HW: HW trivia: Zenon article

J Strobridge eset08 at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK
Fri Apr 9 13:50:37 EDT 1999


Here's what the Guardian has to say about Paul Zenon:

"....He [Paul Zenon] was plain Paul Collins whose passion for magic
was matched only by a passion for Hawkwind.

So he went backstage after one gig when he was 18 and persuaded them to
take him on as their support act.  'Can you imagine how scary it was
performing in front of 2,000 stoned bikers at the Hammersmith Odeon' he
says.   'The only thing the band asked of me was a name change.    They
chose Xenon - "he may be inert, but he's a gas" - but everyone
pronounced it Exenon.   So I changed it to Zenon'"

It seems to have made a lasting impression on him!   Probably around
1983-ish (was that Xenon Codex time?)

I'm told that he's very good so he might be worth seeing sometime.

jill


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