Well, I know this is a Ministry forum, but posting about Ministry would be sooooooooo predictable. So, instead : are there Hawkwind lovers, fans, amateurs, aficionados, whatever, here ? I would have asked about “space-rock” in general - actually I do listen to quite a wide range of space-rock, from Monster Magnet to White Hills thru… Alien Sex Fiend ? - but I always felt the “space-rock” label is just a bit too narrow for Hawkwind. Pre-punk, pre-industrial, heavy, tribal, acid-folk, glam, stoner, techno, prog, ambient, they explored much more sonic landscape than most bands ever will do, and influenced bands you would never associate with their “old hippies that used to know Lemmy” image… (to name a few : Portishead, The Sex Pistols, Senser, The Clash, The Sisters Of Mercy, Monster Magnet, Pulp, Acid Mothers Temple, The Buzzcocks, Throbbing Gristle, Jello Biafra, Chrome, Der Blutharsch, Amorphis, Sheep On Drugs, New Order thru Peter Hook, The Legendary Pink Dots, L7, Mudhoney, Primal Scream…)
Ok, stopping the cosmic rant now. I just wanted to say if any of you guys is interested, I have a (rather) huge collection of Hawkwind bootlegs, and that I’m always happy to share, just ask
(and didn’t Al mention in some interview he used to listen to Hawkwind as a teen ? Makes sense.)