Tag: acid rock

266. Hawkwind

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(June 2020) Episode 266 is HAWKWIND. My interest is their role as a pioneer in space rock. The acidly cosmic albums of the early 70s are good head trips. Their peak featured Lemmy before he founded Motörhead (from the name of a Hawkwind song). But then they became Yet Another British Band That Never Ends, with multiple lineup amid countless recordings over half a century. Their dip into New Wave wasn’t bad, but mostly it’s Dave Brock’s (the only consistent member) shifting efforts to put out spacey material (new age, techno, tepid prog rock).

Favorite album: Hall of the Mountain Grill

Favorite song: Silver Machine

Compared to expectations: ↓

Hawkwind-mountaingrill

238. Acid Mothers Temple

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(November 2019) Episode 238 of the “opus project” is ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE and its various emanations.*  In all my project, there is no greater gap between the love I have for a group and the revulsion that others have of it.  I adore Beautiful Noise, and they are masters — feedback, distortion, psychedelic, freakouts, weirdness.  AMT is a Japan-based collective of musicians with Makoto Kawabata at its center, producing prolifically (80 studio + 48 live albums).  They humorously honor their inspirations (Zappa, Hendrix, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Terry Riley, etc.) with clever word-play album and song titles.** A-E-D-A-G-D

Favorite album: Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars

Favorite song: The Tales of Solar Sail ~ Dark Stars in the Dazzling Sky

Best psychedelic: Crystal Rainbow Pyramid

Best acid rock: Cosmic Soul Death Disco

Best space rock: Pink Lady Lemonade

Best ambient: The Holly Mountain in the Counter Clock World

Best drone: In D

Compared to expectations: ↑

AMT Crystal_Rainbow_Pyramid_Under_the_Stars

* Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O.

Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno

Acid Maso Temple

Acid Mothers Afrirampo

Acid Mothers Gong

Acid Mothers Guru Guru

Acid Mothers Guru Guru Gong

Acid Mothers Kaidan

Acid Mothers Temple & Space Paranoid

Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues

Acid Mothers Temple SWR

Tsurubami

Yamamoto Seiichi & Acid Mothers Temple

 

** Top 20 punny AMT album/song titles

  1. Son of a Bitches Brew
  2. Starless and Bible Black Sabbath
  3. 41st Century Splendid Man
  4. Absolutely Freak Out (Zap Your Mind!!)
  5. The Ripper at the Heaven’s Gates of Dark
  6. Does the Cosmic Shepherd Dream of Electric Tapirs?
  7. Minstrel in the Galaxy
  8. Pataphysical Freak Out MU!!
  9. Ziggy Sitar Dust Raga
  10. Are We Experimental?
  11. Doobie Wonderland
  12. Babe, I’m Gonna Reave You
  13. Hardcore Uncle Meat
  14. Electric Heavyland
  15. In Search of the Lost Divine Arc
  16. Shine on You Crazy Dynamite
  17. Just Another Band from the Cosmic Inferno
  18. Maggot Head Cheese
  19. Born Free Stone Free
  20. Close Encounters of the Mutants