HW: The REAL Hawks

[Troy Harris]

On Tue, 24 Dec 1996, Max Wilcox wrote:

> This is a little question that has come to me in a little bit of a
> drunken stupor on this fine XMass eve.
>         Who do people think are the REAL Hawkwind band at the moment? It is my
> instinctual reaction to go for Nik Turner, as his "Past or Future" album
> contained (what I believe are) the primary HW members, excepting Brock.
> The sound is much more what I think HW should be, and they seem to have
> more of the HW philosophy than do those Alien4 chappies. By philosophy I
> mean doing lots of gigs, with lots of groovy things, lots of lights,
> drugs, and that sort of thing (Notice I've got the lingo down...)
>         This is not to say that I think that the "official" Hawks are bad, but
> rather that the "true" spirit (of the age?) is embodied in Nik's
troupe.
> In fact, I quite like HW at the moment, but it's a bit like the
> situation with Pink Floyd at the moment (ie. Are they the "real" Floyd?)
>         This sort of discussion can become quite self-defeating, but I feel it
> is my duty, as protectorate master of the fifth infinite, to get it out
> in the open.
>         What do other people think, regarding this?

 I agree Max baby.

   Troy

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