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Hi Miles

Welcome to the list. I don't know how long you've been here, but there has
been a fair bit of traffic over the past few days relating to the new CD.
Nothing much about specific lyrics though, more along the lines of initial
impressions. At this point, I have to confess that I haven't yet picked up
a copy of HF - I don't even know if London's record stores will have it
[at this point I guess I should pick up a pearl-handled revolver and leave
the room....].

The HW/BOC connection? The author Michael Moorcock has written lyrics for
both bands - indeed, he has played in Hawkwind on various occasions.  HW
have been around for even longer than BOC, being a pretty grizzled old
bunch of geezers by now. HW are a Brit rock band with a strong poetic SF
element to their lyrics. They have a tendency towards rather hypnotic
rythyms and sounds, which probably explains the tendency for them to
attract rather stoned-out audiences. I gather they've gone a bit ambient
in recent times,but others here can fill you in more accurately on that.
It's impossible to say if you'd like them, but for some truly excellent
tracks I'd recommend the albums "Quark, Strangeness and Charm" and "PXR5".
Ex-BOC man Albert Bouchard has recently covered some HW tracks with his
band The Brain Surgeons.

Welcome again....

Dave (assuming most others have pissed off early on Friday)


On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Miles Lester wrote:

> 1) Who is Hawkwind, is there a connection between HW and BOC?, Is there a
> musical similarity?,  in other words, as a BOC fanatic, would I probably
> like HW? As I said, please don't be offended by my ignorance in this
> question. I am actually quite travelled in the realms of music, including
> obscure groups and labels and simply have never run across HW nor have any
> of my friends who like similar music told me of them.
>
> 2) I am a LONG time subscriber to the "Rush NMS" mailing list/listserv.
> While I get really annoyed with the blind dittoheads in the Rush group, I do
> recognize their extreme loyalty/devotion to the group Rush. In the NMS, talk
> of a new album would spark a marked increase in listserv traffic as they
> hashed out rumors, gloat over early promo hearings, generally discussing the
> new release. I am kind of disappointed that there is actually little traffic
> relating to the new release, and almost none even critiquing(sp?) the CD. I
> find it very interesting that BOC chose to use John Shirley's lyrics on
> almost every song, but nothing is mentioned about that here..... Please, I
> am not asking for flames, only trying to either get good conversation going,
> or at least understand the mentality of the list.
>
> Oh well, good feedback, even if it doesn't agree with me is welcome. I'm
> only making an observation.
>
> Thanks...........
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