Hawkwind they are actually quite...
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butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Got plenty love. Look at my hilarious photo from 15 years ago. They should have shot that man. Ooh have you got a new camera?lizzieloo said:
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
I've got an ulcer. You can't attack me for that.
Anyway, all those people passing out and leaving the OT gig in wolves eh?
Anyway, all those people passing out and leaving the OT gig in wolves eh?
Louloubelle
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lyra_kitten said:And the Cherry Tree in Welwyn Garden City (my old regular hangout) is now a Waitrose.
What is it with the rock venues of our yoof?
the worst one is the Rainbow, where I saw Peter Tosh, is now some dodgy cultish church.
Louloubelle
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pogofish said:Better warn you that there is an unnoficial Hawkwind cd out there of them doing early Floyd numbers, Set the controls is on it!
really
I stand corrected
as so often happens
g'night all
Louloubelle
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here's a photo of the civic hall before it was turned into an asda.
It had a much bigger capacity than the wheatsheaf
Loads of bands played here
Remember it Lyra?
I bet you went here and have forgotten
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
you should get the album then, to remind you of what you missed! great version of watching the grass grow on there.William of Walworth said:I saw em at Stonehenge Peoples Free Festival, June 1984, you know ....
except I can't remember a single damn thing about it ..
The mighty mighty Hawkwind were (as I've mentioned previously) the second band I ever saw - Levitation tour, with Ginger Baker at Liverpool Empire. They were superb, as they have been most other times I've seen them - all except on the dire Chronicles tour in 85, and when I saw them about two months ago. they were really really fucking shit then. And somebody should shoot that useless bastard Dumpy!
Calvert era was their best - Quark is a work of bloody genius. Tho Space Ritual isn't too fare behind.
A Dashing Blade
Takes horses to water but can't make donkeys drink
pogofish said:Better warn you that there is an unnoficial Hawkwind cd out there of them doing early Floyd numbers, Set the controls is on it!
Ooooooooooooh! How do you get hold of it?
thestraightman
Hand to mouth to Jaksie
I met one of their old drummers who was working as a School Janitor in Barnes back in my meter reading days. Very nice chap. 
Lisarocket
In bed with me dinner
cyberfairy said:i went to see their allnighter at brixton academy because i thought they did 'the age of aquarias'
That was hilarious. I kept trying to tell you they didn't do Age of Aquarius, but you weren't having any of it
It was a result getting you to go to the gig in the first place seeing as you used to slag them off everytime i put a record on. Mind you it was the anniversary gig you went to which was most excellent. Even the bit where Sam Fox came on and did Masters of the Universe was good I haven't seen Hawkwind for a few years now. I used to go and see them regularly until Arthur Brown joined. Then i saw them at the Astoria one time and laughed all the way through the show. Arthur had turned them into some sort of hippy Spinal Tap
I prefer seeing Space Ritual now. Nik's still got the old magic.My first Hawkwind gig was the Robert Calvert benefit at the Brixton Academy. I sadly never got to see Calvert fronting them. They were really good until Huw Lloyd Langton left...he was my favourit guitarist. I even saw him doing a solo show at the (now sadly gone) Stage Door in Scarborough.
Dave Brock is a bit of a wanker. Me and Rocketman interviewed him once. He's got an ego the size of a planet. Alan Davey was nice though...
Bernie Gunther
Fundamentalist Druid
That must have been ... interesting ...Lisarocket said:<snip> Even the bit where Sam Fox came on and did Masters of the Universe was good
Lisarocket
In bed with me dinner
Bernie Gunther said:That must have been ... interesting ...
She came bounding on and due to the the state we were in no one could work out who it was. One of our mates was convinced it was Toyah, but then i remembered that Sam Fox had done a cover of Gimme Shelter with Hawkwind for a charity record. No one believed me until quite near the end of the song when she was rubbing up and down against Lemmy
Lemmy wasn't complaining...
she did quite a good version of it actually...surprisingly....
You didn't really need drugs to realise how weird it was watching Sam Fox singing Master of the Universe
How long did Arthur Brown join them for? AFAIK he's for quite some time of late been doing gigs under his own name. Certainly no sign of him the other weekend when we saw Hawkwind -- consisting of Dave Brock, Alan Davey, and a drummer who was the dead spit (in playing style) of Simon King.
Lisarocket
In bed with me dinner
William of Walworth said:
A few years. Probably about 5 or so. Thank fuck he's left. I can go and see them again now
Lisarocket said:A few years. Probably about 5 or so. Thank fuck he's left. I can go and see them again now
Recommended! Send word if you hear of any London gigs soon .... are you London based??
Lisarocket
In bed with me dinner
William of Walworth said:
They've got Matthew Right from Channel 5's 'The right Stuff' singing Spirit of the age on the new album
Lisarocket
In bed with me dinner
William of Walworth said:
They usually do a winter solstice gig at the Astoria (better when they did the Academy IMHO). I'll keep you posted. Yes i am London based....
Bernie Gunther
Fundamentalist Druid
"Has the world gone mad or is it me?"Lisarocket said:<snip> You didn't really need drugs to realise how weird it was watching Sam Fox singing Master of the Universe
Lisarocket
In bed with me dinner
belboid said:
Lisarocket
In bed with me dinner
Bernie Gunther said:"Has the world gone mad or is it me?"
It's getting worse....see post 81
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