BOC : The Goldmine Story

[Andrew A. Apold]

>Hey all,
>
>        1) no mention is made whatsoever to Michael Moorcock (and I believe
>no one else has commented this on the list). They even go upfront saying
>that "Veteran of the psychic wars" was "written by Bloom" ?!?!? and this is
>backed up by Joe himself who adds : "I think it's Eric's best song"... what
>the @#!@$ ??? I love that song, but to not give credit to Moorcock seems a
>heresy to me ! And if this is supposed to tell BOC's History, then it really
>would have been interesting to read on how the band had met MM...

I thought it mentioned someone saying that Eric was a fan of his and sought
him out.  Or maybe it was some other interview....  I'd be more interested in
knowing how their relationship ended; they had three good songs on con-
secutive albums, and then I heard that Moorcock wrote the lyrics for another
song that they ended up ditching for some reason in favor of... can't recall
which RBN song it was, "Light Years of Love"?  Anyways, soon after, those
lyrics showed up in a Hawkwind song (memory check:  "Sleep of a thousand
tears?"), HW does an entire concept album based on Moorcock stuff and he
joins them for the LC performance....    Did they do something that drove
him away and may have resulted in him getting back in touch with HW???

The FAQ mentions Bloom and Moorcock doing two songs together (Black
Blade and Veterans) at a Science Fiction convention in 1987, which would
be after the CotBS tour, I think, so it doesn't seem to be any ill feeling
between
the two....

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