Monday, October 19, 2009
Planet Algol Music - "Hawkwind"
When things get too hectic in Sean/Dudebird's Wilderlands game I always appreciate it when Hawkwind shows up on the playlist. Psychedelic proto-metal with Motorhead and Michael Moorcock connections, I hear their influence in anarcho-punk/crust band like Rudimentary Peni and Doom.
I had previously stated, during one of my "No Elves/No Clerics/etc" Planet Algol rants, that "there's no damn bards on Planet Algol either!" Hawkwind have made me reconsider that particular position and now I have to design a bard-analogue class based on Hawkwind....mustachioed, longhaired, british psychedelic bikers that travel space and time by means of driving psych rock.
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Okay, for the record, I love your blog. I haven't quite figured out your campaign but I love it. It looks like your building a homebrew Mutant Future system and I love that too. Of course, I love Moorecock but find it hard to believe that Lemmy of Motorhead was also in Hawkwind. None-the-less, I had to leave a comment to let you know, the Planet Algol blog has at least one fan!
ReplyDeleteDon't know how I've missed your blog until now... It's all sorts of awesome!
ReplyDeleteI'm also a Hawkwind fan and believe Metal and D&D were made for each other
I am looking forward to seeing the requirements for said Bard alternate class.
ReplyDeleteMore accurately I'm looking forward to the miracle of rolling straight and getting those stats.
Still haven't even rolled a sage or cactoid.
Yeah, I'm with these dudes. I would love to kick ass on Planet Algol.
ReplyDeleteI'll chime in as well. Great stuff. Love the genre. On the topic of acid death rock: I'm sure you're already familiar with Kuyss?
ReplyDeleteMan, that's enough to make me want to play a bard.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind words,
ReplyDeleteChris: My game is houseruled AD&D without demi-humans or "divine" casters
Sean: Afterwards, my intense desire for reduction kicked in and I realized that a psychedelic britsh space biker hippie musician would be a Sorcerer or Mind Wizard in psych rock drag.
Navdi: I'm familiar with them, but I'm not much of a straigh up "stoner rawk" fan, I'm more a psych/doom/sludge kinda guy.
I'm grooving on your stuff too. I appreciate the mix of music and RPG stuff. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, I've got music posting fever right now, even though it's mostly "Kill Your Mother" stuff.
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