HW: Brock and/or Turner

[gingoblin at EASYNET.CO.UK]

And I thought I was the only person in the world that had ever tried to
argue that Hawkwind are punk! That's different to punk *rock* of course, but
I've still never succeeded in convincing anyone yet!

Dave

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>I thought that HW from the very start were in many ways a punk band (and
>so do many of its members - including Nik of course)... Stuff like Urban
>Guerilla, Brainbox Pollution, even Days of The Underground are relevant
>examples of this attitude. Simple heavy riffing music with a socially
>concious and rebellious attitude. Dave Wyndorf of Monster Magnet also
>mentioned this in a interview, and I believe Brock once said during the
>early years that HW were "urban music for urban kids". Of course HW have
>given birth to/hung out with what I consider punk bands (Motorhead,
>Inner City Unit, Pink Fairies)....
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>Christian
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