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Ladbroke Grove, England (1969 – present)
Hawkwind is an English rock band and one of the earliest space rock groups. The band was formed by ex-busker and blues man Dave Brock in Ladbroke Grove, England, who intended to marry simple three-chord rock with experimental electronic music. He cites his influences for the band at the time as The Moody Blues, Steve Miller Band and the krautrock scene of Kraftwerk, Neu! and particularly Can.
The band was formed in 1969 by visionary Dave Brock and although it has been subject to numerous line-up changes it is still led by him. The early line-up featured Dave Brock on vocals and rhythm guitar, Huw Lloyd-Langton on lead guitar, Terry Ollis on drums, Thomas Crimble on bass, Nik Turner on Saxophone and Dik Mik on synthesizer.
The band became established as a space-rock underground band with their renowned concert at the Glastonbury Rock Festival 1970 when they set up in an alternative field and played a free concert, pulling crowds away from the main event. Their debut album, the self titled ‘HAWKWIND’, was released by EMI and to this day still sells steadily. In 1970 they appeared at the Isle of Wight Festival where Jimi Hendrix was spotted in the audience. He was asked to get up and join the band and he replied ‘No I don’t want to spoil it!’ Huw Lloyd-Langton remained with them until late 1971.
The band was formed in 1969 by visionary Dave Brock and although it has been subject to numerous line-up changes it is still led by him. The early line-up featured Dave Brock on vocals and rhythm guitar, Huw Lloyd-Langton on lead guitar, Terry Ollis on drums, Thomas Crimble on bass, Nik Turner on Saxophone and Dik Mik on synthesizer.
The band became established as a space-rock underground band with their renowned concert at the Glastonbury Rock Festival 1970 when they set up in an alternative field and played a free concert, pulling crowds away from the main event. Their debut album, the self titled ‘HAWKWIND’, was released by EMI and to this day still sells steadily. In 1970 they appeared at the Isle of Wight Festival where Jimi Hendrix was spotted in the audience. He was asked to get up and join the band and he replied ‘No I don’t want to spoil it!’ Huw Lloyd-Langton remained with them until late 1971.
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javier0889 wrote:
It seems that post Barret PF haters haven't realized that Hawkwind covered Cymbaline.
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cabmq wrote:
'people can't disagree with me, anyone who says pink floyd was better with syd is trying to be different' nice generalizations
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AndreDias164 wrote:
lol @ people hating on Pink Floyd with Dave Gilmour [2] yeah people like to be different and they prefer their early stuff
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Stoneblaster wrote:
Hawkwind > EVERYTHING
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caioenzo wrote:
Hawkwind > Pink Floyd
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WilliamFoster wrote:
discussing pink floyd on a superior bands page smh
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skanay wrote:
A truly great music)
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pablo323 wrote:
Pink Floyd never sucked [3]
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CasiniProjekt wrote:
Hey, check out my music, its free hard rock/prog http://www.last.fm/music/The+Cassini+Projekt/Blind+Vision
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Te_Grobel wrote:
is this Pink Floyd fockin board or what?
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A_Silver_Voice wrote:
lol @ people hating on Pink Floyd with Dave Gilmour
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laoifh wrote:
After Barrett's departure, they definitely sucked.
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HardRokas wrote:
Pink Floyd never sucked [2]
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Creepcleaner wrote:
SPACE VIKINGS
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iamholgerczukay wrote:
Everything sucks!
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scapino wrote:
Pink Floyd never sucked, you asswipes.
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kro_om wrote:
http://www.lastfm.pl/group/Lemmy
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Masafaka wrote:
@IanCurtis13 you dont deserve to live.
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jussi_m wrote:
nah, Pink Floyd sucked before 1970, A Saucerful of Secrets is an exception though because it's great.
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Master_ov_Khaos wrote:
If you think King Crimson sucks, you're just flat out wrong.
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Second support announced for upcoming London show
30 Nov 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/hawkwindofficial
Hawkwind would
like to dedicate the upcoming London show on the 17th
December to our friend
Simon Tipi who sadly passed away in October. As part of the
evening proceedings
and by way of a tribute, ...
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- Robert Calvert
- Simon King
- Simon House
- Jerry Richards
- Martin Griffin
- Danny Thompson
- Mr Dibs
- Harvey Bainbridge
- Terry Ollis
- Paul Rudolph
- Alan "The Elf" Davey
- Ronald Tree
- Thomas Crimble
- Steve Bemand
- Del Dettmar
- Lemmy Kilmister
- Richard Chadwick
- Mick Slattery
- Dik Mik Davies
- Jason Stuart
- Bridget Wishart
- Nik Turner
- Dave Brock
- Keith Hale
- Huw Lloyd-Langton
- Ginger Baker
- Dave Anderson
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