Context: Progressive rock (shortened as "prog"; sometimes "art rock", "classical rock" or "symphonic rock") is a broad subgenre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s. Initially termed "progressive pop", the style was an outgrowth of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in favour of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz, folk or classical music. Additional elements contributed to its "progressive" label: lyrics were more poetic, technology was harnessed for new sounds, music approached the condition of "art", and the studio, rather than the stage, became the focus of musical activity, which often involved creating music for listening, not dancing., Van der Graaf Generator are an English progressive rock band, formed in 1967 in Manchester by singer-songwriters Peter Hammill and Chris Judge Smith and the first act signed by Charisma Records. They did not experience much commercial success in the UK, but became popular in Italy during the 1970s. In 2005 the band reformed, and continue to perform as of 2016., Peter Joseph Andrew Hammill (born 5 November 1948) is an English singer-songwriter. He is a founding member of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Most noted for his vocal abilities, his main instruments are guitar and piano. He also acts as a record producer for his own recordings and occasionally for other artists. In 2012, he was recognised with the Visionary award at the first Progressive Music Awards., The Famous Charisma Label (Charisma for short) was a British record label that was founded by former journalist Tony Stratton-Smith in 1969. Gail Colson was label manager and joint managing director. She left to form her own management company, Gailforce, in the late 1970s., Godbluff is the fifth album released by English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator . It was the first disc after the band reformed in 1975 and was recorded after a European tour . As the first self - produced album by the band , it featured a tighter , more pared - down sound than the band 's earlier recordings with John Anthony . Hammill said `` we did not want to make ' Son of Pawn Hearts ' with a big long side two and lots of studio experiments '' . Van der Graaf Generator would never work with an outside producer from this point forward . Hammill made extensive use of the Hohner Clavinet D6 keyboard , which he had first using on his previous solo album , Nadir 's Big Chance . The first release of the record in the United States was on Mercury Records . The 2005 reissue added live performances by the band of two songs from Peter Hammill 's album The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage ( 1974 ) , recorded at a concert at L'Altro Mondo , Rimini , Italy ., Manchester is a major city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 514,414 . It lies within the United Kingdom's second-most populous urban area, with a population of 2.55 million. Manchester is fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east and an arc of towns with which it forms a continuous conurbation. The local authority is Manchester City Council., Subject: godbluff, Relation: record_label, Options: (A) charisma records (B) english (C) label (D) pop (E) record label (F) rock music (G) united kingdom
Output: charisma records