was HW: Emperors, now Monster Magnet

[Doug Pearson]

In March or April, Monster Magnet are opening for Marilyn Manson and Hole
in San Francisco (no sh*t!!).  Never would have dreamed *that* back when I
wrote the band about how much I liked their first 7" and if they could
please send me a tape of their legendary "Brainstorm" cover ...

        -Doug
         ceres at sirius.com

On Tue, 9 Feb 1999 15:35:06 -0500, Keith Henderson <henderson.120 at OSU.EDU>
said:

>Carl spake thusly...
>>     Monster Magnet are fairly drenched in HW influence, swooshy
>>noises and all, and have top bloody 40 hits!  When I watched them
>>doing "Bummer" (which is a straight lift of the "Time We Left"
>>riff, after all) at the London Astoria and the crowd was going
>>nuts, I had to think "This *ought* to be Hawkwind!  Why am I not
>>seeing this and hearing this with Admiral Brock on stage?".
>
>Yeah, it really seems like it might be a missed opportunity if true space
>rock bands, not only HW, but all the other American, Scandinavian, etc.
>bands can't suck in some of the audience primed on MM, Fu Manchu, and
thelike...