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Originally Posted by Shifty Prophet
Thing about Hendrix is that by all accounts (his included) he was really getting burned-out with his career. He wasn't happy with the majority of the records he put out and was hoping to go into another direction. of course, when you listen to his final recordings you can obviously tell he wasnt at the same place he was at for axis or electric ladyland. This new direction that he was heading, while perhaps in the end would have been cool, at the time and now, doesn't sound that good.
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Really? "Machine Gun" on Band of Gypsies is a totally awesome foray into heaviness in my book. Hendrix had set some rather high standards for himself to top, but given the time to do it, he might have invented whole new genres of music.