This Van de Graaf generator was built using mostly parts on hand. The only thing that was purchased for the project was the Christmas ornament shaped M&M candy tin that serves as the collecting ...

The Van de Graaff generator is a staple of science museums, to the point that even if the average person might not know its name, there’s an excellent chance they’ll be familiar with the ...

Static charge builds up on the Van de Graaff generator dome. Many different individual demos can be done with it. The Van de Graaff can be used to charge up the hair of a Barbie doll or person. When ...

Very rare and previously unseen footage of Van der Graaf Generator performing in Toronto in 1976 has been released via YouTube. "Here's something fairly extraordinary," VdGG's Peter Hammill wrote ...

Carl Westholm – best known for his work in the doom metal and occult rock worlds, notably as a former member of Candlemass ...

As Mark E Smith once told Peter Hammill, it wasn’t Van Der Graaf Generator’s lyrics that sparked his love for the band, or the specifics of their music, nor even their academic complexity.

When punk hit, only a few ‘progressive’ bands were deemed acceptable; King Crimson, perhaps, but most definitely Van Der Graaf Generator. Formed by the crazed, roaring ‘Hendrix of the voice ...

Nic Potter, former bassist for progressive rock band Van Der Graaf Generator, has died after suffering complications from pneumonia. He was 61.

WMU's 6.0 million volt tandem Van de Graaff accelerator High Voltage Engineering Corporation 6-MV model EN tandem Van de Graaff accelerator at Western Michigan University has been in continuous use ...

Employing sounds from man and nature, from Van de Graaff Generator to honeybees, Balinese gamelan to seizmic data from volcanos, Southworth is introducing a brand new genre of music to Boston, born ...

The footage was filmed at Toronto's Massey Hall on October 15, 1976 by then-18-year-old Michael Boyce, and features the only known live concert footage of VdGG during their legendary World Record tour ...