This
was supposed to be the last concert by Nik Turner’s Space Ritual with 4 of the
original members of the 1970 Hawkwind (Nik, Mick, Terry and Thomas). The rest
of the band I suspected would be filled out by Chris (space sounds), Angel (the
dancer) and someone on bass. They said special guests so I had hoped Jerry
Richards, who played on their only full length record and with the band in the
early days might show.
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| Thomas Crimble |
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| Inevitable |
Doors
were to open at 17 but the bands were still soundchecking so they did not start
letting anyone in until after 17:30. Project 9, another Nik Turner band was
listed but did not play. Thomas Crimble (he played bass on the 1st
HW record but now only plays Hammond in Space Ritual, which was never on any
Hawkwind records, the early ones..) has a new band where he plays guitar and
sings. They played from 18 til about 19 and had a 14 song set of mostly original
material. The opening song, Just Get There was quite Neil young inspired. He
had a really good lead guitar player and bass player. Thomas actually seem to
be the weak link in the band, not being a particularly good or bad singer and
seeming to mess up the guitar parts on a number of the songs and getting funny
looks from the rest of the band.. but hell, it was the debut gig for this band,
which was not a space rock band, but a band playing blues rock with a slight
country edge at times. Great lead guitar player. So Lonely was dedicated to his
daughter who moved to Australia and never came back. Chris from Space Ritual
joined the band for Watch the Skies to make a more space rock track. Some of
the tracks were really good and some were pretty boring but we liked a lot of
the set.
Set List: just Get There, Closer to
you, Far Away, Looks at you, Ocean, Go Anywhere, Let it Go, I need you, So
Lonely, Down on the Farm, Live Love, Come on Everybody, Watch the Skies,
Something Better
It was around 20 when Space Ritual
hit the stage and they played a whole bunch of tracks from their only record
including Otherworld, Ritual of the Ravaged earth, Sonic Savages, Walking
Backwards and I think one more (Time Crime?).. Then they started doing the Hawkwind
songs. The sound was great and the place was packed and everyone was having fun
but Mick Slattery just could not really remember the songs that well and was
really fucking up the guitar parts except when he was having his long solos,
which was really nice. It was a pity and a bit sad as he is a really really
nice blok and I enjoyed chatting with him but he clearly was not really doing
well today. Anyway, no one really cared that much and all the songs were
extended spaced out jams and people singing a long and having a really good
time. I am guessing this will be the last gig with this line up. We will see..
Approx.Set List: Watching the
Grass Grow, Otherworld, Ritual of the Ravaged Earth, Sonic Savages, Time Crime,
Walking Backwards, Steppenwolf, D-Rider, Sonic Attack, Reefer Madness,
Ejection, Brainstorm, Master of the Universe…
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