Guy Randolph Evans (born 17 June 1947 in Birmingham) is a British progressive rock drummer, percussionist and composer, and a member of Van der Graaf Generator, and Subterraneans. June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Progressive rock (sometimes shortened to prog rock or prog) is a subgenre of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Percussion instruments are played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Van der Graaf Generator were a seminal 1970s English progressive rock band. ... Subterraneans is a mostly instrumental song by David Bowie for his album Low from 1977. ...

In addition to his work in Van der Graaf Generator, Evans has collaborated with other musicians (frequently with other members of Generator, as on The Long Hello project). He also works with a group called Echo City constructing "sonic playgrounds", outdoor constructions which can be used to make music, many for disabled children. He has been the drummer in Subterraneans since 2002, and plays on their 2006 album Soul Mass Transit

Discography

with Misunderstood

• Tuff Enough / Little Red Rooster (1969 single)
• Never Had A Girl (Like You Before) / Golden Glass (1969 single)

with The Long Hello

• The Long Hello (1973 album)

Solo

with Nic Potter

• Dolphins / Welcombe Mouth (1980 single)
• The Long Hello Volume Two (1980 album)

• The Long Hello Volume Four (1983 album)

with Echo City

• Gramophone (1987 album)
• The Sound Of Music (1992 album)
• Sonic Sport 1983-88 Part One (1995 album)
• Loss Of The Church 1997 (1997 album)
• Echo City (2000 mini-CD)

with Peter Hammill Image:Peter Hammill in Moscow 1998s. ...

• Spur Of The Moment (1988 album)
• The Union Chapel Concert (1997 live album)

with Big Buddha

• Buddhology - Revelations From Under The Encounter (1993 cassette only album)
• The Dogford Chronicles (1993 cassette only album)

with Subterraneans

• Orly Flight (2003 compilation album)
• Soul Mass Transit (2006 album)

Collaborations

with Peter Hammill

• Fool's Mate (1971 album)
• Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night (1973 album)
• The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage (1974 album)
• In Camera (1974 album)
• Nadir's Big Chance (1975 album)

with Charlie and The Wide Boys Fools mate is the quickest possible checkmate in the game of chess. ...

• Gilly I Do (1974 EP)
• Great Country Rockers (1976 album)

with Footsbarn Present's

• The Circus Tosov (1980 album)

with Didier Malherbe and Yan Emerich

• Melodic Destiny (cassette only album)

with Mother Gong

• Robot Woman (1982 album)
• Rober Woman 2 (1982 album)
• Words Fail Me (1982 cassette only)
• Live At Glastonbury 1981 (1982 cassette only)

with Amon Düül II Two German rock groups named Amon Düül, of which the most famous is Amon Düül II, formed during the student movement of the 1960s. ...

• Meetings With Men Machines (1982 album)
• Die Lösung (1989 album)

with Nigel Mazlyn Jones Die Lösung (The Solution) is an album by Amon Düül II recorded in 1988 and released as an LP (DemiMonde DMLP 1015) in 1989. ...

• Breaking Cover (1982 album)
• Water From The Well (1987 cassette only album)
• Angels Over Water (1993 album)
• Behind the Stone (2002 album)

with The K Group

• Enter k (1982 album)
• Paradox Drive / Now More Than Ever (1982 single)
• Patience (1983 album)
• Film Noir / Seven Wonders (1983 single)
• The Margin (1985 album)

with Peter Blegvad

• Knights Like This (1985 album)
• U Ugly I (1985 single)
• Special Delivery (1985 single)

with Frank Tovey

• Snakes And Ladders (1986 album)

with Jackson Banton Evans

• Gentleman Prefer Blues (1986 album)
• Now And Then (1988 album)

with Kazue Sawai

• Eye To Eye (1987 album)

with Anthony Phillips and Harry Williamson

• Tarka (1988 album)

External links

• Official Echo City site
• Van der Graaf Generator fan site