Distant Horizons/Dave Brock etc

[Kevin Sommers]

> John Majka wrote:                                  ...More and more, I
feel
> like Hawkwind is becoming a business concern.  More evidence of this is
the
> fact that Brock stayed home on a tour some years back while someone else
> played guitar in his place.  What kind of thinking could produce a lame
idea
> like that?  It's not like Hawkwind is just some product, some "brand".  We
> expect certain things.  Like Dave Brock playing live.

I have no idea why Dave didn't do that tour, but give me a fucking break!
Missing ONE tour in almost 29 years is by no means anything to be ashamed
of, and HARDLY devious evidence of a band (or a man) selling out.  He had
never done it before, and he hasn't done it since.  And I really don't think
he was just sitting in a cushy chair, smoking a fat cigar with his feet up,
laughing as he counted all the gold rolling in.

>                                                      ...Like the band
taking
> the necessary time and interest to put out a good album.

This, as we've all seen, can be debated all day.  Many days, in fact.

>                                                       ...I think the
bottom
> line is that Dave (and Hawkwind) are creatively slowing down as they
age,...

Love it or hate it, DH is unlike anything they've put out before.  I think
that shows a lot of creativity, unlike someone like AC/DC who puts out the
same album every year.  Hawkwind keeps breaking new ground and doing the
unexpected, which is exactly what Dave, in numerous interviews, has promised
all along.

Kevin Sommers