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12 Hawkwind were one of the first space rock bands, formed in 1969 and [[LongRunner still going strong today]]. Started out as Group X, later Hawkwind Zoo, before recording under their current name; also known as the Sonic Assassins and then as Hawklords for a brief period in the late 1970s.
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14While their style is at heart a combination of PsychedelicRock, HardRock, and ProgressiveRock with bits of electronic music via {{Krautrock}}, they have also been referred to as "ProtoPunk" because of their occasional ThreeChordsAndTheTruth moments and aggressive performances.
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16But you probably know them as "that band [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Lemmy]] was in before forming Music/{{Motorhead}}".
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18Of their imitators, the best are probably 1980s space rockers Underground [[HeavyMetalUmlaut Zerø]].
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20They've had an insane amount of members over the course of their career. Former band member Del Dettmar estimated that by 1994, there had been some ''thirty-five'' people who at one point or another had been official members of Hawkwind. Taken from the band's unofficial history, and bearing in mind that at time of editing, 1994 is three decades ago, there will probably, in fact, be a lot ''more''. Perm any thirty-five you like from: [[note]]list is accurate to 1994[[/note]]
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22* Andy Anderson, drums;
23* Dave Anderson, bass;
24* Harvey Bainbridge, bass, later keyboards and synths.
25* Ginger Baker, drums. Formerly with supergroup Music/{{Cream}} and something of a coup for Hawkwind, he lasted for one tour and two LP's. Allegedly his vast ego was hard to contain, he still wanted supergroup pay and perks, and saw Hawkwind as his band rather than himself as Hawkwind's drummer. Clashed with the autocratic Brock and walked out/was sacked. Allegedly.
26* Tim "Gollum" Blake, keyboards.
27* Even Creator/BrianBlessed himself has provided a guest vocal (on ''Sonic Attack'', a very apt track for somebody with his vocal talents).
28* Dave Brock, vocals, guitar and keyboards, the busker who formed the band and [[IAmTheBand the only constant member]].
29* Music/ArthurBrown, known as "the godfather of theatrical stage rock",[[note]]Famous for his single hit "Fire!", which he performed with a lighted brazier strapped to his head [[/note]] has at intervals been a part of the Hawkwind collective, fronting the band as lead singer in 2001-02.
30* Barney Bubbles, set designer, lighting man, light show co-ordinator and LP sleeve designer;
31* Robert Calvert, lead singer/frontman and poet between 1972-1979.
32* Richard Chadwick, drums.
33* John Clark, drums.
34* Thomas Crimble, bass.
35* Martin Crowley.
36* Alan Davey, bass.
37* Clive Deamer, drums.
38* [=DikMik=] (electronic and radiophonic effects)
39* Del Dettmar (synths and keyboards)
40* "Dead Fred", violin and keyboards. His wife Claire was also in the band as a stage dancer.
41* Martin Griffin, drums.
42* John Harrison, original bass player; left the band in 1970.
43* Paul Hayles, keyboards.
44* Robb Heaton, drums.
45* Craig High, vocals.
46* Niall Hone, guitar.
47* Simon House, violin.
48* Creator/RikkiHoward, stage dancer.
49* Jez Huggett, saxaphone and flute.
50* Russell Hunter, drums.
51* Simon King, drums. One half of the "Drum Empire".
52* Lemmy Kilmister, the guy who got fired for "doing the wrong drugs" and started Music/{{Motorhead}} instead.
53* Keith Kniveton, keyboards and synths.
54* Huw Lloyd-Langton, guitar (deceased 2012)
55* Lena Lovich was with them for a while as singer; the kooky American[[note]]Best thought of as a sort of cross between Music/KateBush and Music/NinaHagen, with all that implies [[/note]] fitted in well.
56* Rick Martinez, drums.
57* Alaistar Merry, wouldn't you know it, percussion.
58* Creator/MichaelMoorcock, guitar and vocals, better-known as a science fiction and fantasy author, and especially as the author of Literature/TheElricSaga.
59* "Mr Nibs", bass guitar.
60* Terry Ollis, the naked drummer.
61* Viv Prince, drums.
62* Alan Powell, drums. The other half of the "Drum Empire".
63* Paul Rudolph, bass.
64* Jon Sevinck, violin and viola.
65* Adrian Shaw, bass.
66* Mick Slattery, guitars.
67* Marc Sperhauk, guitars.
68* The Lovely Stacia, the band's eye-catching stage dancer;
69* Steve Swindells, keyboards.
70* Kris Tait[[note]]Mrs Dave Brock[[/note]] (Madam X): stage dancer, fire-eater and occasional vocalist.
71* Danny Thomson, drums.
72* Ron Tree, vocals.
73* Twink (Paul Noble) keyboards and synths.
74* Nik Turner(1940-2022), saxophone, alleged inventor of the band's name. Any lingering hope for a reconciliation with Dave Brock passed when Nik died, aged 82, on November 20th 2022.
75* Bridget Wishart, vocals.
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78Discography:
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80* ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Hawkwind]]'' (1970)
81* ''In Search of Space'' (1971)
82* ''Doremi Fasol Latido'' (1972)
83* ''Space Ritual'' (1973) [live album]
84* ''Hall of the Mountain Grill'' (1974)
85* ''Warrior on the Edge of Time'' (1975)
86* ''Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music'' (1976)
87* ''Quark, Strangeness and Charm'' (1977)
88* ''25 Years On — Hawklords'' (1978)
89* ''[=PXR5=]'' (1979)
90* ''Levitation'' (1980)
91* ''Sonic Attack'' (1981)
92* ''Church of Hawkwind'' (1982)
93* ''Choose Your Masques'' (1982)
94* ''The Chronicle of the Black Sword'' (1985)
95* ''The Xenon Codex'' (1988)
96* ''Space Bandits'' (1990)
97* ''Electric Tepee'' (1992)
98* ''It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous'' (1993)
99* ''White Zone — Psychedelic Warriors'' (1995)
100* ''Alien 4'' (1995)
101* ''Distant Horizons'' (1997)
102* ''In Your Area'' (1999)
103* ''Take Me to Your Leader'' (2005)
104* ''Take Me to Your Future'' (2006)
105* ''Blood of the Earth'' (2010)
106* ''Onward'' (2012)
107* ''Stellar Variations – Released as Hawkwind Light Orchestra'' (2012)
108* ''The Machine Stops'' (2016)
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110!Tropes used by Hawkwind:
111* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Terry Ollis. Terry insisted on the right to play drums naked, arguing that if the stage dancers could strip off, he should too. At the Isle of Wight festival in 1971, he played a drum solo that lasted for ''sixty-three minutes''.
112* ArtisticStimulation: Dave claims he always mixed Hawkwind albums while stoned.
113* BigBrotherIsEmployingYou: Songs such as ''Spirit of the Age, I, Robot,'' and '' High-Rise'' are set in future dystopias and {{Crapsack World}}s where authoritarian governments treat people as little more than easily-replaced machines who are continually monitored for signs of rebellion, individuality and independence of thought.
114%%* DeadEndJob: Being Hawkwind's drummer. At least ''fifteen'' drummers have taken the stage with Hawkwind over the years.
115* DoubleMeaningTitle: "Flying Doctor" is about an Australian flying doctor who abuses prescription drugs - in other words, he's "flying" in more ways than one.
116%%* DrugsAreGood: Most of their output. "Motorhead" is about doing speed. Famously, its author and lead singer Lemmy Kilminster was later thrown out of the band for doing too much of it and took the song with him. "Hashcake 77" is an instrumental which manages to convey the way it feels when doing dope. You can feel righteously stoned just listening to it.
117* DungeonMastersGirlfriend: Kris Tait, aka Mrs Dave Brock. Allegedly, she alienated long-standing members with her ideas for how the band should develop and change. She is now officially the band's manager.
118%%* EchoingAcoustics: They frequently use this trope to invoke the spacey feel.
119%%* EpicRocking:
120* GettingHighOnTheirOwnSupply: "Flying Doctor" is a blackly comic song about a doctor in one of the most remote places on Earth who gives into temptation for want of any other sort of distraction or entertainment:
121--> Out in the Outback there's been an outbreak\
122And the Flying Doctor's got nothing to take\
123He called up his mates on the radio \
124He said my supplies are running low\
125They're running low, you can see where they go
126%%* {{Greed}}: %he ongoing rancour and ill-feeling about where all the money went, with most fingers pointing in one or two specific directions. Allegedly.
127%%* GreenAesop: "We took the Wrong Step Years Ago"
128* HighTurnoverRate: At least forty-three people have been a part of the band over the years, with an extremely high proportion being drummers.
129%%* IAmTheBand: Dave Brock.
130%%* LargeHam: Robert Calvert during "Sonic Attack". The piece was also later rerecorded for the band's stage shows by none other than Creator/BrianBlessed himself.
131%%* MsFanservice: The Amazing Stacia.
132* NewSoundAlbum: Present but [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]]- they definitely have a signature sound, but the different albums all have differing levels of emphasis on the spacey side vs. the hard rocking side of the band's sound, as well as varying levels of production polish (studio albums recorded in the 80s, for example, are usually noticeably more polished vs. the rawer sound of most of the 70s albums). As well, in the 80s they were heavier on the synths.
133* NewWaveScienceFiction: They were strongly influenced by the experimental New Wave...in SF! Moorcock, in his career as a writer and editor was one of the leaders of the New Wave movement.
134* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: The ill-fated disaster that was the Hawkestra. Getting ''every'' ex-member of the band back on stage with the current line-up for a series of gigs [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime was an inspired idea - on paper.]] It was never repeated.
135%%* PsychedelicRock
136%%* ProgressiveRock
137* RevolvingDoorBand: Quite a few band members came and went - repeatedly. .
138* RockOpera: ''The Chronicle of the Black Sword'', a full multimedia stage performance and a concept LP based on ''Literature/TheElricSaga'', written and produced by the band with Creator/MichaelMoorcock's cooperation.
139* RunOrDie: The body of songs set in future dystopias and variations of a theme of the CrapsackWorld, where death and destruction are always chasion or lurking in ambush. These lines from ''Sonic Attack'' sum up the mood:
140--> In the case of sonic attack, survival must mean every man for himself. Statistically, more people survive if they think only of themselves. ''(Think only of yourself!'') Do not stop to rescue friends, relatives or loved ones, or you will inevitably die.
141* SonicStunner: the track "Sonic Attack" lists the horrible effects of ultra or sub-sonic weaponry.
142* SpaceClothes: Stage costumes worn by the more eccentric members of the band, such as Robert Calvert, in TheSeventies.
143%%* SpaceMadness: ''Space Is Dark, Golden Void, This is Earth Calling''
144%%* SpaceRock: An UrExample of this genre.
145* SpecialGuest: On ''Space Ritual Live 2014'', Creator/BrianBlessed provides pre-recorded guest narration on "Sonic Attack".
146%%* SpokenWordInMusic: That was Robert Calvert's job, especially on ''Space Ritual''.
147* TransAtlanticEquivalent: Especially when Michael Moorcock was writing songs for them, the Music/BlueOysterCult were thought of by some as "America's Hawkwind" for being a hard rock band with science fiction-themed songs.
148%%* WeirdnessMagnet: Mrs Dave Brock has come up with a brand new idea - ''[[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8159908.stm Hawkwind Holidays]]''.
149%%* WordSaladLyrics: It happens occasionally.

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