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Van der Graaf Generator (sic) is an English ProgressiveRock band (although they would deny that) originating in the late 1960s. They operated in four distinct periods and are currently in their fifth, all featuring Peter Hammill, who is the FaceOfTheBand and primary songwriter. Their name is often shortened to [=VdGG=].

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Van der Graaf Generator (sic) is an English ProgressiveRock band (although they would deny that) originating in the late 1960s. They operated in four distinct periods and are currently in their fifth, all featuring Peter Hammill, who is the FaceOfTheBand and primary songwriter. Their name is often shortened to [=VdGG=].
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* OurFounder: "Pioneers Over C" contains the line "We are the ones they will raise statues to, a thousand years from now."

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* OurFounder: "Pioneers Over C" contains the line "We are the ones they will raise statues to, they're going to build a thousand years from now.statue for, 10 centuries ago..."
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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: You wouldn't think that a saxophone/organ/jazz drums band would or even ''could'' sound like this.
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living anti-matter, anti-breath\\

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living anti-matter, anti-breath\\antimatter, anti-breath''
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living anti-matter, anti-breath''

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living anti-matter, anti-breath''anti-breath\\
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-->disappearing to a darker night\\
-->doomed to vanish in a living death\\
-->living anti-matter, anti-breath''

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-->disappearing disappearing to a darker night\\
-->doomed doomed to vanish in a living death\\
-->living living anti-matter, anti-breath''
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-->living anti-matter, anti-breath\\

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-->living anti-matter, anti-breath\\anti-breath''
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* AndIMustScream: The fate of the astronauts in "Pioneers Over C":
-->''Doomed to vanish in the flickering light\\
-->disappearing to a darker night\\
-->doomed to vanish in a living death\\
-->living anti-matter, anti-breath\\
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: "The Sleepwalkers" sounds a ''lot'' like it's about some kind of zombie apocalypse, even though WordOfGod says it really is about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin sleepwalking]].
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: [=VdGG=] manage to pull off a heavy sound almost entirely without using guitars, which is quite rare. Their range is fairly broad, though: "My Room (Waiting for Wonderland)" is at most a 2, while certain passages from "Lemmings", "Man-Erg" and "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" border on 8 (for their day, they would have been 10 or even 11).
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* DeathByChildbirth: "Killer" is (partially) about a killer fish whose mother expired this way.

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* DeathByChildbirth: "Killer" is (partially) about a killer fish shark whose mother expired this way.

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* DeathByChildbirth: "Killer" is (partially) about a killer fish whose mother expired this way.
-->''On a black day in a black month at the black bottom of the sea\\
Your mother gave birth to you and died immediately\\
'Cos you can't have two killers living in the same pad\\
And when your mother knew that her time had come\\
She was really rather glad''



* LastNoteNightmare: at least once per album. Particularly well done ''in the middle of'' "After the Flood", when Peter Hammill suddenly goes [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek]] and the music descends into complete dissonance before restarting.

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* LastNoteNightmare: at At least once per album. Particularly well done ''in the middle of'' "After the Flood", when Peter Hammill suddenly goes [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek]] and the music descends into complete dissonance before restarting.

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* OurFounder: "Pioneers Over C" contains the line "We are the ones they will raise statues to, a thousand years from now."



* StatueOfTheFounder: "Pioneers Over C" contains the line "We are the ones they will raise statues to, a thousand years from now."
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''Or didn't exist in the first place.....''

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''Or didn't exist in the first place.....''''
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* CommonMeter, CommonTime, ChorusOnlySong: As with most ProgressiveRock bands, these tropes are normally averted.
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->--"The Undercover Man", from ''Godbluff''

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->--"The -->--"The Undercover Man", from ''Godbluff''

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