OFF: space rock?

[Steven Skane]

Confirmed. Set The Controls is about the Fireclown.

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From: "Nick Medford" <nick at HERMIT0.DEMON.CO.UK>
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Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: OFF: space rock?


> In message <Pine.GSO.4.21.0202031343100.8936-100000 at harper.uchi
> cago.edu>, Arin Komins <akomins at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU>
> writes
> >
> >Anyone know who first coined the term "space rock"?
>
> Not sure, but Calvert describes Nik Turner using the term in '69 or '70
> (in the interview at Tim Gadd's site, URL should be in the archives), and
> that this was the first time he (Calvert) had heard it.
>
> However it's possible that the term may have already been around: it
> wouldn't surprise me if its first usage was in connection with Pink Floyd,
> who had already been playing "spacey" music for 2-3 years by then. Not
> only did they *sound* spacey but like HW they were keen on sc-fi
> imagery and lyrics in their early days (e.g. "Astronomy Domine", "Let
> There Be More Light", "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"). And
> they were AFAIK the first band to use psychedelic lighting effects and
> oil projections etc. So my *guess* is that the term "space rock" was first
> used by someone attempting to describe the early Floyd experience. Can
> anyone confirm or deny this?
> --
> Nick Medford
>