Nadir's Big Chance (CD)

Even before dissolving his band, Van Der Graaf Generator, in 1978, British singer-songwriter Peter Hammill was asserting himself as a solo artist on critically acclaimed albums that mined similar but not identical territory. While his former band can be sloppily pigeonholed as prog, Hammill's solo output relies less on synthesizers and more on his expressive vocals and openness to experimentation, with songs embracing anger-fueled punk, goth-like gloom, cabaret drama, and various shades along the art-rock spectrum. After a heart attack in 2003, Hammill made a reunion album with his former band, but continues to release challenging and creative work on his own label as well.

• Category:  Music  »  Rock & Pop  »  Art Rock
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: August 2, 2005
• Label: Blue Plate
• UPC: 017046163026
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106632040
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Representing a stylistic left turn for Peter Hammill, this raucous, messy, rock platter was often cited as an influence by the first wave of punks in England (the second album was often cited for being David Bowie's influence for Diamond Dogs). While essentially proving himself incapable of writing three-minute, three-chord rock & roll numbers, Hammill (taking on the guise of Rikki Nadir, i.e. dumb garage rocker) lays into his guitar with a vengeance, screaming out lyrics that are often unintelligible (the album did not come with a lyric sheet; this was the first Hammill album ever to make the listener depend upon the recording), while Guy Evans, Nic Potter, David Jackson, and Hugh Banton thrash along behind him. Among the treats are the title cut, "Birthday Special," the dolorous "Pompeii," and a remake of the early Van der Graaf Generator single "People You Were Going To." Hammill would never let himself be this wild and hairy again. ~ Steven McDonald

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