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Hawkwind: Do Not Panic

Told for the first time, the inside story of Hawkwind, one of Britain’s wildest acid rock bands.
Includes interviews with Lemmy, Terry Ollis, Nik Turner and writer Michael Moorcock. Strong language.

BBC Four, Fri 30 Mar, 21:00-22:00 60mins Stereo Widescreen

“You Shouldn’t Do That” opening Life on Mars last week and now this. Someone at the BBC has excellent taste in music. It’s quite ironic that an episode with Sam speeding should feature a Hawkwind track without Lemmy on bass. They should have gone with Motörhead instead.

Nice to have an excuse to blog the Hall of the Mountain Grill album cover. It goes well with the print of Dave Hardy’s artwork I picked up at Novacon last year that’s hanging on my wall.

I expected it to be good, it was beta than I expected.

Brilliant !!!

Another grunge list, this time culled from the pages of Q magazine.

15 Grunge Classics

Babes in Toyland
Fontanelle
Further listening - Spanking Machine

Tha Afghan Wings
Gentlemen
Further listening - Black Love

Smashing Pumpkins
Gish
Further listening - Siamese Dream

Hole
Live Through This
Further listening - Celebrity Skin

Stone Temple Pilots
Core
Further listening - Purple

The Breeders
Last Splash
Further listening - Pod

The Jesus Lizard
Goat
Further listening - Goat

Soundgarden
Superunknown
Further listening - Badmotorfinger

Screaming Trees
Sweet Oblivion
Further listening - Mark Lanegan, Whiskey for the Holy Ghost

Pearl Jam
Ten
Further listening - Vs

Mother Love Bone
Apple
Further listening - Malfunkshun - Return to Olympus

Mudhoney
Superfuzz Bigmuff
Further listening - Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Alice in Chains
Dirt
Further listening - Jar of Flies

Temple of the Dog
Temple of the Dog
Further listening - Shame by Brad

Nirvana
Nevermind
Further listening - Bleach

Q Classic Nirvana and the Story of Grunge

36 Essential Grunge Classics

CLASSIC GRUNGE

1/ Dinosaur Jr - Freek Scene
Available - Bug

2/ Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit
Available - Nevermind

3/ Smashing Pumpkins - Today
Available - Siamese Dream

4/ Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You
Available - Sweet Oblivion

5/ The Jesus Lizard - Puss
Available - Liar

6/ L7 - Pretend We’re Dead
Available - Bricks Are Heavy

7/ Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose
Available - Badmotorfinger

8/ Afghan Wings - I’m Her Slave
Available - Congrgation

9/ Hole - Miss World
Available - Live Through This

10/ Superchunk - Slack motherfucker
Available - Superchunk

11/ Babes in Toyland - Catatonic
Available - To Mother

12/ Pearl Jam - Even Flow
Available - Ten

13/ Teenage Fanclub - Everything Flows
Available - A Catholic Education

14/ Modhoney - Touch Me I’m Sick
Available - Superfuzz Bigmuff

THE ROCK ROOTS OF GRUNGE

15/ Flipper - Ever
Available - Generic

16/ Melvins - Heaviness of the Load
Available - Gluey Porch Treatments

17/ Butthole Surfers - Sweet Loaf
Available - Locust Abortion Technician

18/ Green River - This Town
Available - Dry as a Bone

19/ Pixies - Debaser
Available - Doolittle

20/ Big Black - Kerosene
Available - Atomizer

21/ Sonic Youth - Tenage Riot
Available - Daydream Nation

22/ The Replacements - Favourite Thing
Available - Let It Be

23/ Husker Du - The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
Available - New Day Rising

POP GRUNGE

24/ Foo fighters - This Is A Call
Available - Foo Fighters

25/ Buffalo Tom - Velvet Roof
Available - Let Me Come Over

26/ The Breeders - Canonball
Available - Last Splash

27/ Sugar - A Good Idea
Available - Copper Blue

ART GRUNGE

28/ Slint - Good Morning Captain
Available - Spiderland

29/ The Flaming Lips - Turn It On
Available - Transmissions From The Satelite Heart

30/ Pavement - Summer Babe
Available - Slanted And Enchanted

31/ Royal Trux - The Flag
Available - Cats & Dogs

32/ Sebadoh - Gimme Indie Rock
Available - Gimme Indie Rock EP

NEW GRUNGE

33/ Queens Of The Stone Age - The Lost Art Of Kepping A Secret
Available - R

34/ Auf Der Maur - Real A Lie
Available - Auf Der Maur

35/ Nine Black Alps - Shot Down
Available - Everything Is

36/ The Distillers - Drain The Blood
Available - Coral Fang

ESSENTIAL The Classics

Nirvana - Nevermind
Pearl Jam - Ten

SUPERIOR The Albums That Built Their Genre

Soundarden - Badmotorfinger
Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog
Mother Love Bone - Apple
Alice In Chains - Facelift

GOOD Worth Exploring

Dinosaur Jr - Bug
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Screaming Trees - Uncle Anesthesia

AVOID

Silverchair - Frogstomp

A STARTER

Singles Original Sound Track

THE REST

Green River - Rehab Doll / Dry As A Bone
Malfunshun - Return To Olympus
Tad - 8 Way Santa
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
L7 - Bricks Are Heavy
Hole - Pretty On The Inside
Mudhoney - Superfuzzbigmuff

1) Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden
2) Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
3) Alice in Chains - Dirt
4) Stone Temple Pilots - Core
5) Pearl Jam - 10
6) Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
7) Nirvana - Nevermind