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.

9 comments:

  1. Chris CreelOctober 19, 2009 at 5:48 PM

    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!

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  2. Norman J. Harman Jr.October 19, 2009 at 6:07 PM

    Don't know how I've missed your blog until now... It's all sorts of awesome!

    I'm also a Hawkwind fan and believe Metal and D&D were made for each other

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  3. ScroungerOctober 19, 2009 at 6:20 PM

    I am looking forward to seeing the requirements for said Bard alternate class.

    More accurately I'm looking forward to the miracle of rolling straight and getting those stats.

    Still haven't even rolled a sage or cactoid.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 19, 2009 at 6:21 PM

    Yeah, I'm with these dudes. I would love to kick ass on Planet Algol.

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  5. UnknownOctober 20, 2009 at 6:06 AM

    I'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?

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  6. Rose BaileyOctober 22, 2009 at 9:59 AM

    Man, that's enough to make me want to play a bard.

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  7. BlairOctober 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM

    Thanks for your kind words,

    Chris: 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.

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  8. UnknownOctober 23, 2009 at 7:03 PM

    I'm grooving on your stuff too. I appreciate the mix of music and RPG stuff. :)

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  9. BlairNovember 7, 2009 at 10:49 AM

    Thanks, I've got music posting fever right now, even though it's mostly "Kill Your Mother" stuff.

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