Bardo Pond plays Hawkwind
 

(not as good as you might imagine, but never mind)

Yeah, I like their version of the Beatles "Cry Baby Cry" much more because it sounds like a fresh interpretation. This is kind of awkward, because it sounds like a very different band trying to recreate the Hawkwind track note for note and instrument for instrument.

thanks anyway i quite liked it, i hardly ever use last.fm as it's hard enough keeping up with the music i buy/download, are you a member of the Sonic Youth Gossip Unite group on there blunderbuss?

No. I very rarely use it either, I just found the link through the Trensmat records website.

If anyone's interested enough, they're releasing three 7"s of bands covering Hawkwind. From memory, there's also Kinski, AMT, Mudhoney, White Hills and, erm, someone else. They're all on last in full.

jeez... thats pretty poor then....

if yr in Philly 10-24 they're playing what will probably be the last gig ever of Lapsed, see threelobed.com for more info.

I'd rather listen to Hawkwind play Hawkwind more than any other band playing Hawkwind simply because as good as the band covering them is (and bardo pond has been great in the past, amanita) they are never gonna rock like Hawkwind. Ever.

Again, it's all about interpretation. A space rock band covering Hawkwind in absolute reverence will always have the results you mention. However, if the Dead C were to cover Hawkwind, I think that would sound completely awesome.