mildmanofrock Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 (edited) [quote name='Clarky' post='845254' date='May 22 2010, 06:20 PM']and is at his best on the album 'Electric Tepee' (check out 'Sputnik Sam').[/quote] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnSlhFdQMpw"]Now THAT'S a bass sound. Cor.[/url] Edited July 12, 2010 by mildmanofrock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mildmanofrock Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 [quote name='mildmanofrock' post='892721' date='Jul 12 2010, 12:50 PM'][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnSlhFdQMpw"]Now THAT'S a bass sound. Cor.[/url][/quote] Muscular and meaty - a real man's sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mildmanofrock Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Gah... this thread's got me digging up my favourite Hawk basslines/tones.... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTO4yU_OIjQ"]Orgone Accumulator - nice tubey and compressed solo from around 5 mins 50...[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVIm_Xcnj7A"]Dust of Time... [/url] and [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJBx_TACsM4"]Freefall...[/url] - nice noodling from Harvey Bainbridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 [quote name='Stu-khag' post='846567' date='May 24 2010, 03:16 PM']My old band always used to get compared to hawkwind. A lot! I'd never really heard them other than silver machine. So at the grand old age of 24 I heard Warrior on the edge of time for the first time with some mates. When Opa -Loka played and we heard the bass, everyone looked at me and said "that sounds like you playing". I played a gig at a little festival in an afro jazz kind of band and was playing just after Nik Turner, I like to tell people he supported us. Whenever I get asked to DJ at gigs, I always try to Opa Loka. I've never been to see Hawkwind live as people have told me not to bother as they aren't sounding too great live and rely too much on sequencers live. People's views on them differ so much that I don't want to take the risk and be disappointed.[/quote] Dave Brock played bass on "that bloody Opa-Loka thing". Lemmy told me. I love the track but Lem hates it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 (edited) Just resurrecting this thread.... Was lucky enough to see the Hawklords last night at a small 'secret' gig in Bristol. Totally blew me away, storming versions of classics from all the eras, with some interesting twists. I think they're better & more than just a 'sans Brock' Hawkwind. Bass duties were shared between Alan Davey & Adrian Shaw, two very different styles ,both played excellent. Two keyboards, including Harvey Bainbridge - plenty of sonics... Nik Turner on sax...... They played a 2+ hour set & afterwards they all took time out to chat with the audience - very humble, nice guys. They're currently half way through UK tour, worth catching IMO. Edited October 23, 2011 by nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Am I missing something here, Clarky? That first track you posted sounds a mess. I can't pick out the bass part, Doesn't sound very 'melodic' to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Saying that, my fondest memory of Hawkwind was the naked dancer with the big norks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 [quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1319391070' post='1413544']Am I missing something here, Clarky? That first track you posted sounds a mess. I can't pick out the bass part, Doesn't sound very 'melodic' to me.[/quote] I wonder if the link has changed? That is much shorter than the version on the album and the sound quality is pants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 [quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1319391168' post='1413547'] Saying that, my fondest memory of Hawkwind was the naked dancer with the big norks. [/quote] Why am I not surprised? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroman Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 [quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1319391168' post='1413547'] Saying that, my fondest memory of Hawkwind was the naked dancer with the big norks. [/quote] Ah, that would be the ample charms of Stacia then! +1 for Space Ritual. Love the way that Lemmy's bass absolutely pounds things along, and proves that he really could play bass. There have been a few occasional Motorhead moments for his bass playing in recent years......"Joy Of Labour" springs to mind. Recommended early Lem listening would have to be Sam Gopal's "Escalator". OK, he is on guitar, and singing, but I love that album. The bass absolutely pounds the tracks along, and really love Lem's singing on them, a time before his voice got seriously gravelled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 [quote name='the_skezz' timestamp='1274693821' post='846318'] I much prefer Lemmy's Hawkwind days in terms of his bass playing, in Motorhead he plays it too much like a guitar IMO (still a cracking band though). [/quote] Describe Lemmy as a bassist in his presence & he'll soon put you right. He's "[i]a rythym guitarist who just happens to play it on a bass[/i] [i]because he likes the noise it makes"[/i]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 [quote name='BassJase' timestamp='1274611128' post='845612'] I toured and played with Hawkwind in 2007 and their all great guys, Mr Dibs is an absolute gent and a really good bloke to have a beer with. If you go to the Hawkwind website and watch the Hawkfest 2007 video you'll see my fugly mug bouncing around on stage with them whilst trying to play bass after a very heavy weekend.... ('nuff said really.) [/quote] Cool! You'll know Jez Richards then, I was at school with him and he was a source of my inspiration to play guitar. We were in sixth form art A Level together. I met him (for the first time since school three years ago) when he played in London, on bass with Nik. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 [quote name='retroman' timestamp='1319391923' post='1413561'] Ah, that would be the ample charms of Stacia then! +1 for Space Ritual. Love the way that Lemmy's bass absolutely pounds things along, and proves that he really could play bass. There have been a few occasional Motorhead moments for his bass playing in recent years......"Joy Of Labour" springs to mind. Recommended early Lem listening would have to be Sam Gopal's "Escalator". OK, he is on guitar, and singing, but I love that album. The bass absolutely pounds the tracks along, and really love Lem's singing on them, a time before his voice got seriously gravelled. [/quote] That's her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 For Pete [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vVD8GNG-WE&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vVD8GNG-WE&feature=related[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earbrass Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 [quote name='bottomfeed' timestamp='1274621172' post='845765'] Lemmy on Space Ritual was the main reason I took up the bass.... It was by far the best Hawkwind line up & sound, in my view. [/quote] +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 massive hawkwind fan here, one of the best live bands Ive seen, used their records loads to chill out to amongst other styles like shoegaze , americana, folk and jazz , they really have their place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 [quote name='Earbrass' timestamp='1319448699' post='1414063'] +1[/quote] Another + 1 here. Does everything I think a bass should do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 [quote name='Stu-khag' timestamp='1274710585' post='846567'] I've never been to see Hawkwind live as people have told me not to bother as they aren't sounding too great live and rely too much on sequencers live. People's views on them differ so much that I don't want to take the risk and be disappointed. [/quote] For a band spanning that many years, with differing line ups and states of mind at any given time, im sure live performances have differed greatly, I must have got a good one (20 years ago), it was a really impressive experience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilby Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 [quote name='Earbrass' timestamp='1276101457' post='862392'] Funnily enough I dug out my old vinyl copy of this the other day to play 'Ejection' to the rest of my band - one of our new tunes has a similar kind of feel. Hawkwind were the first band I ever went to see play live - Harlow Town Park, summer 1974. I fear they were already past their best - would have loved to have seen them on the Space Ritual tour (as my elder brother did!).[/quote] On a slight tangent, first live show I ever saw was at Harlow town park. 1986 (or 87?) The Damned. Bit of a charity fund raiser thing throughout the day, got to throw a flour bomb at "comedian" Mike Reid who was trying to do a turn and introduce the headliners. Some guy with a green Mohawk had been wandering around giving them out, wasn't going to argue with him was I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1319391168' post='1413547'] Saying that, my fondest memory of Hawkwind was the naked dancer with the big norks. [/quote] By far their greatest contribution to the music world! Edited October 24, 2011 by peteb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 (edited) [quote name='peteb' timestamp='1319494521' post='1414990'] By far their greatest contribution to the music world! [/quote] I never understand why on this forum, some folk just wade into threads, appreciating one musical genre or another, a band etc.... and slag it off. Just out of interest, would be interested to hear what was your own greatest contribution to the world of music? Edited October 26, 2011 by nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 My own contribution to music is relatively modest - I've played in a few decent bands who never set the world on fire and I've played with some very good players, a few of whom have also played with guys you may have actually heard of! A lot of my mates at school were into Hawkwind so I heard a fair bit of them, was even dragged to see them live, and I always thought that they were fu@/in awful! However I have no problem if someone else likes them You ought to learn to recognise a jocular remark when you see one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 (edited) PS. on another note - someone said that Huw Lloyd-Langton isn't well - does anyone know what is wrong with him? I'm mates with his cousin (another good guitar player btw) and Huw seemed a nice guy when I met him.... Edited October 27, 2011 by peteb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncbassgit Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 (edited) I've got 7 by 7 on the b side of the uk single release of Silver Machine. Crackin track. Is it true that on a tour in the usa, they were banned because they threw out free samples of LSD into the audience? Dunc Edited October 27, 2011 by duncbassgit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I saw Hawkwind several times in the early 70s, with Lemmy and Stacia, but I can't actually remember much about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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