Tag: Hawkwind
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Hawkwind – Road To Utopia
Years ago, whilst writing an article on Hawkwind’s seminal Warrior At The Edge Of Time, I asked my friend Crin of Godreah Records to sum up Hawkwind in a single sentence. Godreah released a very good Hawkwind tribute compiled by Crin, so he knows the band well. He replied that Hawkwind were and are “a British…
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Requiescat in pace, Lemmy Kilmister
Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister 1945 – 2015 Today we at Hellbound mourn the loss of Lemmy Kilmister, beloved rock and roll scoundrel most immortally known as the founder, vocalist, bassist and guiding light of the much-revered Motörhead. Two days after his 70th birthday on December 24, 2015, Lemmy was diagnosed with an “extremely aggressive” cancer, according to…
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Alan Davey – Sputnik Stan Vol 1: A Fistful of Junk
Alan Davey is a legend on the British underground music scene. For many years he was bassist/vocalist for British space rock legends Hawkwind. Seeing Alan play live with Hawkwind is still one of the best gigs I’ve ever seen. Indeed, in a great many ways, he is a worthy heir to his predecessor in Hawkwind,…
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Season of the Witch: How The Occult Saved Rock and Roll by Peter Bebergal
Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll is epic in every sense of the word. Author Peter Bebergal sees the influence of the occult in rock music from The Beatles to Black Sabbath and beyond. From Elvis to Led Zeppelin, he explains how the occult has not only provided fuel for rock music, but is an integral…
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White Hills – Glitter Glamour Atrocity
This NYC heavy psych duo—they’ve been through more drummers than Spinal Tap—has also been pretty prolific with its recorded output, although some of their earlier stuff was largely unavailable outside The Big Apple. Such was the case with Glitter Glamour Atrocity, White Hills‘ third album (of 13… so far!), originally released in 2007, but recently reissued by Thrill…
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Jupiter Zeus – On Earth
The band’s bio makes mention of the fact that the previous incarnation of Jupiter Zeus was called Nebula. And no, this is not Eddie Glass’s band or anything — they were apparently completely oblivious to the fact that there was already a pretty popular stoner band by that name, which is made all the more…
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Hawkwind – Spacehawks
By Gruesome Greg Now, I’ll admit to being a bit ambivalent about this album before even hearing a note of it. While the official word when this landed in my inbox was that the band was “rescheduling” its North America dates, by the time I got around to listening to Spacehawks, they’d already cancelled their…
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Selim Lemouchi & His Enemies – Earth Air Spirit Water Fire
By Gruesome Greg If he’s not exactly a household name, it’s worth noting that Selim Lemouchi was the main songwriter behind Dutch occult-rock outfit The Devil’s Blood. Now do I have your interest? His first solo album features a whole host of collaborators across these five tracks—it even has a Mini-Moog! The record begins, curiously enough, with…
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This Tour Cancellation is Brought to You by Nik Turner
Hawkwind will not be playing the Mod Club tomorrow, and if you read between the lines, it’s pretty clear who the band is blaming for this postponement.
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Kadavar – self-titled
Following in the recent footsteps of Graveyard and Royal Thunder, German trio Kadavar, Tee Pee Records’ latest signing, attempts to bring the 70’s back with their bluesy heavy rock on this, their debut LP. You can’t really give ‘em any points for originality, so it all comes down to execution on this one.