Hawkwind vs Motörhead

Easy, Motörhead

Both bands were fantastic in their prime, but only one really changed things in rock all over the spectrum, and has persevered with a relative level of consistency and quality, even if Ace Of Spades (the album) is their peak (IMHO). I still haven't heard a "BAD" Motörhead song.

Hawkwind changed things too of course, but compared to Motörhead? no comparison

Motorhead are really just a one-trick pony. Mind you, it's a very GOOD trick. But chosing between them and Hawkwind is like choosing between one appetiser and a 7-course banquet. Don't be silly.

post-apocalyptic time jazz

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i dig Hawkwind but Motorhead just mean a lot more to me. (plus the "Killed by Death" video is loltastic!)

t/s: hawkwind vs motorhead

Doesn't this basically come down to Hawkwind with Lemmy being as good as Motorhead, with any other line up of Hawkwind being not as good as Motorhead? YES

Doesn't this basically come down to Hawkwind with Lemmy being as good as Motorhead, with any other line up of Hawkwind being not as good as Motorhead? YES

― brg30, Wednesday, October 15, 2008 2:53 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark

For me this then becomes is Hawkwind w/ Lemmy better than every Motorhead?

space ritual is better than ace of spades, overkill and bomber which are in turn better than doremi fasola and in search of space

"Don't be silly."

Sorry-Motorhead

Yeah, I did think we had done this before, but we didn't have a vote.

And dude, you think Black Sabbath are better than the Velvet Underground. How can I take a word you say seriously? ;-)

"How can I take a word you say seriously?"

You don't have to. Nobody else does!

not true.

Nice of you, Ioannis, but the denizens of the I Love NFL board may beg to differ.

i like both bands.

but to me....hawkwind can rock as hard as motorhead. but motorhead can't do a lot of the things that hawkwind does.

or maybe this is just a vote for weed over meth.

I love Hawkwind, and they can rock hard, but I'm not sure they rock as hard as Motorhead.

I'm still torn on this one.

i think one of the undervalued sides of motörhead is their sense of humor - "sonic attack" is portentous and cool, but witness the awesome poetry of lemmy as he sets up the scene in "shoot you in the back": "western movIES!"

and there's plenty of hawkwimd that's plodding and dull ... even on the classic first five albums ... and how do we rate their later fusion phase? inlight of the fact that the soft machine did it so much better? did anyone do punk speed metal riffing better than motörhead?

The gatefold double LP version of Space Ritual sez Hawkwind.

Hawkwind was great, but Motorhead is iconic.

hawkwind.

and there's plenty of hawkwimd that's plodding and dull ... even on the classic first five albums ...

this is lunacy.

maybe it is me that is plodding and dull

stoners vs. speed freaks (or caffeineholics, in my case)

Doesn't work. How do you explain me, in that case?

speed freaks vs. speed freaks more like

Hawkwind for me again...

Also Space Ritual/Doremifasolatido shirts are way better than England shirts - too many clueless "rock" chicks in my city wearing England shirts who've never even heard a Motorhead album...

^^ true

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Motorhead - their peaks may not be as high as Hawkwind, but their lows aren't as crashingly low either. In fact Motorhead don't really have any lows.

Hawkwind's awesome but I have to be in the mood to listen to them. Motorhead's one of those bands for me like CCR or the Misfits--I can listen to and enjoy them pretty much any time no matter what I'm feeling.

It's a lopsided poll, because the very Hawkwind that most people here are praising was Lemmy-era Hawkwind.

Consider post-Lemmy Hawkwind vs. Motorhead. I'm not saying this should be *the* poll, but it should be a question thrown out there.

Charisma label Hawkwind is the best for me - "Astounding sounds/Amazing Music" and especially "Quark, Strangeness and Charm" slay just about any other rock music ever for me, and I have live recordings from around then that are some of my favourite ever music, so I'd vote for Hawkwind based on that alone, even though Motorhead are pretty consistently great, and never got anywhere near as bad as Hawkwind have at their worst.

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Lemmy wins

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TROO STORY i got a new computer and it asked for a name and i was listening to hawkwind and i named it lemmy. gonna grow big moles on the monitor.

wrong.

(i only know hall of the mountain grill by hawkwind.)

So you know nothing then (that's a great album though.)

i have a ton of motorhead!