HW: Domain Names - Short Sharp Shock

[dhuggins]

Here here!

I am rather fond of many of the ex-hawks for various reasons.  But pure and
simple, Dave has stuck to it through all the years of good and bad.  Being
the one to carry the weight of responsibility is a FAR harder task than
coming and going as you please (granted that this occasionally entailed
chaos reigning supreme).  In my book Meister Brock and the current lineup
has earned the right to do what ever they damn well please with respect to
any Hawkwind name, being fully entitled to it.

I might remind all that three other members of the current lineup
(chadwick, davey, and langton) have more time in the band than any ex-Hawk
with the exception of harvey bainbridge.  (mr. house, another current
member, is definitely in the running, but i have a hard time trying to
figure out what his precise status has been since 89 on a year-by-year basis.)

Granted that i don't have all my hw family tree charts out, so i will
surely be corrected if  wrong ;)

Dave

At 12:21 AM 10/10/01 +0100, you wrote:
>Mmmm
>
>Well....I don't think any of us should forget the fact that there is one
>existing dominant force,which is the single reason why Hawkwind still exist
>some 30 years on,.................Dave Brock!
>He's kept it going regardless of the departures or sackings of past members.
>If pushed into a corner,...I don't doubt he has a bit of a ruthless streak
>in sticking and pursueing what he believes in.
>If Dave had never been as dominant as he has been,.....then Hawkwind would
>have probably died a natural death about 4 years into its present history.
>And then.....the likes of Dave Anderson,Nik Turner would never have been in
>a position to cash in on their hitherto sporadic involvement with a musical
>institution of almost unrivaled cult status.
>Dave Brock has been Hawkwind for some 30 years.
>Nik Turner?......5 yrs + 1 yr here & 1 yr there + guest appearances? ( I'm
>guessing ).
>Dave Anderson............1 yr ?
>
>Dave Anderson cleverly markets and re-packages atrocious quality old HW
>material. Makes a fast buck and without doubt puts off the 'first time'
>buyer from purchasing any future HW material.
>(  Basically undermining the hard work put in by the DB & present members
>over the years )
>
>Nik Turner.......Great character/front man & nice bloke. But musically had
>tendencies to play for himself and not as part of a team/band.
>Problem is, that his ego gets the better of him, and to quote...."his
>playing became irksome" to other members of the band.
>When he wanted to....he could be brilliant though!
>Presently....Nik appears to be trying to 'cash in' on his comparitively
>short periodic involvement with HW in the past, as well as Hawkwinds
>current 'renaissance' ,in order to make a fast buck out of the more 'naive'
>of us followers.
>And again undermining the REAL Hawkwind.
>
>Frankly.....If I were Brock, I think I'd be bloody pissed off with certain
>'piecemeal' past Hawkwind activists that contantly try to grab more than
>their fair share of the 'cake'.
>Brock & Co wants full control of the name.
>And by sticking at the helm for 30 odd years.......I think he's morally
>entitled to it!
>
>mel