RIP Nik Turner

I wish I had something to say about this ... it feels like a friend left us ... and no more music from him!

I've always liked the odd ball players in many bands because they added something that made it come alive and enjoyable and different than the commercial crap out there. Nik deserves some credit here, even though he ended up having a very sad relationship with Dave Brock ... and in the end, the material that everyone remembers and loves is the one that had Nik in it. I imagine that Dave might feel that is bad for him, since Nik will seem to be "bigger" than Hawkwind, but I think that's peaches and oranges stuff and not necessary. I would have liked Dave to say some nice things about all this ... even in the end, their work together has been massive and something that many of us love.

And some of the solo albums Nik did ... oh my ... they were outstanding!

Cosmiclawnmower wrote: The last mention i heard of Simon King was that he worked 'in the recycling business' and refused any attempts to be drawn into discussions or interviews on his previous career. I seem to remember also hearing that his health was not so good.

Yes, I'd heard something vague along those lines.  In other words, he could have passed away without it ever being reported. Which is really a sad situation for such a legendary drummer. I wonder if there's some bad blood over not passing that audition for HW in 1982, because as far as I knew, there was never any issues between him and other members.

Don't mean to hijack the Nik Turner thread, but can't help wondering.

I'm just going to say one other thing before I leave it be: in 1982 Hawkwind had been using drum machines, and drummers they had used were pretty straightforward thump-thud metronomic, which was nothing like King's style, so I could imagine him playing like he did in 1972, and not meeting Brock's requirements in 1982.