Van Der Graaf Generator: Whatever Would Robert Have Said?
Andy Childs, ZigZag, February 1976
"BAND OF A MILLION YEARS," proclaims the decidedly Teutonic-looking poster that is being used to herald the reincarnation of Van Der Graaf Generator. Quite what it all means I wouldn't like to say, but it's certainly brash and imposing enough for what some people consider to be the reformation of the year.
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