No Dope + Hawkwind??????

Stephen Swann swann at CUGC.ORG
Wed Dec 13 17:13:35 EST 2000


> Melvyn Vincent wrote:
> > Now.......some questions for all you Hawksters out there.
> > I've been following HW since 1972.......and......(this is the truth)....I
> > have never taken drugs ( ie Dope,LSD,etc).
> > In fact the most lethal concoction I used to consume prior to a HW gig in
> > my late teens was a few pints of Whitbread Trophy........( Now beat that
> > for pure shit!!!!!)
> > Am I mad? Is it really possible to enjoy HW without the aid of mind
> > altering drugs?
> > Are there any other fans out there that 'get off' on HW without getting
> > 'stoned'?
> > Or........am I the odd one out? All my mates at college use to say to me
> > that the only way anyone could enjoy HW was to get 'stoned'.
> > I didn't agree then and at 43 yrs old now I still don't agree.

But... Hawkwind *is* a drug!

I never felt so high in my life as when I saw them perform "The Golden
Void" on the Palace Springs tour.  I was somewhere way off floating
through the Crab nebula, and I hadn't touched a drop of anything all
night.  :-)

Steve



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