HW-new album

[deadearnest]

Couple of things there.
First it's my belief that the Hawkwind album was only actually finished
around Christmas, maybe just after and the band were waiting for Alan
Davey's new studio set-up to be put in as Alan is producing the album to all
intents and purposes (mixing it anyway). As far as I know, no-one is
blocking or any such like activity. As to why 8 years (is it that
long-surely less) since "DH", well, could be any number of reasons, but as
to the idea of jamming, it sounds sooooo attractive a proposition, but I
guess that just ain't Dave's way any more. All that can be certain is if a
band like Hawkwind wants to come out with what they regard as a "commercial"
(volume sales) album that can stand up in a mainstream arena on a new (for
them) and leading current CD label, then you have to be sure that the
creative juices are flowing at a peak, and it may have taken all this time
for that to happen. Who can say.
All I know is, there's a lot of baited breath going on out there right now -
the anticipation mounts!!!!
Andy G.
P.S Shameless self-plug - the Space Mirrors new album on my Dead Earnest
label ( www.deadearnest.btinternet.co.uk  ) is out now and already receiving
good comments from Hawkwind and space-rock fans who've bought it -Aural
Innovations is doing it in the USA while Dead Earnest, CDS, Rubbish and
hopefully soon Freak Emporium, have it in the UK, with Swamp Room and Black
Widow and Atomic Age (www.spacemirrors.com) starting things rolling in
Germany/Italy/Russia respectively




----- Original Message -----
From: Jon Jarrett <jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 1:28 AM
Subject: HW, NIK: Re: Old masters


> On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, M Holmes wrote:
>
> > pauleatonjones writes:
> >
> > > Does anyone
> > > else feel that they appear to have run out of steam, energy and,
please
> > > forgive me on this, ideas??
>
>         <snip>
>
> > If Hawkwind have run out of steam it's because they went nuclear.
>
>         I think Hawkwind have settled into being a band for the fans. So
> the core people, the "hardcore fans" get the Hawkfest, tours every now and
> then, usually good one too don't get me wrong, and passport offers that
> sometimes materialise. Has that "special CD for Passport holders" yet
> appeared? But anyway.
>
>         What they're not doing is behaving like a functioning commercial
> band. I was, back in December this was, eagerly awaiting (knowing I
> wouldn't be able to afford any of them) albums by a fair number of bands
> who seemed set to get them all out at the same time:
>
>         Hawkwind's _Take Me to Your Leader_
>         Space Ritual.net's as yet un-named opus
>         Monster Magnet's _Monolithic Baby_
>         Orange Goblin's new one whose name I forget
>         Clutch's _Blast Tyrant_
>         Ozric Tentacles' new one
>         and Litmus's eventual debut.
>