Hawkwind - Bristol 2003 ? The death of the band ?

[alan day]

just to add my tupence worth, OK ,it wasn't an intence headwash gig that I
saw ,to see them go experiMENTAL is an unforgettable expierience,but miss
them at your peril! We all know whhat they're capable of. Hope this makes
sence? I thought it was a blinder!YAD


>From: Chris Appelt <mail at SUPER-TUNES.DE>
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>Subject: Re: Hawkwind - Bristol 2003 ? The death of the band ?
>Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 01:28:47 -0400
>
>Yes you're so right in many points I think. And London was the same
>experience.
>
>OK, only 5 tour dates, this means no need and energy for giant projects
>like the Robot on the Alien 4 tour 1995/1996...
>
>The whole thing was curious, you're right, and some of the London fans
>around were disappointed too, but the majority seemed to be totally
>satisfied, may be they didn't register those lacks, breaks and shifts down
>to the many beers, guinness and marihuana-stashes....
>
>For me and my wife Arthur & Simon gave the good moments to the show, the
>post-industrial Jesus-figure at the beginning, the very good Steppenwolf-
>performer (but what a cheap music, why didn't Simon add his fantastic
>violin-solo to it?). Yes, chronoglide skyway was performed well too....But
>to realize those hidden diamonds you had to switch on the brain. And then
>you could see how hard Dave was working to keep the things together that
>night, running around synths, dat-tapes, guitar and sometimes a few
>milliseconds too late to the microphone....
>
>I guess, we won't watch those guys during the next years, not before they
>had improved their show to a new quality. But specially the Alien tour
>showed us, that those things can happen very soon, remember the quality
>shift after two years as a trio playing old stuff down and then they
>entered with Ron Tree totally new spheres ....
>
>On the other hand they're getting older as we do, and may be they only
>want to have fun, and funny it was.
>
>But not for 17 pounds for the show ticket..Blue Öyster Cult commes around
>in some days from USA for 12 pounds ....
>
>May be we'll see us.
>
>Chris
>
>Greetings from Germany
>
>Chris

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