Birth of Space Rock

Steve Burton southend at SERV.NET
Fri Jun 14 02:42:18 EDT 1996


At 09:17 AM 6/13/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Christian says
>
>>Perhaps Sun Ra's Arkestra predated them all with his Space Jazz.....
>
>Which brings me once again to the MC5, and the track "Starship" (credited to
>MC5/Sun Ra) on 1968's _Kick Out the Jams_.  (Though I admit it's easier to
>spot the MC5 influence  on Hawkwind after Lemmy joins :)
>
>I'm sure the West Coast scene - Airplane, Joplin - fits into this story too,
>somewhere...
>
>- Andy

Yeah, I'm absolutely certain I hear a strong Quicksilver Messenger Service
influence up to, and especially on HOTMG.  Listen to QMSs "Happy Trails" -
especially if you like early HW.

I'm sure that if you asked Brock, he would say he liked Quicksilver.

Steve



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