Herein are his responses, sent via e-mail as per his preference.Īustin Chronicle: Your association with Hawkwind has been long and often fruitful. We contacted Moorcock, who’s now lived in Central Texas for 25 years, about all of it. Further, he heads his own long-running band Deep Fix, and wrote lyrics for Blue Öyster Cult.įinally, last year saw the release of Alien Heat, another musical adaptation of his work, this time from producer Don Falcone and ex-BÖC drummer/songwriter Albert Bouchard’s group Spirits Burning. Though he didn’t work directly on the album, he also signed off on 1988’s Elric adaptation The Chronicle of the Black Sword. Most significantly, perhaps, the convergence presents the first show by Moonhawks, a Hawkwind tribute starring Davey, former HW saxophonist and current Space Ritual bandleader Nik Turner, and Bastrop-based science fiction author Michael Moorcock, for what’s being billed as his final onstage appearance.Ĭreator of the Elric and Jerry Cornelius novels, among other works, Moorcock collaborated with Hawkwind off and on for decades, most fruitfully on the 1972 LP Warriors On the Edge of Time. Harvey’s Head Cat 13, and more explore the genre’s musical cosmos. Performances by former ‘wind mainstay Alan Davey and his Motörhead tribute band Ace of Spades, Austin’s own ST 37, American space rockers Spaceseed and Fraktal Phantom, local guitarist Danny B. Michael Moorcock (l) with North American Space Ritual founder Matt Callen (Courtesy of Matt Callen)
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