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, London, 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 rhyth…
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