HW: Emperors New Clothes

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it's not like every critical remark is intended as an automatic sledgehammer
blow to the head....even in my own band days, an intelligent, even pointed
remark was much more interesting/valuable than "oh you guys are SO cool...."

personally, i think that the early '90s trio lineup was second only to the
lemmy era; i 'm not terribly enamored of the material dominated by calvert, or
later langton/bainbridge  (sorry folks)....brock has always been less of a
"generator" than a "conduit".....he doesnt INITIATE so much as he allows
things to take place around him....this is not a slam; such an approach has
clearly served him well, since it's 1999 and he's still being discussed>>>>>>

biggest difference between '91 and now is that hawkwind has become a "cottage
industry" and they are obliged to perpetuate themselves by "moving product"
in a way that wasnt exactly the case  in 91, much less previously....doug
smith has a great deal to do with this, and typically, brock has allowed this
to take place around him...again, not a slam>>>>we must note that the phrase
"moving product' in regards to hawkwind is on a very different scale than it
would be were we referring to, say, celine dion....