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Van Der Graaf Generator

Van Der Graaf Generator is a group from the UK, active from 1967.

Group GB 1967–1978 progressive rock art rock rock
TOTAL PLAYS
103
SONGS PLAYED
47
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2008-05-05 07:32 · 6 Music — "Man Erg- BBC Session 1971"
LAST PLAYED
5 months ago · 6 Music — "Refugees"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2008 — 2025
20 15 10 5 0
'08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 101 98%
Radio 2 2 2%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 20:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Refugees 9 2025-12-17
2 Theme One - BBC Session 1971 8 2014-12-08
3 Theme One 7 2025-07-06
4 Theme One (Radio 1 Session, 10 Jun 1971) 6 2022-03-03
5 Vision (Radio 1 Session, 10 Jun 1971) 5 2021-06-15
6 House With No Door 5 2019-05-02
7 Vision - BBC Session 1971 5 2014-12-09
8 Killer 4 2025-07-03
9 Darkness (Radio 1 Session, 10 Jun 1971) 4 2020-02-29
10 Darkness - BBC Session 1971 4 2014-12-10
11 Out of My Book 3 2024-04-07
12 Afterwards 2 2021-07-18
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-12-17 22:00 Refugees 6 Music
2025-09-28 20:29 Masks 6 Music
2025-07-06 14:56 Theme One Radio 2
2025-07-03 21:42 Killer 6 Music
2025-01-19 20:00 Theme One (Remastered 2021) 6 Music
2024-12-09 22:54 Refugees 6 Music
2024-08-11 19:51 White Hammer 6 Music
2024-04-07 19:45 Out of My Book 6 Music
2024-03-04 22:03 Pilgrims 6 Music
2023-10-29 20:33 Door 6 Music
2023-08-29 21:59 Refugees 6 Music
2023-03-19 20:22 Out of My Book 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

47 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
(We Are) Not Here — 1 ▶
A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers — 2 ▶
Afterwards — 2 ▶
Afterwards (Top Gear Session 18.11.1968) — 1 ▶
Alfa Berlina — 1 ▶
Chemical World — 1 ▶
Colossus — 1 ▶
Darkness (11/11) — 2 ▶
Darkness (Radio 1 Session, 10 Jun 1971) — 4 ▶
Darkness - BBC Session 1971 — 4 ▶
Door — 1 ▶
Forever Falling — 1 ▶
House With No Door — 5 ▶
Killer — 4 ▶
Lemmings — 1 ▶
Lizard Play — 1 ▶
Man Erg — 1 ▶
Man Erg (Radio 1 Session, 10 Jun 1971) — 2 ▶
Man Erg (Radio 1 Session, 1971) — 1 ▶
Man Erg- BBC Session 1971 — 1 ▶
Masks — 1 ▶
My Room (Waiting for Wonderland) — 1 ▶
Necromancer (Top Gear Session 18.11.1968) — 1 ▶
Octopus — 1 ▶
Out of My Book — 3 ▶
People You Were Going To (Top Gear Session 18.11.1968) — 1 ▶
Pilgrims — 1 ▶
Refugees — 9 ▶
Refugees - BBC Session 14/12/1971 — 1 ▶
Still Life — 1 ▶
Still Life (John Peel Session 20.04.1976) — 1 ▶
The Emperor in His War Room — 1 ▶
The Undercover Man — 1 ▶
Theme 1 — 2 ▶
Theme One — 7 ▶
Theme One (Radio 1 Session, 10 Jun 1971) — 6 ▶
Theme One (Radio 1 Session, 1971) — 1 ▶
Theme One (Remastered 2021) — 1 ▶
Theme One - BBC Session 1971 — 8 ▶
Vision (Radio 1 Session, 10 Jun 1971) — 5 ▶
Vision (Radio 1 Session, 1971) — 1 ▶
Vision - BBC Session 1971 — 1 ▶
Vision - BBC Session 1971 — 5 ▶
Whatever Would Robert Have Said? — 2 ▶
When She Comes (John Peel Session 11 Nov 1976) — 1 ▶
White Hammer — 1 ▶
Wondering — 2 ▶