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  • Gentle Giant
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  • The band, much like Peel favorites Van Der Graaf Generator and King Crimson, had a different approach than the typical 'mainstream progressive rock band' that John was known to dislike, so he grew quite fond of them between the early and mid 70s. Lead singer Derek Shulman's use of the voice is quite similar to Family's Roger Chapman, another band which John admired. Gentle Giant broke up in 1980 without ever reforming so, between this and the fact that Peel was much more interested in punk in the late 70s, they were not featured again in his programs.
  • Gentle Giant was born somewhere in late 20th Century England. Raised by Winston Churchill, he found his way to pop-music quite soon. There are some inevitable facts that must be known about Gentle Giant:
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  • The band, much like Peel favorites Van Der Graaf Generator and King Crimson, had a different approach than the typical 'mainstream progressive rock band' that John was known to dislike, so he grew quite fond of them between the early and mid 70s. Lead singer Derek Shulman's use of the voice is quite similar to Family's Roger Chapman, another band which John admired. Gentle Giant broke up in 1980 without ever reforming so, between this and the fact that Peel was much more interested in punk in the late 70s, they were not featured again in his programs.
  • Gentle Giant was born somewhere in late 20th Century England. Raised by Winston Churchill, he found his way to pop-music quite soon. There are some inevitable facts that must be known about Gentle Giant: * Gentle Giant is a solo artist, not a band (since there is no evidence of the other group members to have existed). * Gentle Giant was a hugely successful boybandsinger in the 60's when he began to ring cowbell at studiosessions and added some teacup-drumming afterwards. * Gentle Giant is a reincarnation of Voltaire, the French lunatic from 18th century. * Gentle Giant is frequently used as a screen name for people on the sex offender's register.