Jazz Articles about Alan Davey

About Alan Davey

Album Review

Alan Davey: Sputnik Stan Vol. 1: A Fistful Of Junk

Read "Sputnik Stan Vol. 1: A Fistful Of Junk" reviewed by Jack Gold-Molina

by Jack Gold-Molina
March 1, 2016

The most recent solo outing by Alan Davey, Lemmy's former replacement in the space rock juggernaut Hawkwind, is a CD/colored vinyl LP that comes with a comic book. The artwork of the comic book is finely detailed and closely follows the lyrics of the songs, giving the reader and listener a vivid picture of the life of Sputnik Stan, who runs a space junk salvage operation. For the uninitiated, while there are great things in space, there is also a ...

Album Review

Alan Davey: Al Chemical's Lysergic Orchestra Vol. 2

Read "Al Chemical's Lysergic Orchestra Vol. 2" reviewed by Jack Gold-Molina

by Jack Gold-Molina
December 9, 2014

One of the longest standing members of the space rock juggernaut Hawkwind, bassist Alan Davey got his start in the late 1970s with his own heavy psychedelic rock band Gunslinger. His tenure with Hawkwind ran from 1984 to 1996, and then again, finally, from 2001 to 2007, leaving both times to pursue his own musical interests that included starting his project, Al Chemical's Lysergic Orchestra, releasing its first CD in 2001, simply titled Vol. 1, and then releasing Vol. 2 ...