HW: in your area

[Nick Lee]

-----Original Message-----
From: Al Ogilvy <Alogilvy at AOL.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list BOC-L <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Date: 29 January 1999 22:18
Subject: Re: HW: in your area


>Ok ,I've not got round to getting IYA yet,but I did enjoy the gigs for the
97
>tour. IMO youre all forgetting something ie; Hawkwind havw always been
about
>breaking moulds and changing the formula when youn least expect it.Rizz
worked
>for that tour ,for me anyway. His input was totally unexpected to most
people
>when they saw their first gig of that tour.I Remember most people at
guildford
>saying "Who the Fuck is that???"When he came on.(He looked different last
time
>most of us saw him).
> Once you got used to it ,it worked.Ok jerry isnt Huw,but HW are no longer
the
>kind of band Huws style fits into . ( I'm a great Huw fan..Hes always been
one
>of my favourite guitarists and i actually like his solo stuff a lot,but
when
>hes in HW he does give them that METAL edge,and in my opinion that was then
>for the band and this is now.All things change (HW more than most!!!!) ) HW
>with Rizz to me sum up the "Free festival " HW that I miss so much.HW with
the
>brakes off,with the "lets see where we go with this then" hats on.Dont get
me
>wrong,I wouldnt want to see Rizz everytime i go to see Hawkwind,and yes DH
is
>a weak album.I was looking forward to it after the gigs but was overall
quite
>disappointed when I heard it first.
> I think all talk of HW disintegrating before our very eyes as one
contributor
>wrote is a bit of an exageration.Just look at some of the old albums in
your
>collection.I have heard some live tapes which had me wondering how they
ever
>bounced back , but they did ,usually in a very unexpected way.
>All the best
>  Keep the faith
>Al

Amen to that.

Having given IYA good few spins now, its really grown on me.  I still feel
cheated every time I listen to "I Am the Reptoid" though.  Just when you
think its building up to the last part of "Reptoid Vision" it cuts out.  Its
kind of like Hawkus Interruptus.

Nick