field ▁C athedral , ▁however ▁he ▁continued ▁to ▁enjoy ▁both ▁rock ▁' n ' ▁roll ▁and ▁classical ▁music . ▁ ▁After ▁leaving ▁school ▁he ▁trained ▁as ▁a ▁television ▁engineer ▁with ▁the ▁BBC ▁in ▁E ves ham , ▁and ▁subsequently ▁in ▁London , ▁before ▁joining ▁Van ▁der ▁Gra af ▁Gener ator ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁when ▁the ▁group ▁( then ▁consisting ▁of ▁just ▁Peter ▁Hamm ill ▁and ▁Chris ▁Judge ▁Smith ) ▁moved ▁from ▁Manchester ▁to ▁London . ▁In ▁performance ▁with ▁this ▁group ▁he ▁played ▁Far f isa ▁and ▁Hamm ond ▁org ans , ▁adding ▁a ▁wide ▁range ▁of ▁effects ▁including ▁ph asing , ▁t ape ▁echo , ▁dist ort ion ▁and ▁over drive . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁he ▁took ▁over ▁the ▁bass - player ▁role ▁within ▁the ▁group , ▁using ▁the ▁organ ▁foot ▁ped als . ▁He ▁also ▁played ▁bass ▁guitar ▁on ▁record ings . ▁He ▁modified ▁his ▁Hamm ond ▁E 1 1 2 ▁organ ▁to ▁allow ▁separate ▁ampl ification , ▁with ▁different ▁effects , ▁of ▁the ▁output ▁from ▁the ▁two ▁key boards ▁and ▁ped al board , ▁and ▁added ▁a ▁remote ▁re verb ▁unit . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁he ▁began ▁building ▁a ▁custom ▁organ ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁Hamm ond ▁but ▁with ▁added ▁electronic ▁oscill ators ▁to ▁approximate ▁closely ▁a ▁full ▁pipe ▁organ ▁sound . ▁Electron ics , ▁particularly ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁org ans , ▁having ▁been ▁a ▁parallel ▁interest ▁since ▁his ▁early ▁te ens . ▁ ▁B anton ▁changed ▁career ▁at ▁the ▁end