Peter Hammill
Peter Hammill
Peter Joseph Andrew Hammillis an English singer-songwriter. He is a founding member of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Most noted for his vocal abilities, his main instruments are guitar and piano. He also acts as a record producer for his own recordings and occasionally for other artists. In 2012, he was recognised with the Visionary award at the first Progressive Music Awards...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth5 November 1948
lingering material people seem solo van vinyl work
More people seem to know the Van der Graaf Generator material than my solo work - thanks, I suppose, to their parents' lingering vinyl collections.
finished science society studies understood vice
If I'd finished my studies I should have been someone who understood enough about science to communicate it to society and vice versa.
thinking examination enthusiasm
The crucial question one comes back to is the examination; without that experience is meaningless. And I think it's true that society is becoming more and more passive, less and less fired up with enthusiasm, in many spheres.
book definitions statistics
A definition is death. A definition is the answer to which you must look up the question in the back of your book.
song stuff natural
Being used to scientific terminology and theory it was always natural for me to push this stuff into songs.
two trying statistics
He is trying to decide which of two daydreams he will inhabit.
song believe interesting
I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that it's more interesting to have an album - or, indeed, an individual song - which has variety rather than homogeneity.
sake metaphor currents
I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives.
thinking forever stuff
The passage of time is a continuing thing. At 18, youre going to live forever, and you are definitely not at 52, so that is a recurring topic. I still think its the main stuff.
song couple people
Marc Almond has done a couple of covers, a few people in Europa have done them. I own all the publishing. It's never really been addressed, as I haven't had the time to go out and tout the songs.
art lying thinking
Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing.