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  1. Nov 17, 2020 · Comprising, besides Smith, Nick Pearne and, most notably, Peter Hammill, Van Der Graaf Generator – in reality a particle accelerator used in atomic research, medicine and industry, invented by US physicist Robert J Van de Graaff – were really no more than your typical, experimental college band with few aspirations for the future.

  2. Pearne or "Peame"? The Aerosol Grey Machine sleeve has him as Nick Peame, the 68-71 sleeve as Nick Pearne. Subsequently Peter Hammill has referred to him as Pearne. "I was in my first year as a Liberal Studies in Science student at Manchester, running around with the Drama Department and the Left... and with Chris Judge Smith and Nick Pearne ...

  3. David Jackson. Graham Smith. Charles Dickie. 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.

  4. Apr 17, 2019 · Nick Pearne departed the fold and Hammill and Smith relocated to London recruiting keyboard player Hugh Banton. By the Autumn of 1968 the band had signed a management contract with Tony Stratton-Smith and after recruiting drummer Guy Evans and bassist Keith Ellis into the group, were set to go.

  5. Keith Ian Ellis (1968 – 1969) Nic Potter (1969 – 1978) Nick Pearne (1967 – 1968) Peter Hammill (1967 – present) Van der Graaf Generator is a progressive rock band formed in Manchester, England, United Kingdom. They were the first act signed to Charisma Records. The band achieved considerable success in Italy during the 1970s.

  6. Pearne, Hammill, Judge So we found an organ player, Nick Pearne , but he didn’t have an instrument so we weren’t able to do that much music with him. So Peter and I started writing together and working out things just the two of us could do because we didn’t have the equipment to do it as a three-piece.

  7. Apr 17, 2023 · The initial trio of the band was comprised by Hammill, Nick Pearne and Smith. But, this line up didn’t last longing. In the late of 1969 the band split. Thus, Hammill had to put together a new crew for the band. But, before that moment, Pearne had already been replaced by Banton.

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