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Peter Joseph Andrew Hammill is a British composer, singer, guitarist, and songwriter born in Ealing in 1948. He is a member of the band Van der Graaf Generator and has been active since 1967. Hammill performs using the electric guitar and voice, working within the rock music genre, which includes progressive rock, art rock, and experimental styles. He is educated at the University of Manchester and speaks English.
His recorded works have been released on the Charisma and Discipline Global Mobile record labels. Notable compositions include the pieces Killers, Angels, and Refugees. Hammill’s contributions extend to the sound department for media projects, such as the title Welcome to Sofa Sound.
Synthesized by Vinony from 31 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Firecrawl. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Killers, Angels, Refugees
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Van Der Graaf Generator Live in Concert at Metropolis Studios — vocals, keyboards, guitars2011
- Rockpalast1974
- Van Der Graaf Generator - Live 1972
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1948
Discography
- Fool’s Mate1971
- Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night1973
- In Camera1974
- The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage1974
- Nadir’s Big Chance1975
- Over1977
- The Future Now1978
- Vision1978
- pH71979
- A Black Box1980
Member of
- Van der Graaf Generator1967–1972
- Van der Graaf Generator1975–1976
- Van der Graaf Generator1977–1978
- Van der Graaf Generatorsince 2004
- The K Group
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 102,961
- Total plays
- 2,403,274
Tags
Peter Joseph Andrew Hammill (born 5 November 1948) is an English musician and recording artist. He was a founding member of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Best known as a singer-songwriter, he also plays guitar and piano and produces his own recordings, as well as occasionally producing those of other artists. In 2012, he received the Visionary award at the first Progressive Music Awards. Hammill was born in Ealing, West London, and moved with his family to Derby at the age
Official website
Welcome to Sofa Sound
Sofa Sound the site for Peter Hammill Van der Graaf Generator progressive music I don't think so alternative music
sofasound.com →Link to the official site · 931 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andrew
- Family name
- Hammill
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Ealing
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Discipline Global Mobile
- Official website
- sofasound.com
- Image
- Peter Hammill (cropped).jpg
Show 7 more facts
- Commons category
- Peter Hammill
- date of birth
- 1948-11-05
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- member of
- Van der Graaf Generator
- birth name
- Peter Joseph Andrew Hammill
- name in native language
- Peter Hammill
- social media followers
- 6419
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0