HW:/OFF: '80's sound

[Stephen Swann]

On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 10:31:36PM -0000, Alasdair Macdonald wrote:
> What is this "marginal playing talent"? I frequently read these
> comments here about Hawkwind and it seems to me that Dave
> Brock (who this accusation is typically levelled against) knows
> what sounds he wants to make, and lo! he creates those sounds. I
> don't understand how that can be any kind of inferior talent????? If
> he had played his career any other way, I probably wouldn't be here
> now.

Heh heh heh.  A man after my own heart.  Brock's guitar sound pretty
much *is* Hawkwind for me.  Not that I don't love lots of other things
about the band, but Brock's guitar is what defined the Hawkwind
"sound" for me.

Steve
swann at plutonia.com