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Hawkwind

English rock band

Hawkwind
Hawkwind in vogue 2017
Also known as	Hawkwind Zoo, Transonic Assassins, Hawklords, Psychedelic Warriors, Goal X, Hawkwind Light Orchestra, Representation Elves of Silbury Hill
Origin	Ladbroke Woodland out of the woo, London, England
Genres
Years active	1969–present
Labels	UA, Charisma, Chestnut, RCA/Active, Flicknife, GWR, EBS, Voiceprint, Cherry Red
Spinoffs
Members
Past members	See members article
Website	hawkwind.com

Hawkwind are an English rock convene known as one of character earliest space rock groups.

Owing to their formation in November 1969, Hawkwind have gone through assorted incarnations and have incorporated numberless different styles into their strain, including hard rock, progressive shake and psychedelic rock. They increase in value regarded as an influential proto-punk band.^[5] Their lyrics often bail out themes of urban life viewpoint science fiction.

Many musicians, dancers and writers have worked implements the band since their inauguration. Key members of Hawkwind own acquire included Nik Turner, Huw Lloyd-Langton, Del Dettmar, Lemmy, Simon Demoralizing, Robert Calvert, Simon House impressive Ginger Baker, but the bandeau are most closely associated meet their singer, songwriter and instrumentalist Dave Brock, who founded influence band and is the one and only remaining original member.^[6]

Hawkwind are defeat known for the song "Silver Machine", which became a number-three UK hit single in 1972, and they had further make a rough draft singles with "Urban Guerrilla" (another top 40 hit) and "Shot Down in the Night".

Class band had a run nucleus twenty-two of their albums charting in the UK from 1971 to 1993,^[7] and another vast between 2012 and 2023.

History

1969: formation

Dave Brock and Mick Slattery had been in the London-based psychedelic band Famous Cure, abstruse a meeting with bassist Crapper Harrison revealed a mutual bore to death in electronic music, which act upon the trio to embark play a new musical venture case.

Seventeen-year-old drummer Terry Ollis replied to an advert in spiffy tidy up music weekly; Nik Turner settle down Michael "Dik Mik" Davies, notice acquaintances of Brock, offered aid with transport and gear, however were soon pulled into goodness band.

Gatecrashing a local gift night at the All Saints Hall, Notting Hill, they were so disorganised as to plead for even have a name, opting for "Group X" at representation last minute, nor any songs, choosing to play an extensive 20-minute jam on the Byrds' "Eight Miles High".^[8]BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel was slur the audience, and was influenced enough to tell event organizer Douglas Smith to keep prolong eye on them.

Smith symbol them up and got them a deal with Liberty Rolls museum on the back of straight deal he was setting distribute for Cochise.^[9]

The band settled occupation the name "Hawkwind" after tersely being billed as "Group X" and "Hawkwind Zoo".^[10]

A session took place at Abbey Road Studios to record demos of "Hurry on Sundown" and other imprints (which were eventually included dealings the remastered version of honesty group's debut album Hawkwind), aft which Slattery left.

He was replaced by Huw Lloyd-Langton who, during his former employment behave a musical instrument shop, locked away known Brock (who at high-mindedness time was a busker) instruction sold guitar strings to him.^[11]

1970–1975: United Artists era

Pretty Things musician Dick Taylor was brought remit to produce the 1970 inauguration album Hawkwind.

Although it was not a commercial success, display did bring them to birth attention of the UK buried scene, which found them performing free concerts, benefit gigs, instruct festivals. Playing free outside leadership Bath Festival, they encountered other Ladbroke Grove–based band, the Healthy-looking Fairies, who shared similar interests in music and recreational substances; a friendship developed which malign to the two bands applicable running partners and performing monkey "Pinkwind".

Their use of coot, however, led to the deviation of Harrison, who did troupe partake, to be replaced succinctly by Thomas Crimble (about July 1970 – March 1971). Crimble played on a few BBC sessions (which were eventually serene on the album The Contents of Festival) before leaving obstacle help organise the Glastonbury Untrammelled Festival 1971; he sat burst during the band's performance there.^[12] Lloyd-Langton also quit, after boss bad LSD trip at birth Isle of Wight Festival boisterous to a nervous breakdown.^[13]

Their support album, 1971's In Search senior Space, brought greater commercial premium, reaching number 18 on rank UK album charts.

This baby book offered a refinement of honourableness band's image and philosophy culture of graphic artist Barney Flap and underground press writer Parliamentarian Calvert, as depicted in ethics accompanying Hawklog booklet, which would be further developed into righteousness Space Ritual stage show.

Discipline art fiction author Michael Moorcock come first dancer Stacia also started causative to the band. Dik Mik had left the band, replaced by sound engineer Del Dettmar, but chose to return reawaken this album, thus giving illustriousness band two electronics players. Deep-toned player Dave Anderson, who difficult been in the German necessitate Amon Düül II, had along with joined and played on class album, but departed before dismay release because of personal tensions with some other members countless the band.^[14] Anderson and Lloyd-Langton then formed the short-lived closure Amon Din.^[15] Meanwhile, Ollis earn, unhappy with the commercial order in which the band were heading.^[16]

The addition of bassist Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister and drummer Singer King propelled the band die greater heights.

One of greatness early gigs the band artificial was a benefit for description Greasy Truckers at The Roundhouse on 13 February 1972. Clean live album of the harmony, Greasy Truckers Party, was released; from this, a single (with overdubbed vocal), "Silver Machine", was also released, reaching number span in the UK charts. That generated sufficient funds for goodness subsequent album Doremi Fasol Latido and Space Ritual tour.

Honourableness show featured costumes, dancers Stacia and Miss Renee – habitually performing either topless or exhausting only body paint – roleplay artist Tony Carrera, and uncluttered light show by Liquid Len. The songs in the subdivision were connected by electronic other spoken word segues and representation show was recorded on decency elaborate package Space Ritual.^[17] Unconscious the height of their come after, in 1973, the band unattached the single "Urban Guerrilla", which coincided with an IRA intense bombing campaign in London, so high-mindedness BBC refused to play overflow and the band's management daintily decided to withdraw it fearing accusations of opportunism, despite honesty disc having already climbed terminate number 39 in the UK chart.^[18]

Dik Mik departed during 1973, and Calvert ended his society with the band to delimitate on solo projects.

Dettmar along with indicated that he was jump in before leave the band, so Psychologist House was recruited as keyboardist and violinist playing live shows, a North America tour charge recording the 1974 album Hall of the Mountain Grill. Dettmar left after a European expedition and emigrated to Canada, whilst Alan Powell deputised for alteration incapacitated King on that Denizen tour, but remained, giving ethics band two drummers.

At description beginning of 1975, the must recorded the album Warrior fastened the Edge of Time careful collaboration with Michael Moorcock, abstention based on his Eternal Defense figure. However, during a Northmost American tour in May, Lemmy was caught in possession delightful amphetamine crossing the border pass up the US into Canada.

Rectitude border police mistook the vanish for cocaine and he was jailed, forcing the band tip off cancel some shows. Fed forgery with his erratic behaviour, prestige band dismissed the bass player^[19] replacing him with their for life friend and former Pink Fairies guitarist Paul Rudolph.^[20] Lemmy spread teamed up with another Put somewhere else Fairies guitarist, Larry Wallis, acknowledge form Motörhead, named after blue blood the gentry last song he had dense for Hawkwind.

1976–1978: Charisma era

Calvert made a guest appearance ordain the band for their visage set at the Reading Acclamation in August 1975, after which he chose to rejoin significance band as a full-time key vocalist. Stacia chose to furnish with her dancing duties and dislocate down to family life.

Honourableness band changed record company bash into Tony Stratton-Smith's Charisma Records predominant, on Stratton-Smith's suggestion, band directing from Douglas Smith to Mannered Howard.

Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music is the first album possession this era. On the win of recording the follow-up "Back on the Streets" single, Insurgent was dismissed for his capricious live playing^[21] and Powell was deemed surplus to requirements.

Back a tour to promote greatness single and during the fasten of the next album, Rudolph was also dismissed, for ostensibly trying to steer the snap into a musical direction regress odds with Calvert and Brock's vision.^[21]

Adrian "Ade" Shaw, who, bring in bass player for Magic Ruffian, had supported Hawkwind on leadership Space Ritual tour, came bundle for the 1977 album Quark, Strangeness and Charm.

The troop continued to enjoy moderate advertizement success, but Calvert's mental disease often caused problems. A imbecilic phase saw the band waive a European tour in France,^[22] while a depression phase midst a 1978 North American course convinced Brock to disband righteousness group.^[23] In between these one tours, the band had real the album PXR5 in Jan 1978, but its release was delayed until 1979.

On 23 December 1977 in Barnstaple, Brock and Calvert had performed top-hole one-off gig with Devon toggle Ark as the Sonic Assassins, and looking for a fresh project in 1978, bassist Physician Bainbridge and drummer Martin Griffon were recruited from this stymie. Steve Swindells was recruited though keyboard player.

The band was named Hawklords, (probably for admissible reasons, the band having newly split from their management), ride recording took place on fine farm in Devon using unadulterated mobile studio, resulting in nobility album 25 Years On. Watery had originally been the merchant for the project but desert during recording sessions to repay to London, while House, who had temporarily left the bracket together to join a David Pioneer tour, elected to remain in opposition to Bowie full-time, but nevertheless spontaneous violin to these sessions.

Withdraw the end of the band's UK tour, Calvert, wanting Article back in the band, fired Griffin, then promptly resigned human being, choosing to pursue a job in literature.^[24] Swindells left close to record a solo album stern an offer had been complete to him by the compose company ATCO.

1979–1986: Bronze, RCA and independents

In late 1979, Hawkwind reformed with Brock, Bainbridge subject King being joined by Huw Lloyd-Langton (who had played class the debut album) and Tim Blake (formerly of Gong), debuting at the first Futurama (The World's First Science Fiction Refrain Festival) on 9 September crush Leeds,^[25] and then embarking incursion a UK tour despite whoop having a record deal person above you any product to promote.

Awful shows were recorded and pure deal was made with Discolor Records, resulting in the Live Seventy Nine album, quickly followed by the studio album Levitation. However, during the recording blame Levitation King quit and Pierce Baker was drafted in select the sessions, but he chose to stay with the convene for the tour, during which Blake left to be replaced by Keith Hale.

In 1981 Baker and Hale left later their insistence that Bainbridge be obliged be dismissed was ignored,^[26] suggest Brock and Bainbridge elected limit handle synthesisers and sequencers in the flesh, with drummer Griffin from excellence Hawklords rejoining. Three albums, which again saw Moorcock contributing angry speech and vocals, were recorded detail RCA/Active: Sonic Attack, the electronic Church of Hawkwind and Choose Your Masques.

This band headlined the 1981 Glastonbury Festival sit made an appearance at influence 1982 Donington Monsters of Sway Festival, as well as inextinguishable to play the summer solstice at Stonehenge Free Festival.

In the early 1980s, Brock difficult to understand started using drum machines in line for his home demos and became increasingly frustrated at the ineptness of drummers to keep indifferent time, leading to a assemblage of drummers coming and embarrassing.

First, Griffin was ousted coupled with the band tried King anew, but, unhappy with his accomplishment at that time, he was rejected. Andy Anderson briefly married while he was also singing for the Cure, and Parliamentarian Heaton also filled the section briefly prior to the theme of New Model Army. Player Langton Group drummer John Explorer did some recording sessions, professor in late 1983 Rick Martinez joined the band to amusement drums on the Earth Ritual tour in February and Stride 1984, later replaced by General Deamer.

Turner had returned reorganization a guest for the 1982 Choose Your Masques tour become peaceful was invited back permanently. Mint tours ensued with Phil "Dead Fred" Reeves augmenting the body on keyboards and violin, nevertheless neither Turner nor Reeves would appear on the only video of 1983–84, The Earth Conventional Preview; however, there was well-organized guest spot for Lemmy.

Greatness Earth Ritual tour was filmed for Hawkwind's first video free, Night of the Hawk.

Alan Davey was a young devotee of the band who challenging sent a tape of wreath playing to Brock,^[27] and Brock chose to oust Reeves charge Bainbridge from bass to keyboards to accommodate Davey. This conjectural line-up played at the Stonehenge Free Festival in 1984, which was filmed and release despite the fact that Stonehenge 84.

Subsequent personal plus professional tensions between Brock fairy story Turner led to the latter's expulsion at the beginning be taken in by 1985.^[28] Clive Deamer, who was deemed "too professional" for primacy band,^[29] was eventually replaced directive 1985 by Danny Thompson Jr (son of folk-rock bassist Danny Thompson), a friend of Alan Davey, and remained almost check in the end of the declination.

Hawkwind's association with Moorcock climaxed in their most ambitious enterprise, The Chronicle of the Sooty Sword, based loosely around rectitude Elric series of books nearby theatrically staged with Tony Crerar as the central character. Moorcock contributed lyrics, but only achieve some spoken pieces on brutal live dates.

The tour was recorded and issued as aura album Live Chronicles and videocassette The Chronicle of the Jet Sword. The band also superb at the Worldcon (World Skill Fiction Convention) in Brighton.

In August 1985, The band settled at Crystal Palace Bowl, peer several other rock bands, funding a benefit concert for Pete Townshend's Double-O anti-heroin charity.

Lemmy and Stacia were reunited break the band for this foil. Vera Lynn closed the show.^[30]

1986–1999: GWR through to EBS

A publicize appearance at the 1986 Interpretation Festival was followed by trim UK tour to promote dignity Live Chronicles album which was filmed and released as Chaos.

In 1988 the band verifiable the album The Xenon Codex with Guy Bidmead, but diminution was not well in glory band and soon after, both Lloyd-Langton and Thompson departed.

Drummer Richard Chadwick, who joined attach the summer of 1988, challenging been playing in small additional free festival bands, most particularly Bath's Smart Pils, for keen decade and had frequently intersectant paths with Hawkwind and Brock.

He was initially invited just to play with the come together, but eventually replaced stand oppress drummer Mick Kirton to transform into the band's drummer to picture present day.

To fill crucial the gap of lead ringing, lost when Lloyd-Langton left, violin player House was re-instated into distinction line-up in 1989 (having earlier been a member from 1974 until 1978), and, notably, Hawkwind embarked on their first Northerly American visit in eleven days (since the somewhat disastrous 1978 tour), in which House frank not partake.

The successfully usual tour was the first reproach several over the coming days, in an effort by birth band to re-introduce themselves disclose the American market.

Bridget Wishart, an associate of Chadwick's pass up the festival circuit, also married to become the band's assault and only singing front-woman, significance band had been fronted delete earlier days by Stacia on the other hand only as a dancer.

That band produced two albums, 1990's Space Bandits and 1991's Palace Springs and also filmed skilful one-hour appearance for the Bedrock TV series with dancer Julie Murray-Anderson, who performed with Hawkwind between 1988 and 1991.

1990 saw Hawkwind tour North Ground again, the second instalment perceive a series of American visits made at around this firmly in an effort to follow the Hawkwind brand in U.s..

The original business plan was to hold three consecutive Fкted tours, annually, from 1989 sure of yourself 1991, with the first drain money, the second breaking yet, and the third turning dialect trig profit, ultimately bringing Hawkwind stop into recognition across the Ocean. Progress, however, was somewhat tiny, due to ex-member Nik Painter touring the United States coupled with his own band at leadership time, in which the shows were often marketed as Hawkwind.

Still supporting Space Bandits, 1991 commenced with perhaps the principal surprising Hawkwind tour in magnanimity band's history, without Dave Brock. Brock's temporary replacement was prior Smart Pils guitarist Steve Bemand (who had played with Chadwick and Wishart in the Insane Stoats). The tour began answer Amsterdam on 12 March courier took in Germany, Greece, Italia and France before wrapping kick up a fuss in Belgium on 10 Apr after 24 dates.^[31]

In 1991 Bainbridge, House and Wishart departed squeeze the band continued as a-ok three piece relying heavily go on synthesisers and sequencers to institute a wall-of-sound.

The 1992 autograph album Electric Tepee combined hard vibrate and light ambient pieces, thoroughly It is the Business own up the Future to be Dangerous is almost devoid of distinction rock leanings. The Business Trip is a record of ethics previous album's tour, but rockier as would be expected come across a live outing.

The White Zone album was released slipup the alias Psychedelic Warriors be distance itself entirely from prestige rock expectancy of Hawkwind.

A general criticism of techno masterpiece at that time was tight facelessness and lack of persona, which the band were next to to feel also plagued them.^[32]Ron Tree had known the convene on the festival circuit playing field offered his services as unadulterated front-man, and the band deservedly employed him for the scrap book Alien 4 and its connected tour which resulted in character album Love in Space reprove video.

In 1996, unhappy block the musical direction of interpretation band, bassist Davey left, disposal his own Middle-Eastern flavoured hard-rock group Bedouin and a Motörhead tribute act named Ace refreshing Spades.^[33] His bass playing segregate was reluctantly picked up hard singer Tree and the troop were joined full-time by contain guitarist Jerry Richards (another bold of the festival scene, acting for Tubilah Dog who locked away merged with Brock's Agents assiduousness Chaos during 1988) for rank albums Distant Horizons and In Your Area.

Rasta chanter Pilot Rizz also joined the buckle for guest spots during support shows.

1999–2007: Anniversaries, disputes tolerate Voiceprint

Hawkestra—a re-union event featuring motions from past and present members—had originally been intended to assent with the band's 30th acclamation and the release of class career spanning Epocheclipse – 30 Year Anthology set, but supplying problems delayed it until 21 October 2000.

It took bloomer at the Brixton Academy exact about 20 members taking substance in a more than 3-hour set, which was filmed become more intense recorded. Guests included Samantha Xanthippe who sang "Master of rectitude Universe".^[34] However, arguments and disputes over financial recompense and melodious input resulted in the belief of the event being re-staged unlikely, and any album propound DVD release being indefinitely shelved.^[35]

The Hawkestra had set a pattern for Brock to assemble span core band of Tree, Brock, Richards, Davey, Chadwick and accommodate the use of former comrades as guests on live shows and studio recordings.

The 2000 Christmas Astoria show was reliable with contributions from House, Painter, Rizz, Moorcock, Jez Huggett at an earlier time Keith Kniveton and released monkey Yule Ritual the following vintage. In 2001, Davey agreed be acquainted with rejoin the band permanently, on the other hand only after the departure sign over Tree and Richards.^[36]

Meanwhile, having rekindled relationships with old friends go rotten the Hawkestra, Turner organised newborn Hawkestra gigs resulting in dignity formation of xhawkwind.com, a assemblage consisting mainly of ex-Hawkwind brothers and playing old Hawkwind songs.

An appearance at Guilfest keep in check 2002 led to confusion trade in to whether this actually was Hawkwind, sufficiently irking Brock cross the threshold taking legal action to outlaw Turner from trading under distinction name Hawkwind. Turner lost description case and the band began performing as Space Ritual.^[37]

An manufactured goods at the Canterbury Sound Ceremony in August 2001, resulting entertain another live album Canterbury Fayre 2001, saw guest appearances exaggerate Lloyd-Langton, House, Kniveton with Character Brown on "Silver Machine".

Representation band organised the first disregard their own weekend festivals, given name Hawkfest, in Devon in depiction summer of 2002. Brown husbandly the band in 2002 plump for a winter tour which featured some Kingdom Come songs with saw appearances from Blake stall Lloyd-Langton, the Newcastle show work out released on DVD as Out of the Shadows and class London show on CD monkey Spaced Out in London.

A new album, Take Me letter Your Leader, was released walk heavily 2005. Recorded by the foundation band of Brock/Davey/Chadwick, contributors make-believe new keyboardist Jason Stuart, President Brown, tabloid writer and Box personality Matthew Wright, 1970s Contemporary Wave singer Lene Lovich, Economist House and Jez Huggett.

That was followed in 2006 bypass the CD/DVD Take Me suck up to Your Future.

The band were the subject of an hour-long television documentary titled Hawkwind: Release Not Panic that aired post BBC Four as part pleasant the Originals series. It was broadcast on 30 March 2007 and repeated on 10 Sage 2007.

Although Brock participated demand its making, he did grizzle demand appear in the programme; miserly is alleged that he enquire all footage of himself wool removed after he was denied any artistic control over dignity documentary.^[38]^[39] One of the documentary's opening narratives states that Brock declined to be interviewed defence the programme because of Nik Turner's involvement, thus indicating consider it the two men had even not reconciled over the xhawkwind.com incident.

December 2006 saw primacy official departure of Alan Davey, who left to perform vital record with two new bands: Gunslinger and Thunor. He was replaced by Mr Dibs, marvellous long-standing member of the recognizable crew. The band performed pressurize their annual Hawkfest festival highest headlined the US festival Nearfest and played gigs in Daddy and NY.

At the flatten of 2007, Tim Blake in the old days again joined the band content the lead role playing keyboards and theremin. The band high-sounding five Christmas dates, the Writer show being released as brainchild audio CD and video DVD under the title Knights exert a pull on Space.

2008–2016: Atomhenge and Eastworld

In January 2008 the band wrong side up its anti-taping policy – which had long been a raw point with many fans – announcing that it would consent to audio recording and non-commercial delivery of such recordings, provided on touching was no competing official release.^[40] At the end of 2008, Atomhenge Records (a subsidiary devotee Cherry Red Records) commenced probity re-issuing of Hawkwind's back make plans for from the years 1976 shift to 1997 with the ejection of two triple CD anthologies Spirit of the Age (anthology 1976–84) and The Dream Goes On (anthology 1985–97).^[41]

On 8 Sep 2008 keyboard player Jason Dynasty died due to a strong point haemorrhage.

In October 2008, Niall Hone (former Tribe of Cro) joined Hawkwind for their wintertime 2008 tour playing guitar, legislative body with returning synth/theremin player Tim Blake. In this period, Whet also occasionally played bass bass alongside Mr Dibs and euphemistic preowned laptops for live electronic stopgap.

In 2009, the band began occasionally featuring Jon Sevink take the stones out of The Levellers as guest fiddler at some shows. Later defer year, Hawkwind embarked on organized winter tour to celebrate righteousness band's 40th anniversary, including four gigs on 28 and 29 August marking the anniversary uphold their first live performances.

Emit 2010, Hawkwind held their yearlong Hawkfest at the site rule the original Isle of Human Festival, marking the 40th day of their appearance there.

On 21 June 2010, Hawkwind at large a studio album entitled Blood of the Earth on Eastworld Records.^[42] During and since excellence Blood of the Earth posterior tours, Hone's primary on-stage question shifted to bass, while Famous.

Dibs moved to a bonus traditional lead singer/front man impersonation.

In 2011, Hawkwind toured Country for the second time.

April 2012 saw the release chief a new album, Onward, fiddle with on Eastworld. Keyboardist Dead Fred rejoined Hawkwind for the 2012 tour in support of Onward and has since remained comprehend the band.

In November 2012, Brock, Chadwick and Hone—credited orangutan "Hawkwind Light Orchestra"—released Stellar Variations on Esoteric Recordings.

2013 forcible the first Hawkeaster, a two-day festival held in Seaton, Devonshire during the Easter weekend. Top-notch US tour was booked implication October 2013, but due concern health issues, was postponed point of view later cancelled.

In February 2014, as part of a rarity Space Ritual performance, Hawkwind unmixed at the O2 Shepherd's Vegetable Empire featuring an appearance be oblivious to Brian Blessed for the articulated word element of Sonic Attack; a studio recording of that performance was released as on the rocks single in September 2014.^[43] Subsequent in the year, former Plushy Machine guitarist John Etheridge linked the live line-up of picture band, though he had gone again prior to early 2015 dates.^[44]

Following Hawkeaster 2015, Hawkwind completed their debut visit to Nippon, playing two sold-out shows observe Tokyo.

Hawkwind performed two Solstice Ritual shows in December 2015, with Steve Hillage guesting, stomach Haz Wheaton joining Hawkwind descend bass guitar. Wheaton is span former member of the band's road crew who had at one time appeared with Technicians of Spacecraft Hawkwind, a "skeleton crew" revolve off live band. Additionally, proscribed had guested on bass do Dave Brock's solo album Brockworld released earlier in the origin.

2016–onwards: Cherry Red projects

The guests released The Machine Stops gain 15 April 2016, a idea album based on E.M. Forster's short story of the tie in name.^[45] Brock and Chadwick were joined on the recording descendant Hone, Dibs and Wheaton allocation bass duties, while Hone beginning Dead Fred contributed one piece each.

The album entered the UK album chart dissent number 29. Dead Fred's burgle live appearance was at Eastbourne Winter Gardens on 1 April; Hone took on keyboard remarkable synth duties until Blake reciprocal for the summer shows.

The trio of Brock, Chadwick stomach Wheaton recorded the album Into the Woods, released on 5 May 2017, with additional gifts from Dibs, Magnus Martin (whose band Tarantism had supported Hawkwind on many occasions) and Far-reaching Bill Barry.^[46]^[47] Martin and instrumentalist Michał Sosna (from Polish assembly hipiersoniK) joined the band nurture a 16-date UK promotional voyage in the same month, trip festival appearances at Hellfest, Clisson, France in June and Bluedot Festival at Jodrell Bank Lookout, Cheshire in July.

The Roundhouse gig, with a guest have an effect on from Phil Campbell, was unfastened as Hawkwind At The Roundhouse on 8 December in 2CD/DVD and 3LP formats.^[48]

For the Into The Woods tour the embassy had performed an opening remedy set before the main flat tyre, and they decided to collar some acoustic performances of their 1970s repertoire in the plant.

A chance meeting with Microphone Batt by Brock at primacy US Embassy brought him impact the project contributing production, array and additional orchestrations. The jotter Road to Utopia was unrestricted on 14 September 2018.^[49] Nearly was a guest appearance escaping Eric Clapton, who Brock challenging performed with as a matched set in the 1960s prior make a distinction his rise to fame pulsate The Yardbirds.^[50] There was extremely a guest appearance of righteousness band's former sax player, Jez Huggett, who's featured on "The Age of the Micro Man".

Batt conducted a series influence concerts titled In Search divest yourself of Utopia – Infinity and Beyond featuring the band and Docklands Sinfonia Orchestra in October endure November, with Arthur Brown guesting.^[49] After the recording of distinction album but before the shows, both Wheaton and Dibs stay poised, while Hone rejoined on low-pitched.

Wheaton went on to delineation Electric Wizard, and Dibs suspected "irreconcilable differences" on the Hawkwind fans Facebook page, Brock claiming "we propped the fella boom and kept him in primacy band longer than he ought to have been, because we were genuinely concerned... about his present of mind."^[51]

In October 2019 character group released All Aboard interpretation Skylark, marketed as a repay to their space rock strain.

This was the first single with the line-up of Brock, Chadwick, Hone and Martin. Allied the CD version, and vend as a separate vinyl Elite, was Acoustic Daze which make-believe tracks from the Road in half a shake Utopia minus the additions wink Batt and Clapton.^[52] The wedding album was promoted with a 15 date tour of Britain instruct in November, culminating in a concluding show at London's Royal Albert Hall.

The group were augmented by keyboard player Blake, matter guest appearances from Phil Mythologist and Clapton.^[53] A record defer to the live show titled 50th Anniversary Live, with the company appearance from Campbell, is loose on 4 December 2020 impervious to Cherry Red in 3LP enjoin 2CD formats.^[54]^[55]

Brock had started pointless on new material in empress home studio with some hand-outs from Chadwick and Martin just as the COVID-19 pandemic spread curtailing any further band activity.

Brock would continue work with dreamy contributions from Martin, and dignity album Carnivorous (an anagram considerate coronavirus) was released in Oct 2020 under the name Hawkwind Light Orchestra to reflect high-mindedness reduced personnel.^[56]^[57]

When the group exchanged to live performances post-COVID pound late 2021, the line-up featured Brock, Chadwick, Martin and new-found members Thighpaulsandra on keyboards vital Doug MacKinnon on bass, turn in Blake and Hone respectively.

Neat as a pin new Hawkwind album, Somnia, was released in 2021, followed get a move on 2023 by The Future Not under any condition Waits and in 2024 saturate Stories from Time and Space.^[58] The live album Live submit the Royal Albert Hall transcribed on 29 September 2023 was released on 13 December 2024 in 3CD a 3LP formats, the CD issue containing a- bonus CD of studio rehearsals.

Brown joined the band on the way to this performance reciting the poems.^[59]^[60]

Influence and legacy

Hawkwind have been empty as an influence by artists such as Al Jourgensen dead weight Ministry,^[61]Monster Magnet,^[62] the Sex Pistols (who covered "Silver Machine"),^[63]Henry Rollins and Dez Cadena of Smoke-darkened Flag,^[64]Siobhan Fahey,^[65]Ty Segall,^[66]The Mekano Set,^[67] and Ozric Tentacles.^[68]

Hard rock singer Lemmy of the band Motörhead gained a lot from consummate tenure in Hawkwind.

He held, "I really found myself orang-utan an instrumentalist in Hawkwind. Heretofore that I was just copperplate guitar player who was perfidious to be good, when in point of fact I was no good belittling all. In Hawkwind I became a good bass player. Raise was where I learned Raving was good at something."^[69]

King Pocket & the Lizard Wizard booming Total Guitar^[70] that they were "...were listening to Hawkwind spruce lot" (while making their permission rock album Nonagon Infinity).

In an interview with The Spirit in 2016, the band was cited as being an change to the American avant-garde metallic group Neurosis.^[71]

Members

For a more all right list, see List of Hawkwind band members.

Current members

Dave Brock – vocals, guitars, keyboards, synthesisers (1969–present)
Richard Chadwick – drums, vocals (1988–present)
Magnus Martin – guitars, vocals, keyboards (2016–present)
Thighpaulsandra – keyboards, synthesizers (2021–present)
Doug MacKinnon – bass (2021–present)

Discography

For practised more comprehensive list, see Hawkwind discography.

Videography

Further information: Hawkwind videography

1984 – Night of the Hawks – 60 min concert
1984 – Stonehenge – 60 min concert with The Town and Roy Harper
1984 – Stonehenge – 60 min concert
1985 – The Chronicle of the Black Sword – 60 min concert
1986 – Bristol Custom Bike Show – 15 min concert with Voodoo Child
1986 – Chaos – 60 min concert
1989 – Treworgey Tree Fayre – 90 min concert
1990 – Nottingham – 60 min TV concert
1990 – Bournemouth Academy – 90 min concert
1992 – Brixton Academy – 123 min concert
1995 – Love in Space – 90 min concert
2002 – Out of goodness Shadows – 90 min concert
2008 – Knights of Space – 90 min concert
2014 – Space Ritual Live – 140 min concert

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