United Artists
Hawkwind   In Search of Space   Doremi Falso Latido   Space Ritual

Hall of the Mountain Grill   Warrier on the Edge of Time

Charisma
astounding Sounds, Amazing Music   Quark Strangeness and Charm   Hawklords   PXR5
Bronze
Live '79   Levitation
RCA
Sonic Attack   Church of Hawkwind   Choose your Masques   Zones
Flicknife
Do Not Panic   Chronicles of the Black Sword   Out and Intake
GWR
Live Chronicles   Xenon Codex   Space Bandits   California Brainstorm
Essential
Electric Teepee   It is the Business of the Future to be dangerous
Emergency Broadcast System
The Business Trip   Alien 4   Distant Horizons  
Voiceprint
In Your Area   Spacebrock   Take me to your Leader
This Is The End Now
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IN YOUR AREA (1999)

Things get a bit weird from a live standpoint in this period, as Tim Blake, Huw Lloyd-Langton, Harvey Bainbridge and Simon House drift back in to the periphery of the picture again for some concerts, while newcomers like Captain Rizz (a reggae chanter), Crum (keys) and Jez Huggett (woodwinds) also occasionally appear on stage.

In Your Area returns to the tried and true "semi-live" approach, with six concert cuts (including an obligatory "Brainstorm") featuring the likes of Rizz and Crum, backed by six new studio bits. The core band from the promising Distant Horizons is still intact, so this should result in something good, right?

Sorry to say, but the answer to that question is an emphatic "no." The live cuts on In Your Area are serviceable, but the studio cuts wouldn't necessarily even be recognized as Hawkwind to a reasonably educated listener on first brush, with generally toothless ambient noodling underpinning some truly dire lyrics and vocals. Alas.

BLANGA SCORE: 2