HW: Cornwall

[Alasdair Macdonald]

The TG/COUM book you are referring to is probably "Wreckers Of
Civilisation", by Simon Ford. HW are mentioned a couple of times,
in addition to the instances mentioned below, it is also stated
(IIRC) that Chris Carter did lights for HW at some point. I think a
flyer for the book also highlighted Chris' HW "connection", possibly
as one of the more likely familiar reference points for those who
may not know TG.

I always intended to ask Chris about this - I see him & Cosey
around from time to time as they live just a few miles away from
me (near King's Lynn). Seems to me he was always the most
musical of COUM/TG; in fact the most recent material of his that I
have heard (from ahem 1995) reminds me a lot of Ritchie
Hawtin/Plastikman, except less twitchy, more ethereal & beautiful.

Um anyway I guess I'll try to ask Chris about it, or e-mail him, if it's
important enough to anyone :-/

The book is available from C&C's website:

http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~chris.cosey/

Alasdair

On 13 Aug 99, at 13:15, Doug Pearson wrote:

<snip>

> On a vaguely-unrelated note, I was recently thumbing through a (the?)
> Throbbing Gristle/COUM bio at a friend's house (COUM was the vaguely
> performance art group that Genesis P. Orridge and Cosey were involved with
> before TG), and there were a couple of Hawkwind references.
>
> Apparently, early on, COUM did a few performances as a musical (rather
> than artistic) collective, one of which was in the opening slot for
> Hawkwind in late 1971 (if anyone is interested, I can go back and look up
> the date/venue).
>
> Also, in an interview (from 78 or 79 IIRC), mr. P. Orridge mildly disses
> HW by giving them as an example of a band NOT making "real" future music,
> as opposed to TG, who were.  (Ironically, of course, both Hawkwind and
> Throbbing Gristle have been hugely influential on today's music, both to
> the point where many musicians today probably don't even know that they
> were influenced by one, both, or the other).  BTW, the book (can't
> remember the title) is a great read - essential for anyone into the
> "industrial" genre, and still damn entertaining for anyone into anything
> remotely "countercultural".
>
>         -Doug
>          ceres at sirius.com
>


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