#782 Bob Mould & The Story of Hawkwind
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4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2020
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Since his days fronting Hüsker Dü, Bob Mould has been one of hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot's favorite politically-minded artists. His latest album may be his most directly political and he returns to the show to discuss it. Then we hear the story of the English space rock band Hawkwind from author Joe Banks.
Bob Mould, "American Crisis," Blue Hearts, Merge, 2020
Bob Mould, "Camp Sunshine," Sunshine Rock, Merge, 2019
Bob Mould, "Heart On My Sleeve," Blue Hearts, Merge, 2020
Tom Robinson Band, "Glad to be Gay," Rising Free, EMI, 1978
Stiff Little Fingers, "Suspect Device," Suspect Device (Single), Rigid Digits, 1978
D.O.A., "The Enemy," Something Better Change, Alternative Tentacles, 1980
Bob Mould, "Next Generation," Blue Hearts, Merge, 2020
Bob Mould, "Leather Dreams," Blue Hearts, Merge, 2020
Hawkwind, "Silver Machine," Silver Machine (Single), United Artists, 1972
Hawkwind, "Master of the Universe," In Search of Space, United Artists, 1971
Hawkwind, "Seven By Seven," In Search of Space, United Artists, 1971
Hawkwind, "Paranoia, Pt. 1," Hawkwind, Liberty, 1970
Hawkwind, "Hurry On Sundown," Queens of the Stone Age, Loosegroove, 1998
Hawkwind, "Orgone Accumulator," Space Ritual, United Artists, 1973
Hawkwind, "The Awakening," Space Ritual, United Artists, 1973
Sleep, "Jerusalem," Jerusalem, The Music Cartel, 1999
Queens of the Stone Age, "Spiders and Vinegaroons," Queens of the Stone Age, Loosegroove, 1998
beabadoobee, "Worth It," Fake It Flowers, Dirty Hit, 2020
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to sound opinions and later in the show we'll talk about the English |
| 0:04.3 | space rock legends Hawkwind and hopefully prove there much more than Lemmy's group before |
| 0:10.9 | Motorhead. But first we have a new interview with a repeat guest on |
| 0:14.9 | sound opinions, the leader of Hoosker-Doo and of Sugar and the voice of |
| 0:19.9 | 14 solo albums Bob Mold. Bob, welcome back to sound opinions. |
| 0:24.8 | Thanks you guys, good to be back. |
| 0:27.0 | We've had you on several times throughout your amazing career. |
| 0:30.8 | It seems like as good a time as any to visit with you again Bob because you've got this tremendous record blue hearts |
| 0:37.4 | The last time we talked about you on this show was in regards to this really fun upbeat bubblegumish rock punk record that you put |
| 0:48.0 | out. |
| 0:49.0 | Sunshine Rock. |
| 0:50.0 | 2019. |
| 0:51.0 | Yes. |
| 0:52.0 | Yay. Take me back to Camp Sunshine. |
| 1:00.0 | And it was interesting because I think you were swimming against the tide again because there was a lot of darkness in the world and the point of that record in many ways was to sort of provide a little bit of sanity in the midst of that. |
| 1:11.0 | But you're back in that dark place with this record and not in a bad way either but just a heavy |
| 1:16.0 | hard-hitting darker record a polar opposite of sunshine rock in many ways What happened in that period of time? |
| 1:23.2 | Yeah, thanks for the kind words. Well, I mean, you know, Sunshine Rock which came out, you know, |
| 1:28.2 | in the spring of 2019 was an intentionally bright record. |
| 1:33.3 | I think, you know, Beauty and Ruin and Patch the Sky. |
| 1:36.1 | The albums prior to Sunshine Rock were both pretty dark and informed with, |
| 1:40.4 | you know, the loss of each of my parents in succession so sunshine rock was the |
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