HW: NIK: The upcoming North American tourS

[Jonathan Smith]

Sort of amusing. It says Nik Turner's Space Ritual on the site. But
enough...

I was tempted by the extra mixes too-- I am sucker for that kind of thing.


On 27 September 2013 12:55, mike c <insect.brain at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Keith
> thank you VERY much for causing me to visit Nik's site and see there
> is a box set of Space Gyspy with extra mixes, etc.
> I am really bad about looking at sites, (lack of) money tend to cause
> that, thanks.
>
>
> On 9/26/13, Keith Henderson <khenders64 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hey Folx...
> >
> >
> > Let's see...I haven't really read all the nonsense about the namewars,
> but I
> > wanted to at least see what the hell Nik's tour is going to be, in case
> it
> > would be worth another road trip in short order.
> >
> > OK, so it certainly isn't Nik Turner's Hawkwind.  We knew that.  But now
> I
> > realize that it isn't even Nik Turner's Space Ritual!!  'Cause I've just
> > been to the Space Ritual website, and "they" (minus Nik himself,
> apparently)
> > are swearing that they have absolutely nothing to do with the album/tour.
> > So, no Terry Ollis, Mick Slattery, Dave Anderson/Jerry Richards, Tom
> > Crimble,
> >  etc....
> >
> > Which is confirmed at nikturner.com, since he points to the following
> > partial lineup as being his US touring band:
> >
> > Nik - Sax, Flute, Vocals
> > Nicky Garratt (of UK Subs) - Guitar
> > Jeff Piccinini (aka Geoff Myles) (ex-Chelsea (UK*), currently
> Revenant**) -
> > Bass
> > Juergen Engler (of Die Krupps) - Synths, 2nd Guitar (?)
> > Unknown Drummer (presumably there will be one)
> >
> > Given the punk (and/or industrial) pedigree of these folks, it would seem
> > this would be more like an Inner City Unit-type ensemble than anything.
> > Which is just as much a Cleopatra emphasis as space rock/prog ever was,
> if
> > not more so.  So marketing this band as anything HWish or SpaceRitualish
> is
> > kinda false advertising, although maybe they will play MotU and
> Brainstorm
> > in the old ICU style, in addition to all the new stuff from Space Gypsy.
> > (When does that come out?)
> >
> > *not to be confused with the US Chelsea, with Peter Criss (of Kiss)
> >
> > **I'm listening to a
> >  Revenant (US-based?) tune right now (first time) "Dark Church" that
> sounds
> > like The Cult (not half-bad) - other tunes are not quite so
> noteworthy....
> >
> > Well, they are playing Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, so maybe I might make
> > the effort if early reviews are promising.  Last time I saw Nik (opening
> for
> > Gong w/ Hillage in London in 2010), he seemed a lot slower and older
> than I
> > remember from just a few years earlier...hope he's got the energy for an
> > ambitious long-distance tour schedule.  The US is a big place.  All those
> > long, lonely freeways and intersections we've got up here.
> >
> > As far as the actual Hawkwind tour is concerned, it looks like I will be
> > heading to Philadelphia, Washington DC, & Cleveland for (reasonably)
> sure,
> > with Chicago being a game-time decision (the venue there looks pretty
> > interesting...kinda looks like the hall in London where they did the 40th
> > anniversary show in 2010.)  Hope to see some folks
> >  there.  Sorry to be missing Toronto, but I have to work those days.  Is
> it
> > really sold out??  Is that venue rather small or something?
> >
> > Keith H. (State College PA)
> >
>