Hawkwind are an English rock band and one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. Formed in November 1969, Hawkwind have gone through many incarnations and they have incorporated different styles into their music, including hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock and psychedelic rock. They are also regarded as an influential proto-punk band.
Dozens of musicians, dancers and writers have worked with the band since their inception. Notable musicians to have performed in the band include Lemmy, Ginger Baker and Huw Lloyd-Langton, but the band are most closely associated with their founder, the singer, songwriter and guitarist Dave Brock, who remains the only original member.
They are best known for the song "Silver Machine".
Also known as: Hawkwind Zoo, Sonic Assassins, Hawklords, Psychedelic Warriors, Agents of Chaos, Group X, Hawkwind Light Orchestra, The Elves of Silbury Hill.
Years active: 1969 – present
1969: Formation:
Dave Brock and Mick Slattery had been in the London-based psychedelic band Famous Cure, and a meeting with bassist John Harrison revealed a mutual interest in electronic music which led the trio to embark upon a new musical venture together. Seventeen-year-old drummer Terry Ollis replied to an advert in a music weekly, while Nik Turner and Michael 'Dik Mik' Davies, old acquaintances of Brock, offered help with transport and gear, but were soon pulled into the band.
Gatecrashing a local talent night at the All Saints Hall, Notting Hill, they were so untogether as to not even have a name, plumping for "Group X" at the last minute, nor any songs, choosing to play an extended 20-minute jam on The Byrds "Eight Miles High". BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel was in the audience and was impressed enough to tell event organiser, Douglas Smith, to keep an eye on them. Smith signed them up and got them a deal with Liberty Records on the back of a deal he was setting up for Cochise.
The band settled on the name Hawkwind after briefly being billed as Hawkwind Zoo, Hawkwind being the nickname of Turner derived from his unappealing habit of clearing his throat (hawking) and excessive flatulence (wind). Another version of the origin of their name says they took it from one of Michael Moorcock's characters Duke Dorian Hawkmoon one of the aspects of Moorcock's Eternal Champion. However Moorcock denies this account. An Abbey Road session took place recording demos of "Hurry on Sundown" and others (included on the remasters version of Hawkwind), after which Slattery left to be replaced by Huw Lloyd-Langton, who had known Brock from his days working in a music shop selling guitar strings to Brock, then a busker.
More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkwind
Current members:
Dave Brock – vocals, guitar, keyboards (1969–1979, 1979–present)
Tim Blake – keyboards, theremin (1979–1980, 2000–2002, 2008–2016)
Richard Chadwick – drums, vocals (1988–present)
Mr Dibs – vocals, cello, baritone guitar, bass (2007–present)
Niall Hone – bass, guitar, vocals, keyboards (2008–present)
Dead Fred – keyboards, violin, vocals (1983–1984, 2012–present)
Discography:
Hawkwind (1970)
In Search of Space (1971)
Doremi Fasol Latido (1972)
Hall of the Mountain Grill (1974)
Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)
Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music (1976)
Quark, Strangeness and Charm (1977)
25 Years On Released as Hawklords (1978)
PXR5 (1979)
Levitation (1980)
Sonic Attack (1981)
Church of Hawkwind (1982)
Choose Your Masques (1982)
The Chronicle of the Black Sword (1985)
The Xenon Codex (1988)
Space Bandits (1990)
Electric Tepee (1992)
It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous (1993)
White Zone – Released as Psychedelic Warriors (1995)
Alien 4 (1995)
Distant Horizons (1997)
In Your Area (1999)
Spacebrock (2000)
Take Me to Your Leader (2005)
Take Me to Your Future (2006)
Blood of the Earth (2010)
Onward (2012)
Stellar Variations – Released as Hawkwind Light Orchestra (2012)
Spacehawks (2013)
The Machine Stops (To be released in 2016)
(and many more!!!)
Silver Machine: https://youtu.be/Zp0PLPwQM1Q :
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkwind
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