Nikestra

[alan day]

>From: Colin Allen <colin at CALLEN18.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
>Reply-To: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
>To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU
>Subject: Re: Nikestra
>Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 08:59:04 -0400
>
>>From memory:
>
>Nik Turner
>Del Dettmar
>Steve Swindells
>Jerry Richards
>Adrian Shaw
>Thomas Crimble
>Dave Anderson
>Ron Tree
>Mick Slattery
>Martin Griffin
>Terry Ollis
>
>I think that was it!
>
>The Nikestra performance was fairly awful, the sound quality was dreadful
>(which was weird as it was good earlier in the night).  Whitegate Drive did
>not appear and were replaced by an average Blur/Oasis type band, Magic
>Michael was hopeless, ICU were surprisingly good, Man were excellent but
>only got a very short slot as ICU over-ran.  Andy Dunkley was not there
>either.
>
>Nik spent a fairly large part of the Nikestra set rabbiting on about the
>event and who he had invited etc etc.  The set over-ran and ended when the
>venue cut off the power during Brainstorm!
>
>Overall, moderately enjoyable apart from the terrible sound and the poor
>playing from some members.  It was a pity that the better musicians IMHO
>Steve Swindells, Jerry Richards and Adrian Shaw) were almost inaudible in
>the cacophony.
>
>I had an interesting chat with Ron Tree who explained about his departure
>form Hawkwind.
>
>COLIN
ne more on Rons dep?



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