hippies!

[Goddard, Duncan]

> Another group that really inspired me (and still does)
> is Gong. The triology and Hillage's solo albums were
> probably what most converted me from traditional 
> guitarist to "noise explorer" :-)
> 
> 
those three gong albums are seminal. the band isn't the same now, obviously,
but theirs is still an interesting take on the whole business of expression
through music; the "collective" principle, the shifting line-ups, the
on-stage synergy amongst a large number of apparently-stoned, improvising
musicians, all things I admired about the contemporaneous hawkwind line-up
(i.e. before they sacked the lemster).
because of these people, I became a dedicated noise-explorer, only later
bothering myself with boring old traditional instruments...........

we saw tim "moonweed" blake at the alfa festival last year in huizen, nl. it
was one of the funniest and glorious gigs I've ever been at, tho' the
"scenesters" weren't quite so impressed with his late arrival on stage and
his slightly incoherent ramblings in between numbers. he was a stoned hero
to us. he was also magnificent at the '92 UK electronica in london. "crystal
machine" probably hasn't dated well, but who cares? bits of it cropped up
during his brief stint with hawkwind (on "live '79")- he left that line-up
the night before we saw them in newcastle, so we were treated to the sight
(& sound) of a roadie at tim's minimoog and vcs3.
"so take a fix on light-house....."

d.



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