HW: how about a brawl!!

[cjohnson]

>What I'd like to try,  (again not just now) possibly is either a poll
>on the solo and side project albums, or possibly a poll of the most
>common "HW-like" bands/albums that come up frequently here (Aamon Duul,
>Ozrics, Monster Magnet, Procupine Tree etc.)
>
>Cheers,
>Steve L.

       Now this starts to sound interesting.  IMHO it is still too near
       the last Hawk-poll to try another one, especially with many new
       releases looming.  However, we haven't made any serious effort to
       "guide" the neo-Hawk-phytes in the area of HW Solo releases (seeing
       as the Hawkpoll results were\are probably *most* valuable to those
       not already familiar with most of the titles).

       Let's take a stab (now/later/sometime) at rating the
       ever-increasing number of HW solo releases.  This includes Dave
       Brock's few titles, Huwy's half-dozen or so (no Widowmaker tho!),
       Harvey's stuff (DO include Alman Mulo), Simon House/Spiral Realms,
       and Nik's ever-multiplying number of "T.N.T.Hawkwind" releases.

       I'd even suggest we include the "Annubian Lights" stuff.  In my
       opinion, Nik Turner has been trying to create his own version of
       Hawkwind since the original one doesn't associate with him anymore.
       He is doing a good job (witness the two live releases and their
       loyalty to the original 20-year-old tunes), but he is also using
       pretty much the very same band to do new, 90s style Techno Space
       Rock, in the form of Annubian Lights.

       I *would* suggest that we completely discount ALL of Motorhead,
       simply because it probably deserves it's very own poll -- and not
       necessarily one to be carried out on BOC-L.  However, I don't have
       a problem with including pre-HW pre-MH releases in a HW solo poll.

       Unfortunately, I'm not the right guy to be running this poll.  I'd
       be happy to contribute to the poll-candidates list, if anyone else
       decides that this is within their abilities...

       Captain Cloud
       cjohnson at sur1a.hpsc.hisd.harris.com