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Interesting comments on the influence of HW on MP. I guess what I don't hear is any Brock. There are bands (e.g. Monster Magnet) who can capture Brock pretty. To me, Snah is such a distinct animal that he is not wired like Brock at all and forges his own sound.
As for Monster Magnet @Punj, don't forget to give Tab… 25 a spin. "Get in your car, start it up, and drive straight into a fucken brick wall. I guarantee you will love it."
A MM/HW anecdote for anyone still reading… I played in a space rock band called Architectural Metaphor in the late 80's and early 90's. We opened for Hawkwind a few times in the USA. One night in New York in 1991, we were on stage at the Wetlands doing Sonic Attack after getting some tips from Brock on the tour bus. Dave Wyndorf was in the audience. He told one of my friends that he was offended that his band was not opening for Hawkwind, because they were so much better than us. He was right!
I don't really hear Hawkwind in MP music. They did indeed cover Master of the Universe. 1998-05-12 Frankfurt has a good version. It's actually Young Man Blues > Master of the Universe. Still, I don't hear Hawkwind in MP at all really. I do hear Motorhead, so that means Lemmy. Bent channels Hawkwind-era Lemmy with his rhythm guitar style of bass playing and his energy to my ears.
As for Monster Magnet, I couldn't let that go by without a shout out to Dave and the boys. Love that band. I have seen Dave and Phil play since the Hard Attack days. I saw them for the first time in 1975, I believe it was. I have some humorous stories about my interactions with those guys. I played soccer with Phil in high school. I remember Phil was not too impressed with me, but I did surprise him with my deep appreciation for Space Ritual. Gonna seem them tomorrow night in Boston.
Quote:Despite the musical brilliance of the latter they don't touch me emotionally most of the time – at least not as much as MP does so throughout their massive history.I agree!
I have read this thread with great interest. I wonder if there are any other Americans involved in the discussion. It sounds like probably not, but I wonder. I read this forum to escape from the constant drumbeat of politics in the USA, and here it pops up where I least expect it! It's fascinating, though, because the discussion is so different from what I hear day in and day out.
I first saw Rush in March 1977 opening for Kansas in New Jersey. I saw them several more times over the next couple of years. Great band, though I stopped following them shortly after Hemispheres. Too proggy for me. By then, my main musical influences were already established with Hawkwind, Klaus Schulze, and The Stooges. I still listen to early Rush regularly.
I discovered MP about five years ago through Dime and Spacebandit, thank you very much! Though I have downloaded something like 200 MP shows from Dime and listened them all, I have never had the discretionary funds available to actually purchase any of their officially released music, nor have I ever had the good fortune to see even one live show. I am quite envious of those who have the opportunity!
That said, my two cents on the MP and Rush topic is that Caress of Steel is the Rush album I would be most inclined to associate with MP.
