"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
Based on 5 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Peter Hammill is rated as an impressive live performer, with many notable strengths. Peter Hammill concert reviews describe live shows and performances as idiosyncratic.
Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom (11/5/1948)
Bio
Peter Joseph Andrew Hammill (born 5 November 1948, in Ealing, West London, England) is a singer-songwriter, and a founding member of progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Most noted for his vocal abilities, his main instruments are guitar and piano.
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Critic Concert Reviews
Louder Sound
April 19, 2017
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‘The toothless haggard features of eternity now welcome me between the sheets,’ he sings, curved and focused over the piano.
Peter Hammill is the great British idiosyncratic vocalist's favourite idiosyncratic vocalist, feted by David Bowie, Johnny Rotten, Thom Yorke and the Fall's Mark E Smith. The attraction is obvious. Hammill's career has seen him relentlessly confront the uncomfortable truth about humanity, and, although he has
Peter Hammill and collaborator, Gary Lucas, occasionally looked like frightened rabbits during their remarkable set, but their music speaks for itself. Viewed by Chrissie Hynde, the pair played almost every track off Other World. Seeing them live provides an understanding of the musical demarcation that made
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