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Old 07-13-2018, 12:40 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Never really listened to Hawkwind. I seem to remember there was some kind of connection between that band and Lemmy. I assume he played bass for them at some point.
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Old 07-13-2018, 12:44 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Not sure about their history. I can only go by their music (listening to them now actually). I remember them sounding pretty spaced out though.
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Old 07-13-2018, 12:45 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Never really listened to Hawkwind. I seem to remember there was some kind of connection between that band and Lemmy. I assume he played bass for them at some point.
He was kicked out of the band for doing the wrong drugs.
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Never really listened to Hawkwind. I seem to remember there was some kind of connection between that band and Lemmy. I assume he played bass for them at some point.
I think he played guitar.
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Old 07-13-2018, 12:57 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Listening to Hawkwind's debut album. Yeah, these guys are fantastic.
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He was kicked out of the band for doing the wrong drugs.
That's actually funny.

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I think he played guitar.
He plays bass like a guitar, so I guess that makes sense.
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Yeah get some Hawkwind in your life.

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That's actually what I kind of expected Yes to be. I'm not judging the genre on one band in any case. Any other bands I should make sure to listen to? They don't have to be big bands - just ones that unquestionably play music that is progressive rock to the core.
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - One Size Fits All
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
Focus - Hocus Pocus (you only need that one track tbh)
Van der Graf Generator - Pawn Hearts

I second Hawkwind and think you should also check out Relayer and the Yes Album if you want to explore Yes more.
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Thanks, there's some good stuff to work with there.

Ok, so I got through that yes album and am currently following Rubbersouls lead by listening through Hawkwind's debut album.

Some thoughts:

Yes - Fragile

Didn't actually make me feel much at all. Strange experience. I'm even a slight bit drunk, which usually makes me way more willing to absorb new impressions, but this album just kinda slips off my brain like water off a duck's back. Didn't make me feel a thing. The last track, America, did have some energetic guitar work and it was nice to hear something with a familiar melodic sensibility, even if it was basically some kind of country rock and I'm not really into country (yet).

Shrug. Hopefully I'll like Yes better if I go through another album a bit later.

Hawkwind - Hawkwind

These are not reviews, but reactions, so I might post the same cover several times to add some more thoughts. I'm about halfway through this album so far and it is leaving a waaaay bigger impression on me already than that Yes album did. This album is really atmospheric and sonically interesting to listen to. Some tracks even felt pretty trippy. This band just oozes with personality when placed right next to Yes, but of course this is still early impressions.
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America is actually a cover of the Simon and Garfunkel song off Bookends, probably my favorite song off that album. Yes, Yes' version is pretty good too.
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