What do you think about Hawkwind, Ozrics, Dr. Brown & Dead Flowers?
Hawkwind I have known for many years. They are such a part of everyone’s life and influences that they can easily be taken for granted. It is not only their music, which every few years hits a purple patch of excellence, but their support for the counterculture and the festival movement which other successful (and not so successful) bands tend to forget when they are shifting units. Space Ritual remains an all-time classic, and since Alan Davey joined the band in the early 80s they no longer miss Lemmy in the engine room quite so much. Now down to a three piece, they even seem to be following my own approach in producing a huge sound with midi and loads of effects! The Ozrics have been stalwarts of the scene for many years, and I have played support to them a few times. My favourite LP of theirs was “Erpsongs” and their early cassette releases. Eat Static produce nice twiddly ravey things, but I prefer the more structured but less rigid approach of the original Ozrics. I have not heard
