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Subject: AN1X Siting-Hawkwind/Tim Blake

From: dhuggins <dhuggins@...>
Date: 2001-10-20

AN1X-ers,

Being a big Hawkwind fan but stuck in the states, was enjoying some
pictures of a recent gig at the Royal Festival Hall. Lo and behold, I
spotted Tim Blake (Gong, HW, and solo fame) playing an AN1X. Looks like it
is also his primary controller (as it is with me!)

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hwind/gigs/rfh/RFH_07.htm for the
specific pic

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hwind/gigs/rfh/RFH_thumbs.htm for all the
RFH pics

If you don't know about these guys, you should check them out. They play
space rock, which is straight ahead rock with lots of synth lines and sound
effects, interspersed with spacey pieces. Sci Fi themes abound.

If anyone's interested, be careful of what you buy. There are a core of
albums that represent studio and quality live material, but there is an
awful lot of bootleg/compilations of very poor quality (not endorsed by
the band). Check out http://www.geocities.com/Area51/6568/discs.html for a
good discography. If it isn't listed here, it's probably crap.

Dave