Nikestra

[Moonglum .]

Interesting, thanks for the review.  Not quite the galactic turn-out then.

Nice to have a range of opinion too.  Steve Pond (a known objective
observer!) was complimentary.  Can't quite figure out who the 4th bass
player was, though....only Shaw/Anderson/Crimble from your list?

And last but most definitely not least, are you going to pass on the
details re: Ron's departure from Hawkwind?  Or is it a case of respecting
the confidence in which this information was given to you?  (Which is cool
if so.)

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On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 08:59:04 -0400, Colin Allen
<colin at CALLEN18.FREESERVE.CO.UK> wrote:

>>From memory:
>
>Nik Turner
>Del Dettmar
>Steve Swindells
>Jerry Richards
>Adrian Shaw
>Thomas Crimble
>Dave Anderson
>Ron Tree
>Mick Slattery
>Martin Griffin
>Terry Ollis
>
>I think that was it!
>
>The Nikestra performance was fairly awful, the sound quality was dreadful
>(which was weird as it was good earlier in the night).  Whitegate Drive did
>not appear and were replaced by an average Blur/Oasis type band, Magic
>Michael was hopeless, ICU were surprisingly good, Man were excellent but
>only got a very short slot as ICU over-ran.  Andy Dunkley was not there
>either.
>
>Nik spent a fairly large part of the Nikestra set rabbiting on about the
>event and who he had invited etc etc.  The set over-ran and ended when the
>venue cut off the power during Brainstorm!
>
>Overall, moderately enjoyable apart from the terrible sound and the poor
>playing from some members.  It was a pity that the better musicians IMHO
>Steve Swindells, Jerry Richards and Adrian Shaw) were almost inaudible in
>the cacophony.
>
>I had an interesting chat with Ron Tree who explained about his departure
>form Hawkwind.
>
>COLIN