You know you are "punk" when you get kicked out of a spacey drug band for doing the "wrong" type of drugs. Lest we forget, before Hawkwind, Lemmy was in Sam Gopal, who recorded their rather spectacular one-off psych album in 1968.
Sticking with Hawkwind, Joe Banks' spectacular band bio, 'Hawkwind: Days of the Underground: Radical Escapism…
You know you are "punk" when you get kicked out of a spacey drug band for doing the "wrong" type of drugs. Lest we forget, before Hawkwind, Lemmy was in Sam Gopal, who recorded their rather spectacular one-off psych album in 1968.
Sticking with Hawkwind, Joe Banks' spectacular band bio, 'Hawkwind: Days of the Underground: Radical Escapism in the Age of Paranoia' is easily one of the best music books I have read. And, I am not even a huge fan of Hawkwind (I dig a couple of their records), but it's a definite page-turner and written with a ton of love and respect.
Great scott, Michael! That's impressively deep, that Sam Gopal drop! Never heard of 'em, but I did find one pic of them, with Lemmy looking really young and, likely, pre-tat! I noticed that A) Andy Johns co-engineered, and B) their lone "Escalator" album was released (at the time....reissues, if any, notwithstanding) in virtually every country on the planet BUT the U.S.! Which explains why I have no frame of reference for them!
Take a 🎀....uh, I mean, a 🏹.....oh, just bend forward at the waste! Nicely done for excavation of the day, Michael! Let's see if anyone can dig up evidence of Lemmy taking up a piano room at the Brill Building circa '63! Thanks for the book tip, too! I know that'll be of interest to folks!
You know you are "punk" when you get kicked out of a spacey drug band for doing the "wrong" type of drugs. Lest we forget, before Hawkwind, Lemmy was in Sam Gopal, who recorded their rather spectacular one-off psych album in 1968.
Sticking with Hawkwind, Joe Banks' spectacular band bio, 'Hawkwind: Days of the Underground: Radical Escapism in the Age of Paranoia' is easily one of the best music books I have read. And, I am not even a huge fan of Hawkwind (I dig a couple of their records), but it's a definite page-turner and written with a ton of love and respect.
Joe Banks’ book title is v cool. It’s now on my reading list. Thank you for the tip.
Great scott, Michael! That's impressively deep, that Sam Gopal drop! Never heard of 'em, but I did find one pic of them, with Lemmy looking really young and, likely, pre-tat! I noticed that A) Andy Johns co-engineered, and B) their lone "Escalator" album was released (at the time....reissues, if any, notwithstanding) in virtually every country on the planet BUT the U.S.! Which explains why I have no frame of reference for them!
Take a 🎀....uh, I mean, a 🏹.....oh, just bend forward at the waste! Nicely done for excavation of the day, Michael! Let's see if anyone can dig up evidence of Lemmy taking up a piano room at the Brill Building circa '63! Thanks for the book tip, too! I know that'll be of interest to folks!