HW:Spacebrock plus

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

It started life as a Dave Brock solo - but I think we've touched on this
before here - the label elected to put it as  a Hawkwind album so that it
would end up in the Hawkwind CD sections of the mulitples (HMV, Tower,
Virgin, etc) who sadly all have staff and managers who have to play it by
the rules laid down and aren't allowed any modicum of free-thinking such as
putting a Dave Brock album in a Hawkwind section - not that any of that lot,
with the exception of Claire Doyle at an HMV somewhere in the south east of
the UK, know who Dave Brock is anyway.
Andy G (sadly ruining his chance of ever working for that bunch now)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sara Zaza" <prabbit at GOWEBWAY.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 3:47 PM
Subject: HW:Spacebrock plus


> Just a comment or two...
> > >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.
>
> Gotta agree with this.
>
> >  For sure the worst thing
> > >Dave has ever put out.
>
> This is a bit harsh, but I agree it is disjointed...then again I only have
> the mispress, I need to get the proper release...I like it a fair amount
> actually but don't consider it to be a HW release, more like if Mr. Brock
> sent me a cd of material he was working on for a solo lp/cd, I would
expect
> it to sound like Spacebrock.
>
> > >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..
>
> Don't despair mate, I think there will be good things in the future.  The
> current lineup is a pretty great one and this is a band that has had more
> twists and turns than any other and things still work out.
> Regarding Distant Horizons, I was told by 3 different band members on
> separate occasions that the lp was rushed out before it was ready by
> ta-daa.....Doug Smith.  The (crap) artwork was unauthorized as well.  I
like
> it quite a bit (esp Phetamine, Reptoid, Clouded Vision) but it does sound
> unfinished in places and the cd does not "flow" and lacks cohesion.  I
> really liked In Your Area but can recognize it as being another (well-done
> this time tho...) cobbling together of things.
>
> Doug Bates opined: (regarding Chronicles)
> >>For me this was their Spinal Tap period, cheesy 80's metal without the
> big hair, a bad dream indeed.
>
> Also pretty harsh, but pretty accurate I'm afraid.  A few good songs here
&
> there but this was a bleak bleak time for HW (imho), what happened to the
> anarchic spirit? Inspiration replaced by stagnation and a shockingly
> conformist sound by the least conformist band ever.  Not meaning to
> offend/annoy fans of this time period, as we all have our preferences,
this
> just wasn't my favorite time period.
>
> John Stanton