Nikestra

[Colin J Allen]

Ron Tree was bass player #4.

No comment in public on the other:)

Cheers!

COLIN

----- Original Message -----
From: "Moonglum ." <sjyoules at VISTO.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: Nikestra


> Interesting, thanks for the review.  Not quite the galactic turn-out then.
>
> Nice to have a range of opinion too.  Steve Pond (a known objective
> observer!) was complimentary.  Can't quite figure out who the 4th bass
> player was, though....only Shaw/Anderson/Crimble from your list?
>
> And last but most definitely not least, are you going to pass on the
> details re: Ron's departure from Hawkwind?  Or is it a case of respecting
> the confidence in which this information was given to you?  (Which is cool
> if so.)
>
> -----------------------------------------------
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 08:59:04 -0400, Colin Allen
> <colin at CALLEN18.FREESERVE.CO.UK> wrote:
>
> >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
>