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hawkwind : "doremi fasol latido" or "in search of space" .......the gods of pyschedelia and trippiness...it was my privilege to meet hawkwind leader and founder dave brock in the flesh, so to speak..one of my trippiest memories.. HAWKWIND: - a U.K. space-rock band and is probably the most famous underground rock band in the world. They are known all over Europe and have a "cult"-like following all over the world. The band was founded in '69 by Dave Brock, Nik Turner et al as a musical result of the pyschedelic scene prevalent at the time. Hawkwind devoted itself to the central themes of psychedelia & sci-fi: LSD, hash, space, androids, aliens and the future. These themes have remained their primary focus. With the generous use of the synthesizer and tone/audio generator, Hawkwind practically created a genre of music that can be called: psychedelic space-rock. Their fan-base in the US, although not super-large - is nonetheless super-loyal. What is this Hawkwind sound? Guitar under heavy delay "effect", ominous 2-part vocals, tons of reverb and delay, constant synth sweeps, constantly pushing synths to the limit. The music is often "barbaric", paganistic, and futurist full of a hard rock sound. Then again many songs are trance-inducing, with repetitious chord runs. Some of their music is often melodic and ambient. It is the repetitious chord arrangements that make the music "mind altering"....these repititions allow for extended instrumental guitar and synth workouts. This invites the listener to "trip". Hawkwind's "acidic" space-rock style made them a big hit with "trippers", "stoners" and "heads". I will say right now that this music is even trippy without acid! Today, Hawkwind's mission is to enchant and entrance you into a fantasy world in the future....and they will take you there whether you listen to them "stoned" or "straight"! HAWKWIND In Search Of Space Doremi Fasol Latido — Start your trip...

kid rock eh? hmmmmmm...i just can`t make up my mind about him

i like my progressive rock british and from the early `70`s....bands like king crimson, caravan, gentle giant, elp , jethro tull, can, blodwyn pig, marrillion, cockney rebel, family....there certainly are many shades of progressive rock http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive-rock.asp

gun : race with the devil....brilliant lead guitar riff...used to hear it on AM radio all the time in late `69- early`70 RACE WITH THE DEVIL (Adrian Gurvitz) Gun - 1970 RACE WITH THE DEVIL You'd better run, you'd better run You'd better run from the devil's gun The race is on, the race is on Babe, you'd better run from the devil's gun Strange things happen if you stay The devil will get you on any way He'll seek you here, he'll seek you there The devil will seek you everywhere Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha And when he finds you, soon find out The devil's fire just won't go out It burns you up from head to toe The devil's crypt just won't let go Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

interesting site........

frank zappa at #45???? you must be joking....#1.....

a real beer drinking band...used to listen to them a lot..still going strong in slade mark 11 my favourite slade album..."slade alive", loud, raucous, noddy holders incredible vocals "Dave Hill and Don Powell started it all back in the sixties when they were both members of the band the 'N Betweens. They first met Noddy Holder who was then touring with Steve Brett and The Mavericks, whilst on their way to Germany. They returned to Britain and learned that the resident bassist wanted out, so they auditioned for a new bass player. Jim Lea applied for the 'job' and was taken on. That left the band needing a lead vocalist, it was then that they met up again with Noddy who had split from the Mavericks, he joined and so the foundations for Slade had been laid. Their first 'gig' was in the Bahamas, they were originally signed for six weeks but ended up staying for four months!. They then set about changing their name from the 'N Betweens to Ambrose Slade (they got the name from a secretery who named everything from her handbag to her pens! They chose the name of two items - 'Ambrose' and 'Slade'). It was then that they probably made the most important decision of their career - they signed Chas Chandler - ex Animals star and producer for Jimi Hendrix to be their manager. It was at this point that the skinhead look was born making them 'stick out' from the other bands around at the time. The 'Ambrose' was dropped and Slade was born! The first album under the name Slade was Play It Loud and although sold reasonably well didn't chart. The dilemma Slade were in was that they had a huge following for their live performances but their records didn't sell particularly well. The answer was to re-create the atmosphere of a live performance on vinyl, so they released a live 7" version of Get Down and Get With It - the track that wound up every gig. It peaked in the UK singles chart at no:15 and lead the way for appearances on the UK TV show Top of the Pops. The next release was Coz I Luv You, it entered the UK charts at No:26 and two weeks later was at No:1 and that's where it stayed for four weeks! Next came the single Look Wot You Dun and in March of 1972 the album Slade Alive! was released, it was so popular it went to No:1 and stayed in the UK charts for over a year! Even to this day Slade Alive! is probably the best live album you will ever hear, really capturing that 'live' atmosphere. The next single was Take Me Bak 'Ome - another No:1 then Mama Weer All Crazee Now (No:1 once again) and finally in 1972 Gudbuy 'T Jane. A second album followed - Slayed?. By the end 1972 Slade were really gaining momentum, but the best was yet to come! If 1972 was a good year then 1973 was to prove to be unbelievable in more ways than one. The first single of 1973 - Cum On Feel The Noize went straight to No:1 in the UK charts YES straight to No:1, which in 70's was unheard of! Not content with that the very next single - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me did exactly the same straight into the UK charts at No:1. Now that is an amazing feat by anybody's standards but at the end '73 Slade released Merry Xmas Everybody - result - straight into the UK charts at No:1 and the Christmas No:1 record. Another album was released in 1973 - Sladest and yes you guessed it, it flew straight into the UK charts at No:1. By now Slade were the hottest band of the day but as with so many other situations in life every positive has an opposite negative and there was no exception with Slade. During 1973 Don Powell was involved in a horrific car crash that claimed the life of his fiancee and left Don in hospital. it was feared that Don would never drum again but he pulled through thankfully, 'picked up his sticks again' and carried on like the true professional he is. Slade won countless accolades- Best Group/Best Live Band etc but never got brash, big-headed or complacent, they always remembered their roots and that stood them in good stead. Hit after hit brought many gold and silver discs and it was inevitable that they would move on to other projects. 1974 brought another chapter to Slade's phenomonal success, they starred in a film - Slade in Flame, a story of a band who despite all the odds make the big time. Click here for more info on this fascinating film. Slade enjoyed success right through the 1970's and to a lesser extent the 1980's. Their last album released as Slade was in 1991 appropriatly named Wall of Hits. The Slade memory still lives on with Don and Dave touring with Slade 11, but for me the 1970's were the best and as with all die hard Slade fans I still play their music now and I still get the same feeling now as I did then and that I have been very lucky to have experienced something that was Red Hot - SLADE." http://www.slade.onlinehome.de/ http://www.slade-weerallcrazee.co.uk/

budgie.."in for the kill" 1974 Great lp, bass playing is very very heavy! "Living on your own" is perhaps the stand out track, with a memorable riff, though "Crash Course In Brain Surgery" is a class tune too, with another great riff. Though more or less all the songs here are quite strong, WITH GREAT RIFFS ALL OVER THE PLACE!!! IN FOR THE KILL INDEED!!!

one of the great guitarists....i have all his albums, my best one is a bootleg albumwrap "rory gallagher live at the bottom line club ny 1979" saw him live in auckland new zealand in about 1981....a terrific live performer Born Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, Republic of Ireland, 2 March, 1948. Family moved to Cork in the 1950s. Age 9 Bought first acoustic guitar and taught himself to play. Age 10 Began to play in public in local amateur shows. Age 12 Won talent competition at Cork City Hall. Bought first electric guitar. Age 13 Formed first band. 1963 Bought (secondhand) the famous '61 sunburst Fender Stratocaster, for 100 pounds, in Cork (reputedly the first such guitar in Ireland). (The 'battered Strat' was to be Rory's most notable trademark over the next 31 years.) Age 16 Joined Fontana Show Band (later renamed The Impact) while still at school, and played in the evenings, in and around Cork. 1964 Toured in Britain with Fontana. 1964/5 Fontana's name changed to The Impact. Played a stint at an American airforce base near Madrid. 1965 The Impact returned to London. Stint in clubs in Hamburg before the band split. 1965 Rory formed a 3-piece group with The Impact's former bassist and drummer. Played in clubs in Hamburg. 1966 Rory formed new trio - Taste - in Cork with Eric Kitteringham (bass) and Norman Damery (drums). 1967 Taste played in Hamburg; also in Cork, Dublin, and elsewhere in Ireland. Secured a regular booking at the Maritime Hotel, R&B club in Belfast. 1968 Rory formed new version of Taste with Richard McCracken (bass) and John Wilson (drums). Taste moved to London; played in England and Germany. 1969 Taste toured US and Canada as support to British group Blind Faith. 1970 Taste toured Europe and Scandinavia. Taste's final appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival. 1970 Rory goes solo with his own band. Line up of Rory Gallagher Band: Rory Gallagher (guitar, vocals) with: 1970 - 1972: Gerry McAvoy (bass), Wilgar Campbell (drums) 1972 - 1976: Gerry McAvoy (bass), Lou Martin (piano), Rod De'Ath (drums) 1976- 1981: Gerry McAvoy (bass), Ted McKenna (drums) 1981- 1991: Gerry McAvoy (bass), Brendan O'Neil (drums) 1992- 1994: David Levy (bass), Jim Levaton (keyboards), John Cooke (keyboards), Richard Newman (drums). Regular guest: Mark Feltham (harmonica). 1972 "Live! In Europe" earned Rory platinum sales and Melody Maker's "Musician of the Year" Award. 1976 Rory became the first artist to perform on a Eurovision television transmission to over one hundred million people. He also embarked on his 10 th American tour. Late 1994 Rory falls seriously ill while touring in Europe. 14 June, 1995 Rory dies in King's College Hospital, London, from complications following a liver transplant in April. He lived in Chelsea, London. He never married, and had no children. 16 June, 1995 Rory receives ovation from the people of Cork who line the streets as his funeral cortege procedes to the Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit. 19 June, 1995 Thousands attend Requiem Mass and funeral in Cork. Rory is laid to rest in St. Oliver's Cemetery, Cork. ----------------------- The first concert In Holland I had the pleasure of meeting Rory as a photographer and went to a Taste concert in Amsterdam. Taste was the support act for Fat Mattress and Taste became the "Taste of Holland "after all the hippies walked out on Noel Redding's Fat Mattress. I went to many more concerts over the years and the last time I met Rory was in Auckland, New Zealand in the early 1980's "Thanks for the memories" WE'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU Joh Lang The last concert in Holland To complete this: he gave his last concert in Rotterdam-Holland on the 10th of january 1995 in Nighttown-theatre. My girlfriend Steffy and I were there. The concert started too late, because Rory was very ill. I knew this, because I accidentelly met him at the toilets, while he was held up by roadies. The band played at that moment to keep the fans calm. After I got back, he entered stage after a short while. The audience whistled, because they were angry and Rory got mad. He stopped playing his second song and started to offend his public. And THAT was so unreal to us! I met him once in 1980 and learned to know him as a very kind and shy person. Immediately all the concerts of him I ever saw (since 1973 every time he was somewhere in Holland or nearby in Germany, Loreley f.i) flashed through my mind. Steffy got tears and we agreed that, though he was loaded, he didn't deserve this. We left the place at the moment Rory was taken off of stage by Mark Feltham and some roadies. Mark and the band kept on playing, but not for long because people who called themselves Rory fans didn't accept what in fact happened at that moment. The real fans were "updated" and felt sorry (and ashamed for the rest of ther audience). It was a strange atmosphere outside Nighttown, and Steffy and I and some others had the idea we had seen a very special moment: his last performance. But we didn't want to remember Rory by that concert. When he's the subject of chats, we often speak about the great earlier concerts we saw and often avoid that historical night in Rotterdam. His CD's only go into the stereo when there's the opportunity to play it loud and we and our friends then flow to Pinkpop festival-'74, Tegelen-bluesfestival '80 and '83 Loreley Rockpalast festival-'86 and some other concerts, but never to 10th of January 1995. It would'nt give him the honour he deserves (please, mention that if you take it in your biography). Two months later he was taken to hospital and on Steffy's birthday he died. And since 95, every 14th of June we and our friends raise a glas.

hi umma...hi some other familiar names i recognise.. yes, zal cleminson did play with nazareth . certainly other musos that played with alex harvey went on to other things...ted mckenna went on to play with the likes of rory gallagher and robin trower, michael schenker, ian gillan and dan mccafferty (nazareth). chris glenn played with ufo, michael schenker and glenn hughes and ian gillan amongst others.

hi guys......yes i do remember alex harvey....a brilliant live performer....and zal cleminson who was a great rock guitarist...faith healer, boston tea party, framed...loved them all...this certainly is a well set out forum.