HW: Lemmy interview

[Carl E. Anderson]

>>> Always count on an interesting interview from the Lemmer, eh? HW a
>>>3-piece > rock 'n' roll band?? Not quite!
>>
>>No, but he's right about there being one inside--bass, drums, and
>>guitar has always formed the core of Hawkwind.  (The post-Harvey line
>>up pretty much proves this! ;)
>
> Absolutely, but I just feel that referring to HW as nothing more than a rock
> 'n' roll band is underrating them. Don't we all love 'em because they were
> never in the least bit ordinary? The "dileelee (sp) and toot-toot" is often
> what makes a HW song.

        Oh, of course, and that's what's great about HW: it's a basic
rock band that has been uniquely warped by adding other stuff.  It takes
it far beyond the basic.  Strip away all the Dr. Who noises and other
weirdness and Hawkwind would be basically a very sloppy version of the
Ramones, with much longer songs ;)  But when it's all put together you
get a powerful and unique space-rock engine, which is where the fun
starts.

        As I've mentioned on the list once or twice before, as you
peel away members of the classic lineup, you can see them continuing
to concentrate on the things they brought to the original lineup.
If you look at Nik, you'll see the silly, self-indulgent weirdness still
emanating from his current work (which is not to say that it can't be
quite good as well), if you look at Simon House, you'll see him doing
ambient violin and synth stuff, if you look at Lemmy you'll see him
rocking out with unspeakable thunder, etc.

        Now if someone can get Brock's head out of that sequencer and
remind him to play the goddam guitar .... ;)

Cheers,
Carl