recomend me some hawkwind
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Topic: recomend me some hawkwind
Posted By: The Wizard
Subject: recomend me some hawkwind
Date Posted: October 21 2005 at 12:17
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I want to get into hawkind, but i don't know were to start. I really like space rock era floyd, so I guess that should help. -------------  
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: October 21 2005 at 12:25
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Start with "Warrior at the Edge of Time" (if you can get it). If not,
try "Hall of the Mountain Grill" or "Quark, Strangeness and Charm". And
if you want to get a feeling of how they are live, try "Space Ritual",
"Live Chronicles", "Live 79" or "This is Hawkwid - Don't Panic", to
name but a few of their many live albums.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 21 2005 at 12:27
Levitation too! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: October 21 2005 at 12:36
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Oh, and definitely "Electric Teepee" and "Alien 4" too.
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Posted By: Flip_Stone
Date Posted: October 21 2005 at 12:40
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I'd recommend "Hall of the Mountain Grill" as the starting point. It's the one most fitting the classic progressive rock mold. "Warrior at the Edge of Time" is probably next best. "Levitation" is good, but has some weaker moments. "Quark Strangeness and Charm" is also good, but can be hard to get into at first. A different leader singer is featured on that one (Robert Calvert, instead of guitarist Dave Brock). Personally, I like Brock's style much better.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 21 2005 at 12:44
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^ But Levitation is much easier to get into! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: October 21 2005 at 12:55
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I prefer Calvert to Brock (also love his solo albums, especially the
first two). He only sang on 4 albums though: "Astounding Sounds,
Amazing Music", "Quark, Strangeness and Charm", "PXR 5" and "25 Years
On", also on the "Sonic Assassins" EP (which is contained on a sampler
("Mighty Hawkwind Classics 1980-1985"; it contains the 4 EPs
"Hawkwind Zoo", "Motorhead", "The Earth Ritual Preview" and "Sonic
Assassins", so it is not really a sampler, more a re-issue). I
especially love "Steppenwolf" from the "Astounding Sounds, Amazing
Music" album.
------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Elta31
Date Posted: October 21 2005 at 16:12
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 21 2005 at 16:22
| id recommend to stick with pink floyd and discover some things like Ash Ra Tempel (if u like ummagumma and meddle and saucerful of secrets (the song) kinda pink floyd) but if its the piper at the gates of dawn u like. then any early hawkwind can be good. I never really liked hawkwind though, the music is not mature, and the guitars sound like grunge. But they did some good stuff |
Posted By: Saviorts
Date Posted: October 22 2005 at 10:16
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Hawkwind seems to be a strange band to get into listening to. It
was probably the first prog band I really started listening to, as I
had been listening to more melodic doom metal and folk metal before
then. Most listeners appear to be pretty one sided with Hawkwind,
either they love it or they hate it. The people that love it seem
to each love a different album the best. Most Hawkwind albums
don't stray too far from themselves though, drifting from ambient
poetic type moments to hard rocking BLANGA moments (a term that I
believe refers to the blasting sound of the bass and drums, more
prominent on their earlier albums, "BLANGA, BLANGA, BLANGA," etc.). From what I've gathered from reviews their live LP "Space Ritual" is usually the best place to start and tell whether you'll like any of their other albums. I'd probably agree with this, the album captures Hawkwind at their most Hawkwindish  .
If you're looking for something a little more accessible (but no less
astounding) you could probably go with "Hall of the Mountain Grill",
"Levitation", or "Warrior on the Edge of Time". Like any prog band I would say it's best to start with their earlier albums to get a feel for the core design of the band, then listen to their later stuff to see how they evolved into different sounds. cheers  ------------- For the love of goldens. |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: October 22 2005 at 13:11
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Or "Love in Space", I think they are from the same tour (or even concert)? http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=3980"> |
BaldFriede wrote:
http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=3981">
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: October 22 2005 at 14:10
"Love in Space" is the live album to the studio album "Alien 4", that's why many tracks from "Alien 4" appear on "Love in Space". Hawkwind had a big stage show for that live tour. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: October 23 2005 at 07:15
^ Ah! Thank you for clearing this out! 
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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: October 25 2005 at 18:49
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Thanks for the advice! -------------
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Posted By: elpprogster
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 21:04
| WARRIOR ON THE EDGE OF TIME if you manage to find it! |