Glasters
Iain Ferguson
iainferguson at AOL.COM
Thu Jun 3 04:47:38 EDT 2004
if you get the chance to se 6x7 do they are absolutely full on Bhlanga (
or however its spelt).
Very Very loud, thundering Bass , strobe tastic music
Henderson Keith wrote:
> Mike asked...
>
> >I see Space Ritual are lined up for the Avalon Field. Also "Six By
> >Seven". Could this be another Hawkwind cover band?
>
> I just looked them up on the internet. The short answer is 'no.'
> They have a 5-year (plus) history of original works, that I guess are
> in the neighborhood of psychedelic music, but not really Hawkwind-like.
> e.g. Mogwai, Radiohead, gybe!, etc. are listed as 'similarities.'
> www.sixbyseven.co.uk gets you to their homepage, via direct link.
>
> But I imagine the band's name possibly *has* come from '7x7' as I also
> discovered a 'spinoff' band called 'Earth the Californian Love Dream'
> that features the same guitarist as '6x7' (Sam Hempton), and in a long
> list of artists that EtCLD claim (effectively) as influences, Hawkwind
> is mentioned. And indeed, in this online biography, they are
> described as
> "sound(ing) like Motorhead meets Pink Floyd...like Motorhead meets the
> Beach Boys...like Motorhead meets the Carpenters...it's all about
> sweetness and noise."
>
> So, if Hempton was responsible for the other band's name, it's certainly
> possible that it is derived from '7x7'. Though why "6" exactly?
> (There were five members in the original band, not six.)
>
> BTW, both bands hail from Nottingham.
>
> Grakkl (FAA)
>
> P.S. Anybody heard any of this stuff? Any good?
>
> P.P.S. Apparently, the 6x7 lead singer (Chris Olley) grew up in the Ruhr
> Valley, and so a few of their songs are in German.
>
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