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Biography
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Island
Effective period / Period of releases: 1977
Members: Peter Scherer, Güge Jürg Meier, Benjamin Jäger, René Fisch, Dani Rühle, Alfio Sacco, Egon Eggler
Often quoted as the Swiss Van der Graaf Generator, Island had a similar feel, with a very odd instrumentation for a rock band and a vocalist who sounds like a hybrid of Peter Hammill (with a German accent) with a few Peter Gabriel touches.