VAN DE GRAAF GENERATOR
PETER HAMMILL (GUITAR, PIANO, VOCALS); HUGH BANTON (KEYBOARDS, BASS GUITAR); GUY EVANS (DRUMS); DAVE JACKSON (SAXOPHONE):
ALTHOUGH SOMETHING OF AN ESABILISHED TOP-LINE ACT IN ITALY, VAN DE GRAAF FAILED TO MAKE MUCH OF AN IMPRESSION ON BRITISH PUBLIC.
HOWEVER, THEY MANAGED TO ACCUREA SMALL, BUT DEDICATED CULT FOLLOWING FOR THEIR HEAVY, DOOMY MUSIC. BROKE UP AND REFORMED SEVERAL TIMES IN LIFE-SPAN. KEITH ELLIS PLAYED BASS ON "AEROSOLE GREY MACHINE" (1968), REPLACED BY NIC POTTER ON "LEAST WE CAN DO IS WAVE TO EACH OTHER" (1969), WHO JOINED ALONG WITH DAVE JACKSON. POTTER LEFT AFTERH TO HE WHO AM THE ONLY ONE" (1970). FINAL SPLIT CAME IN JUNE 1972.