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    Posted: January 20 2006 at 10:07
The new (February) issue of Uncut Magazine has a decent-sized article on Van der Graaf Generator (who they refer to as 'the coolest, strangest band in prog') called 'Prog is Not a Four Letter Word'.
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Points: 3047 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 22 2006 at 19:44
cool - never heard of the magazine though

always love seeing prog mags
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I've got the Bob Dylan issue of Uncut, so I may seek this out, thanks Jim!
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Points: 864 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 24 2006 at 03:39

Originally posted by NetsNJFan NetsNJFan wrote:

cool - never heard of the magazine though

always love seeing prog mags

Actually, Uncut isn't a prog mag. It's a mainstream, glossy music/movie mag that can be picked up in your major chain bookstores. It's nice to see VdGG getting coverage in something so "above" ground.
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Points: 20438 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 24 2006 at 04:03
Originally posted by bucka001 bucka001 wrote:

Originally posted by NetsNJFan NetsNJFan wrote:

cool - never heard of the magazine though

always love seeing prog mags

Actually, Uncut isn't a prog mag. It's a mainstream, glossy music/movie mag that can be picked up in your major chain bookstores. It's nice to see VdGG getting coverage in something so "above" ground.

I guess this is the second time I will buy Uncut. Generally not impressed with their formula of mixing music and movies, though.

I am halfway through the VDGG book, and it is lotsa help , but unfortunately I do not like the police character used and the writing style is not of a professional level. Which is of course fully understandable since this was done by fans out of labor of love.
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Points: 2808 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 24 2006 at 09:34
Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by bucka001 bucka001 wrote:

Originally posted by NetsNJFan NetsNJFan wrote:

cool - never heard of the magazine though

always love seeing prog mags

Actually, Uncut isn't a prog mag. It's a mainstream, glossy music/movie mag that can be picked up in your major chain bookstores. It's nice to see VdGG getting coverage in something so "above" ground.

I guess this is the second time I will buy Uncut. Generally not impressed with their formula of mixing music and movies, though.

I am halfway through the VDGG book, and it is lotsa help , but unfortunately I do not like the police character used and the writing style is not of a professional level. Which is of course fully understandable since this was done by fans out of labor of love.

 

Which police character are you talking about Hugues? Are you referring to the chapter which revealed that Inspector Clouseau doubled for Peter Hammill during one of the Italian tours in early '70s.

If you look closely at the two images you can spot the difference

 

On a slightly more serious level, I do know what you mean about the book, but I think Jim & Phil deserve a lot of credit. I keep dipping back into it all the time.
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