Jethro Tull

rpmartino · Post by **rpmartino** » Tue May 16, 2006 7:45 am

Thanks for the comments guys, I appreciate the thoughts.

Since all their albums were remastered last year, I've been "rediscovering" Van Der Graaf Generator, a seemingly lesser known of the 70s prog bands. Really fantastic stuff... they even reformed after 30 years and put out a new album last year called "Present", still has that VDGG "sound".

Rob
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johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Tue May 16, 2006 4:23 pm

VDGG - now there's another blast from the past! Haven't heard nor heard of them in many many years.

rpmartino · Post by **rpmartino** » Tue May 16, 2006 5:23 pm

That's what makes their new album "Present" kind of a startling experience. After not being together for 30 years it's as if they were just continuing where they left off... Peter Hammill's biting (and sometimes screaming) vocals don't seem to have aged a bit, still got that crawling organ, flutes and sax, grandiose sound going on. They were definitely on the more adventurous side, even compared to other prog bands in the 70s.

Rob
http://robmartino.com