Taking Side: Dave Brock v. Nik Turner

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Because you asked for it...

― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:05 (twenty years ago)

Are we comparing their songs or their general luvability as human beings?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:06 (twenty years ago)

I kind of admire Nik Turner for having a career in music while appearing to have no musical ability whatsoever. I don't admire the fact that he got Lemmy thrown out the band however.

― Rotatey Diskers With Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:06 (twenty years ago)

I find this question hard to answer. Classic-era Hawkwind are bizarre, in that seldom has one band had so many main people. OK, Brockers is the main man, but Turner, Calvert, and even Lemmy and some of the others are important contributors to the overall Hawkwind thing. I'm not even clear that there is a differing vision between Turner and Brock, to pick the main Hawkwind enemies.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:08 (twenty years ago)

I do love the anecdote about Nik Turner showing up uninvited at some Hawkwind gig after being expelled from the band, playing away on stage and then saying to the crowd "We've buried the hatchet!" only to hear a voice behind him say "In your dreams, you cunt".

― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:09 (twenty years ago)

Nik Turner looked great. I'll give him that.

― Rotatey Diskers With Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:09 (twenty years ago)

three years pass...

based on this song, which is like an all-electronic hawkwind version of "sea song," i'm going with brock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGzCxALb3-M

― KORGÜLL THE EXCHEQUER (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 28 January 2010 04:55 (sixteen years ago)

also going with him based on being the driving force behind hawkwind, a great guitarist and songwriter, etc, etc.

― KORGÜLL THE EXCHEQUER (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 28 January 2010 05:05 (sixteen years ago)

seven years pass...

Outside of Hawkwind, I like Inner City Unit's Passout LP a lot. I've also been listening to some of Dave Brock's non-Hawkwind stuff lately, Earthed To The Ground from 1984, and Agents Of Chaos from 1988. They're both pretty good, I haven't actually listened to much 80s Hawkwind so I dunno how they compare to that.

Thread is missing Robert Calvert though, he would probably win for me based on Blueprints From The Cellar which is great, and Ejection of course (the album isn't that great but that song rocks).

― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 09:58 (eight years ago)

one year passes...

i'm listening (for work-related) reasons to xitintoday, the only good record

― mark s, Monday, 1 April 2019 15:37 (seven years ago)

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