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HAWKWIND - NEW NOVEL - NEW LABEL - NEW ALBUM - NEW SINGLE - NEW LIFE!
The English seven piece rock band HAWKWIND, who were the prime innovators of 'space rock', are the subjects of a major new sci-fi novel directed by MICHAEL MOORCOCK, titled TIME OF THE HAWKLORDS, published this week by Aidan Ellis. The book deals with the destruction of London and the ensuing of a bunch of freaks amongst the HAWKWIND. The band, led by Captain Calvert (the group's lead singer) and jetting around on 'Silver Machines' entertain what's left of humanity. HAWKWIND are the first group to be the subject of a novel!
The book was published in hardback by Aidan Ellis on Thursday 1st July and is priced at £3.80. TIME OF THE HAWKLORDS will be published in paperback by Star Books 1 September and later on it will appear in the States courtesy of Warner Books.
HAWKWIND have officially signed with Charisma Records after some months without a record company. HAWKWIND's lead singer, Bob Calvert, had this to say about the deal: "Signing with Charisma will give us new artistic freedom which will undoubtledly lead to a new phase in HAWKWIND's career." Charisma release a new single titled Kerb Crawler on July 16th, with an album to follow shortly afterwards. Kerb Crawler marks something of a departure from the normal HAWKWIND 'sound'. Calvert explains "Kerb Crawler features a radically different approach. It is basically fifties rock with seventies sound effects. The single also makes use of a horn section and back-up singers, something that HAWKWIND have not previously used on record."
Cosmic rockers HAWKWIND enter a new era! Always way ahead of their rivals in the field of experimentation, they are once more rocking where no band has been before. HAWKWIND are with a new record company, new agency and a new manager, Tony Howard, and once again 'levitating people's minds in a nice way'. A single titled kerb Crawler and an album of entirely new material have been recorded. United Adrtists have released a compilation album titled Roadhawks, featuring tracks like Hurry On Sundown, Paranoia, Space Is Deep and Wind Of Change. HAWKWIND's million-selling chart topper Silver Machine (number 1-NME charts, 1972) was re-released and once again proved very successful. The famous lightshow is better than ever, the involvement with science-fiction writer Michael Moorcock continues after last year's Deep Fix LP on which the band played with Moorcock contributing the narrative, and plans for a major tour are getting under way.
Bob Calvert, poet and vocalist, has rejoined the group after a short solo career. Calvert, who once performed with a group called Oliver Twist and the Lower Third, found that he could not survive artistically without HAWKWIND. "I felt as though I was in a limbo just writing and recording. I need to perform. HAWKWIND is my band!"
Calvert joins founder members Nik Turner (saxophone) and Dave Brock (guitar), who formed HAWKWIND round a nucleus of freaks in Notting Hill Gate in 1969. Turner and Brock met up in Holland in the mid-sixties. Nik was involved with a rock'n'roll circus, aptly named Circus 67, and Dave was playing with the Famous Cure. They found that they had things in common, started jamming together, and the basis of HAWKWIND was formed. Although this was Nik's first serious band, he had previously played with several jazz and blues groups in the Canterbury area, amongst them Virgin and the Tailgaters.
Violinist and keyboard player Simon House is also a fairly recent addition to the ranks of HAWKWIND. He had previously seen service with High Tide, whom he joined in 1968, and the Third Ear Band. Simon was trained as a classical musician and also studied mathematics and psychology at university. Bassist Paul Rudolph, ex-Pink Fairies and Deviants, joined HAWKWIND as Lemmy's replacement. Lemmy left midway through an American tour in 1975 to form Motorhead, and Rudolph, who had jammed with the band in numerous occasions, was the obvious replacement.
To date HAWKWIND have released six albums, In Search Of Space being a a Top 20 album in the Music Week charts in September '72. In Search Of Space was released in 1972 at a time when the group were filling venues like Wembley Empire Pool and Liverpool Stadium. Despite their massive success, HAWKWIND continued to gig constantly and play various benefit concerts, which accounts for the incredibly strong grass roots following that the group have. Warriors On The Edge Of Time was HAWKWIND's best selling album in the States.
HAWKWIND are a unique group, both in terms of sound and light (the latter being provided by Jonathon 'Liquid Len' Smeeton). Despite recent upheavals within the group, HAWKWIND continue to consolidate their position as one of Britain's truly 'progressive' acts.
HAWKWIND's journey has only just begun!
SINGLES: Hurry On Sundown UA 1970
Silver Machine UA 1972
Urban Guerilla UA 1973 (withdrawn the week of release at 39 in
Psychedelic Warlords UA 1974 the charts)
Kings Of Speed UA 1975
Silver Machine UA 1976 (re-released)
ALBUMS: Hawkwind UA 1970
In Search Of Space UA 1971
Greasy Truckers Party UA 1972 (one side, special limited edition)
Revelation Album (very rare, from Glastonbury Festival)
Doremi Fasol Latido UA 1972
Space Ritual Live UA 1973 (double)
Hall of the Mountain Grill UA 1974
Warrior on the Edge of Time UA 1975
Hawkwind UA (Sunset) 1975 (Budget re-release)
Roadhawks UA 1976
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