spacebrock comments

[John Majka]

Actually I'm listening again to Spacebrock right now, and perhaps I was a
little too harsh on it.  Considered in the proper context (i.e. as a Dave
Brock solo album and not as a Hawkwind album), this isn't really so bad.
Most of the tracks have more of a techno feel than we've previously heard
from Dr. Technical, but heck... it's a solo album!  Undoubtedly the man
would like to stretch out a bit into some other musical areas every now and
again... I certainly can't fault him for that.  I favor experimentation even
when the results aren't necessarily the best.

Actually I've liked most of the real Hawkwind releases after Live
Chronicles... as I've said repeatedly, Palace Springs might be my overall
favorite Hawk album... and In Your Area, for example, I thought was
fantastically psychedelic... although it's hard to get overly excited since
it is one half live, and some of the "new" studio tracks were really just
recycled bits again.  I still have faith in Hawkwind, despite some comments
I've made... they've always surprised me.
xoxo,
John Majka
jmajka2 at home.com


> Good comments. I was undecided on whether to get this CD, I now don't
think
> I'll bother. I would actually be a bit more severe than Scott and say that
> apart from odd tracks and some good live performances (Hawkestra,
Astoria),
> the last good lump of material in my view was Chronicles fifteen odd years
> ago. Anything earlier than that I loved with the possible exceptions of
> Sonic Attack '81 and some of ASAM '76, although the live recordings of
this
> performance are some of my favourites, probably due to Calvert being the
> frontman.
>
> Thanks for the feedback,
>
> Eddie.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List [mailto:BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU]On
> Behalf Of iain ferguson
> Sent: 25 April 2001 05:36
> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU
> Subject: Re: spacebrock comments
>
>
> Scott,
>
> Hopefully the new line-up will record something soon. It certainly has the
> best
> potential for a knockout album for the first time in a number of years !!
>
> With so many people now working with the band hopefully they'll record a
> cracking ablum soon.
>
> BTW -- I like the Brockspace album. And some of the tracks off of distant
> horizons are excellent ( phetamine in particular).
>
> regards
> Iain
>
> "SHLL (Scott Heller)" wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Melvyn Vincent [mailto:mel at MVA.U-NET.COM]
> > Sent: 25. april 2001 11:02
> > To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU
> > Subject: Re: spacebrock comments
> >
> > >I just recently got the Spacebrock CD and was very disappointed. I
think
> > >whoever made the decision to call it a Hawkwind CD was misleading a lot
> of
> > >people. It is clearly a Dave Brock solo venture, as I beleive only one
> > track
> > >(Spacebrock) actually has any real band playing. For sure the worst
thing
> > >Dave has ever put out. I enjoy a few tracks but it really has the feel
> that
> > >someone (I woudl guess Dave) went around and just picked up whatever
> tracks
> > >were laying around and slapped them together. There is no cohesiviness
in
> > >the project and it mostly just sound pieces with samples and some
vocals,
> > >but not really all the interesting.. I really liked all the other Brock
> > solo
> > >lps but this just does not do it for me.
> > >
> > >I really see the end of Hawkwind...... now......sure they will play
some
> > >great gigs but the last real HW cd was in 1994 with ALien 4....Distant
> > >Horizons was just several disjointed musical pieces slung together for
> the
> > >masses... Don't you think..
> > >
> > >I am enjoying the Wierd cds a lot but am disappointed we did not get
> > >anything new with them at all. Sound is also not really any better than
> the
> > >best copies of the tapes I have heard.
> > >
> > >Just some ranting to annoy the masses..
> > >
> > >scott
> > >
> > >ObCD- Gas Giant vs. WE- Riding the Red Horse to the Last Stronghold of
> the
> > >Freaks (promo CD- due out in may on Burnt Hippie Recordings)
> >
> > I think that is a pretty well thought out and accurate analysis to be
> > honest.
> > mel
> >
> > Thanks Mel.  I am a huge fan of the band and have traveled great
distances
> > to see them, inteviewed them, supported them in many ways over the
years,
> > but I just felt I needed to speak what I feel about the recent output of
> the
> > band..
> >
> > scott
>