“When the saxophone started we laughed and skipped it… The reason I dismissed them then is exactly why I like them now!” How doom and occult keyboardist Carl Westholm was converted by Van der Graaf Generator

Carl Westholm and Van der Graaf Generator.

Carl Westholm – best known for his work in the doom metal and occult rock worlds, notably as a former member of Candlemass and Avatarium – rejected Van der Graaf Generator on first listen. But as he told Prog in 2016, he later came to regard the band as one of his favourites.

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