generator are an English progressive rock band, formed in 1967 in Manchester by singer-songwriters Peter Hammill and Chris Judge Smith and the first act signed by Charisma Records. They did not experience much commercial success in the UK, but became popular in Italy during the 1970s. In 2005 the band reformed, and are still musically active with a line-up of Hammill, organist Hugh Banton and drummer Guy Evans.
The band formed at the University of Manchester, but settled in
Evans with the rest of the New Economic Model in "Van der Graaf Generator – The Book".
Evans has been a member of Van der Graaf Generator from 1968 until 1978, and since their reformation in 2005.
In addition to his work in Van der Graaf Generator, Evans has collaborated with other musicians, frequently with other (ex-) members of Van der Graaf Generator, as on "The Long Hello" project and in the K Group. He also works with a group called Echo City constructing "