Nik Turner (born Nicholas Robert Turner in Oxford on 28 August 1940; died 10 November 2022) was a British musician best remembered as the co-founder and former singer and saxophonist with influential rock group
Hawkwind. He co-founded the group with
Dave Brock in 1969. Turner was a major influence on the Hawkwind sound during the band's most popular period in the early 1970s, writing and singing a number of their best-loved tracks, including
Master of the Universe. Turner was ousted from the band in 1976. Brock maintained it was due to his finally losing patience with Turner&…
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