HW: Brock's Destruction of Hawkwind Reputation

[M Holmes]

Bryan Young writes:

> Why hasn't one person asked why Thomas Crimble is in this? Is he such
> a magnificent bass player that he had to be included? Is he absolutely
> synonomous with Nik Turner, having worked alongside him in Hawkwind,
> Inner City Unit, Nik's All-Stars, etc? Or is he just a so-so musician
> who Nik can live with ONLY BECAUSE HE LENDS CREDIBILITY to the
> xHawkwind claim?

> Terry Ollis is very excellent musically.  I remember reading in Kris
> Tait's book how he fell off his drum kit and couldn't keep a steady
> rhythm, so they added another drummer (Simon King I believe), and had
> two drummers for awhile.  So, yeah, Nik should definitely have Terry
> Ollis in the band, as he's obviously the finest drummer Hawkwind has
> ever had, and that will continue the fine tradition of musical
> excellence.  (Sarcasm mode now ends.)

Could we just avoid this kind of slagging off of Thom and Terry? They
seem to be reasonable guys and were the high spot of what I've seen of
Nik's band.  As far as I can tell they've offered no attacks themselves
and therefore aren't fair game for this kind of criticism.

> And if you look hard enough, you might even find Philthy somewhere.
> Check the gutters, because Lemmy hinted that Philthy has restarted his
> old career.  This probably means he's peddling dope, but I'd bet he's
> using more than he's selling, so he may even be dead now, with major
> debts owing to his suppliers.

It's so refreshing to see someone who isn't afraid of laywers.  Why,
you'd think the slander laws had been repealed!

FoFP