OFF/HW: Re: Floyd 67-74 etc - a word in Waters' defense

[Jonathan Jarrett]

On Tue, 3 Feb 2015, mary sullivan wrote:
> The falling out was a shame, I'm so thankful for a band like Hawkwind who
> enjoy their toys.

 	When I saw this, I was going to say, "well come on, it's not like 
Hawkwind doesn't have its own feuds". But actually, when you think about 
it... how many bands have the various people leaving Hawkwind (or even 
staying) generated? Because of that, and my fan's curiosity in following 
it up, I have stuff I think is great by at least Spiral Realms, Inner City 
Unit, two or three of the various Nikwinds, the Fantastic All Stars, Star 
Nation, Earthlab, the Anubian Lights, Pressurehed, Farflung (especially 
Farflung!), Bob Calvert, Krankschaft, Bedouin, Spaceseed... and I could go 
on, especially if I included bands people came to Hawkwind from or bands 
I've got into because of people from them working with people out of 
Hawkwind or supporting Hawkwind (like Bruise or Litmus). What have the 
Floyd fans got? Some dreary solo work and not much more. Hawkwind has been 
a nebula generating new space objects! Floyd, eh, not so much... Yours,

Jon


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