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To: weathersystems who wrote (67)	1/11/2025 12:34:02 PM
From: jazzlover2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 260

I'm very pleased to have given you something new to listen to. Isn't it great when that happens, and it happens to me all the time on SI. It's a pleasure sharing them with you. The thing about Hawkwind is their lineup changes quite regularly with their first early 70's albums different from the middle 70's , and so on, which imho breathes new life each time. Dave Brock is the only original member and is definitely the captain of the ship, but he tends to stay on the sidelines and let others be the focus and contribute to the new sound. The current line up imho is one of their best. I like all their stuff to be honest. It's all interesting to me. Some albums, like say, The Xenon Codex, I forget about for years and then rediscover, and it's like a new experience again. Huw's haunting guitar.. I like anything with Huw Lloyd Langton on it, his final work on Onward before succumbing to cancer too young. Love that album btw. The band is said to be the inventors of the Space Rock genre, arguably, and probably influenced many bands. They were and continue to be popular in the UK, and The Sex Pistols were big fans. Some say the movie This Is Spinal Tap was influenced by Hawkwind :) Their Hawklords 25 Years On had a punky edge to it, as well the theatrical Ron Tree albums. Hard to pin down my fav albums, but The Space Ritual is definitely where it all started for me. It's a double live album from 1972 I believe, but it's one continuous adventure with each song morphing into the next, a roller coaster ride. Give yourself time to hear it in it's entirety, either on headphones, or in front of big speakers and you'll understand why I got hooked. Does a sax player fit in with a space rock band? Yep. Their live shows are always a laser or on stage dancer event, check out Stacia ;) as they've never had a strong front man attention getting presence like say Mick Jagger strutting around, which is fine with me. Unfortunately there is some junky releases out there of dubious quality so stick to the official band releases.