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No mention of Robert Calvert who wrote some of their best songs and had a lot of input with the band throughout the 70's - was lucky to meet Bob a couple of times a true genius who we sadly lost too early.
@@jukeboxcowboy Bob Calvert was great friends with David Bowie and Marc Bolan. I think David Gilmour appreciated Robert and Hawkwind. They used to hang around during the 70s. Arthur Brown did a tribute to Robert on Take Me To Your Leader!!!!
@@jukeboxcowboy Lucky Leif was Eno's first album as producer. Some of Hawkwind played on his early albums. Eno was a hippie and lived in the same Notting Hill area as Hawkwind.
The first band I ever saw live, 1973 Leeds Space Ritual tour. I was 17, had no idea how lucky I was. Then they released the whole gig on a double album and I've been listening ever since. I've not seen a better concert, nor heard a better album in the following 47 years!
I agree about Hall Of The Mountain Grill being their best! I saw that show at the Hammond (Indiana) Civic Center. It was a last minute deal. A friend of mine couldn't go and gave the tickets to me. Great Seats ~ Great Show ~ Great Album..........Thanks Rodge!
Same here, I have all the vinyl albums up to the early 90's then the rest are digital versions (around 75 in total not counting associated bands such as Alan Davey, Hawklords, Hugh Lloyd Langdon, Inner City Unit, Nik Turner, Steve Swindells and several others. Unfortunately it's been a long time since I last saw them live, though I have tried to keep tabs on them. I used to go to at least one concert a year from the amazing Space Ritual (one of my favorite Hawkwind Albums) to Chronicles of the Black Sword, though I took my 18 year old daughter to a Hawkwind benefit gig in 1994 at Gillies in Manchester (Oxford Road) for her 18th birthday. I remember sitting just back from the main stage in the middle of the band members or Rage Against the Machine Bullet in the Head), who shared all their spliffs with me (great guys). On leaving the gig, I almost crashed into the taxi that Dave Brock was taking after the taxi pulled out in front of me when I was dismounting the pavement where I'd parked my motorcycle, I ended up leaning on the passenger window and came face to face with Dave. Another time (during the Live 79 concerts (Preston Guild Hall) I was a little late and ran into Michael Moorcock, literally. I remember he was wearing his Levi jacket with a Dan Dare patch on the breast pocket; the same jacket that features on the back of many of his eternal champion books. He did sonic attack with them. If I was only able to take one groups or artists recorded material with me to a desert island it would be Hawkwind. I've been into them ever since my brother brought home the first Album. When I was doing my finals at uni' I used to play 'You shouldn't do that' (and some Amon Dull II tracks from Dance of the Lemmings while smoking my head into oblivion for a few hours.
Space Ritual is a brilliant, brilliant album! I recorded / produced a band for virtually nil money, and the bassist (a big Hawkwind fan) gave me a vinyl copy of Space Ritual. I already knew the album from many years before, and was knocked out by this band's kind gesture.
@@seaoftranquilityprog Bit more then an oversight mate. Bob Calvert Was Hawkwind for a while there. Shame he went beyond the outer limits and never came back
I'm not a massive Hawkwind fan but I think their album: Quark, Strangeness and Charm is a complete masterpiece, easily one of the best recordings of the 70's and in my top 20 albums of all time.
I'm glad I never got rid of my vinyl collection as I'm now the proud owner of several Hawkwind albums from the 1970's with their amazing artwork and fold out sleeves.
Thanks a lot Pete one of my favourite bands ever. Saw them at least six times in England , My top five are 1 Hall of the mountain grill, 2 Warrior on the edge of time, 3 Levitation, 4 Church of Hawkwind, 5 Quark strangeness and charm .
The 'Quark' LP is their career highlight for me. Robert Calvert (RIP) was a genius, a gifted writer and brilliant performer and (in my brief experience of meeting him two or three times) an absolute gent.
Ah you've seen the documentaries where they palyed around with in audible low and high frequencies to see the effect it had on people. Crap you pants with the low frequency and puke with the high frequency sounds.
What a fantastic rating! Before watching your run down i scribbled down my top 3. 1 Search of Space. 2. Warrior Edge of Time. 3. Doremi. Wow! the best band I ever watched live. All upto Masques 1982.
A British national treasure and one of the greatest live bands of all time (still). Thanks Pete, a very hard choice especially considering the size of the back catalogue. One of my greatest live experiences was at a Robert Calvert tribute concert with Hawkwind and loads of associated acts. For the final encore a giant figure strode onto the stage and proceeded to pummel out the classic bass intro to Master of the Universe...Lemmy. What a moment.
@@ronniefarnsworth6465 Issues my ass. Everyone knows SR is their best. But you can NOT include that when listing/rating STUDIO albums. Lord, they got enough live releases to do that list separately anyways. You have a problem because I'm right? Well, tough-tittie!
For those who followed the mid-70's Hawkwind movement, HAWKLORDS was a great side project. Hawkwind in their prime, even without the presence of the great Lemmy on bass!
Hawklords - 25 Years On is for me the best _Hawkwind_ album. I scoff at those who try to argue that it was not really Budgie Fart; of course it was. Plus, Hawkwind play them live.
1 Warrior on the Edge of Time 2 Hawklords (25 years on) - it's been retconned as a real Hawkwind album 3 Quark Strangeness & Charm 4 Hall of the Mountain Grill 5 Levitation 6 Astounding Sounds Amazing Music 7 Doremi fasol latido 8 in search of space 9 PXR5 10 Hawkwind (Masters of the Universe was the first Hawkwind LP I bought - Then Space Ritual) The "Big Three" to me was Brock, Calvert & Turner...
1. LEVITATION.... 2. THE CHRONICLES OF THE BLACK SWORD.... 3. WARRIOR ON THE EDGE OF TIME.... 4. ALIEN 4.... 5. P.X.R. 5.... 6. DOREMI FASOL LATIDO.... 7. ELECTRIC TEPEE.... 8. IN SEARCH OF SPACE.... 9. QUARK, STRANGENESS AND CHARM.... 10. ASTOUNDING SOUNDS, AMAZING MUSIC.... in no specific order....these are the most played studio albums....some of the live albums albums are played more.... 1. LIVE 79.... 2. LOVE IN SPACE.... 3. THE BUSINESS TRIP.... 4. LEVITATION EXPANDED/LEWISHAM ODEON. CONCERT 80.... 5. LIVE CHRONICLES.... 6. SPACE RITUAL.... 7. CODED LANGUAGES 82.... 8. PALACE SPRINGS.... 9. CALIFORNIA BRAINSTORM.... 10. YULE RITUAL....2000.
Hawkwind stay with you for life. My first ever rock concert was a Hawk gig. I was a young, impressionable 13 year old in 1979. The venue was the Liverpool Empire. I remember being so impressed by all the weird and wonderful hippies...their clothes and long hair. The fabulous music, the lights and lasers, the dry ice, the volume (loud) ...wow. Hooked forever. Saw them quite a few times over the years. Over 40 years later I am still playing my Hawkwind LP's.
I saw Hawkwind on the Chronicle of the Black Sword tour, what an awesome gig! Fave albums, Chronicle, Warrior on the Edge of Time, PXR5, Quark Strangeness & Charm and Levitation.
Hall of the Mountain Grill is my favorite but I can't possibly rank them all. Like you said they have a million albums and so many of them are equally good as each other.
Most influential band ever, love the mid to late 70's stuff, watching Ginger Baker on drums was a defining moment for me. PXR5 or Live 79, Tim Blake😍. Thanks a million Pete.
Pete, of the lesser known bands I had never listened to before coming to your channel, this is the best yet. What a great band with awesome tracks and albums galore.
Great choices. Warrior would be number 1 for me then hall , doremi , space ritual ,blacksword. I've been lucky enough to meet all members over the years and done some roadie ing for them . All polite ,nice guys.great fun. Like tull ,there's no one else quite like them .
Hawkwind and acid went hand in hand back in prime time. Those of us who took the music seriously back then knew what the buzz of choice was for each particular band. Miss those days and those friends who have concluded their time on this earth. For those of us still here I say Rock on to the end!!!!
1st time I took acid in 1972 someone put om In Search Of Space & handed me a set of headphones. I played it all night from cover to cover & when I came down enough read the logbook. What a voyage of discovery that night was. Loved them ever since. My all time favorite for tripping is Spaceritual. It can't be beaten for psychedelics where your not so high that music i9s a distraction. I'd love to do an Aldous Huxley & die tripping as I've has enough little deaths already I'm doing a Timothy Leary & looking forward to the adventures of the Bardo experiences!~
@M. B-EE You've got to be joking. Even on the back of the cover of the eponymous Hawkwind album, they state it's made for acid users....! In fact, you need to hear Hawkwind on acid to really understand it. Weeds are good too, but they just don't throw the doors near as wide open.
Hawkwind is a supremely underrated band. If it weren't for them, we wouldn't have had Motorhead, Punk, and many other things in general. They should be in the R&R hall of fame
Pretty sure Punk would still have happened without Hawkwind (did you ever hear the MC5 in the late 1960s?) ... they pioneered Trance 20 years in advance (e.g. Orgone Accumulator live in 1972 etc) though ...
Pretty much agree with the list there, although I was always a fan of the album Xenon Codex too. The synth section of the track 'Neon Skyline' takes me there, every time!
Your appreciation of Hawkwind is great. After 50 years not everybody gets them. But I do love your balanced view of other Brit bands. Who knew you'd appreciate 10CC and Sweet to name 2. What about Slade singles. Ever heard of em? Crikey Noddy Holders voice. Epic.
Great to see someone reviewing Hawkwind. I've been a fan for 40 yrs. My first album was live '79. I've got all the albums you had in your top 15. My fav is chronicle of the black sword. I saw that toured. Brilliant. 👍🤘
I saw it to at The Apollo Theatre in Manchester. Brilliant concert. Sadly that was the last official tour I attended apart from a benefit gig in 1994 (took my daughter for her 18th birthday). Live got in the way after starting a second family. :(
My introduction with the band was the LP on Pete's t shirt. I agree with all that say that the best is Space Ritual. The ranking of the studio works is: Hall of the mountain grill - Warrior on the edge of time - In search of space - Levitation - Quark strangeness and charm - Doremifasolatido - Astounding sounds amazing music - The chronicle of the black sword - Hawkwind - Space bandits - Electric teepee - Xenon codecs. But I really like everything they put out. The Hawklords project is very good, and so are the Robert Calvert solo works that have a lot of Hawkwind members in them
“ Nik Turners Inner City Unit “ - Post-Punk Stoner hilarity with songs like “ they’re gonna raise the bones of Elvis “ & “ I wanna come back from the world of LSD “ and “ welcome to forbidden planet “ 😁❤️Thankyou Mr Pete.
The late Judge Trev Thoms personally sent me a copy of The Maximum Effect as all vinyl copies had long gone here in Australia, they used to play Bones Of Elvis on 2JJ a radio station here, so I found his website, he was very obliging, don't know if Nik knew this? I treasure this!!!!!
malekmo60 Good for you fella - that DJ and station beats the heck out of the Homogeneous Shite served up along the FM dial in southern england now and then. Apart from evening bbc radio 1 and radio 2 it’s the same old same old year after year . I could moan for an hour but thank The Gods for the Web which gives us Real “ Diversity “ 😁. I got to see Nik T at Stonehenge in 82 83 or 84 ( 85 was Prevented by Mrs Thatchers Stormtroopers 🙄) Best Wishes from the new forest
Agree 100% with the comment below, Quark is a fantastic album which, for me, hasn't dated one bit , is easily one of their most accessible albums and benefits massively from Bob Calvert's fantastic lyrics and brilliant post (maybe even pre!!) , punk vocals. Genius from start to finish!!
Hawkwind, what an amazing and unique band! Incredibly original, incomparable to anyone else. Pioneered an entire genre single-handedly. One thing I love is that they were never static in their sound and always changing. Decade by decade Dave Brock evolved and pushed the ship onward. Plus it gave us one of the best guitarists ever, Huw Lloyd-Langton who is missed dearly. And they are still going!
I like all the usual bands that are covered on review/reaction videos etc. Floyd, Genesis, Yes, Tull and so on but here with you we also get Renaissance, Hawkwind, Wishbone Ash and other great bands that aren't often talked about. So thank you Pete for all your good work!
My father is a big Hawkwind fan, so i grew up with this fantastic music. When i was young he often gives me a warning, that it would be dangerous to listen this music in combination with driving a car. He said, if you do, these special kind of weired soundstructures will blow up your brain an you'll loose controll over the car. Sometimes a really good friend from my dad comes to visit us and then they listened the whole evening Hawkwind, Jimi Hendrix and Black Sabbath Lps. One day his friend died by a car accident on the Autobahn when he left us. In the cassette recorder from his car they found a Hawkwind mixtape. The music had stopped by the song "master of the universe"... Rest in peace Jason... From my youth until now i often remembered this day. Especially when i hear Hawkwind on the Autobahn now. In some kind of way it's not so redicules as somebody maybe think it is. I often found myself watching the tachometer by 220 km/h thinking, what the fu.. you're doing here. You're sitting in an old BMW and not in a starship... Silver machine, Lord of light, Brainstorm or Master of the universe are really songs which can push you forward an lead you in other spheres. Hawkwind is music for advanced listeners which can deal with the risk. Beginners should start like this: 1.) Drink some beers, smoke a cigarette or something else. 2.) Lay on your couch and close your eyes. 3.) Start listening to other incredible HW-songs like "Magnu" or "Highrise". Feel how the music is unlocking the door to the hiddenest parts of your brain... Enjoy... Your "Brainstorm" is coming soon... Greetings from Germany! And sorry... I know my English is not the yellow from the egg.
Thanks Pete!! what a great run-down!! It's fascinating how hawkfans have such different priorities!! Personally I see Bob Calvert's work as a separate thing - like pink floyd with syd - and that colours my emphasis - but i'd attest that Hawkwind have never done a dud track let alone album in fifty years!! Mind you it took me a while to get into Road To Utopia!! Looking forward to checking your other vids - good on you mate - blessings from Down Under... One Love!
I was fortunate to witness Hawkwind live in 1974 , Lemmy's before last show, in Montreal. It was such an out of body experience (very loud and very visual) that I could not listen to music for 2 days being numb, as everything sounded dull . Powerful musical hypnosis !
Hawkwind is one of my favorite bands! I am delighted that you decided to rank their albums. Here are my top five: 1. Space Ritual 2. Warrior at the Edge of Time 3. Quark, Strangeness and Charm 4. Hall of the Mountain Grill 5. PXR5. Their catalog is filled with so much amazing work! It is difficult to pick favorites. I had the pleasure of meeting Nik Turner and his band twice during the last decade when he played at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA. He was very approachable and completely fascinating.
Hi Pete, Absolutely loved it. My favourite band and guess what my favourite album of there's is. The Hawklords that have been releasing albums in recent times are definitely worth checking out too. My top 5 Hawkwind 1. Hall of the Mountain Grill 2. In Search of Space 3. Warrior on the Edge of Time 4. Levitation 5. Self titled. Also love Electric Tepee, Quark Strangeness and Charm, Doremi, 25 years on, Amazimg sounds, Pxr5, and recently The Machine stops and Into the Woods are great releases. I forgot to mention the Black Sword, what a band. How many times have i seen them? Ive lost count. Check em out!! Andy H
The Hawks was the first band I ever saw, on Sunday, February 9th 1975 at Hammersmith Odeon. Lemmy and Stacia were in the group at the time. They were great. Fashions come and go, but the Hawks have remained timeless. From 1971 - 75, they couldn't put a foot wrong. Born To Go!
This is now the 3rd time I have watched this ranking, just love love love all things Hawkwind... see a lot of people, in the comments, upset about what "wasn't said" and "who wasn't given credit" etc. I think to truly cover ALL of what Hawkwind is, was, who, phases etc. it would be an hour long + video. Which I would be here for a "complete Hawkwind history," but who's gonna take that challenge on? All in all great job Pete!
I was glad to this video - a nice overview Hawkwind's work! I saw them in 1970 at the Glastonbury Town Hall, supported by the Pink Fairies. Saw them again, in 1980 at the Lewisham Odeon, performing the pieces from their then new Levitation album, amongst others. (Ginger Baker was awesome!) Supporting band was Blue Oyster Cult. I'm now discovering their more recent albums. It was 'Master of the Universe' from 'In Search of Space' that originally switched me on to them.
great video pete...every time i think of hawkwind it also makes me think of status quo...not that quo really sounds like hawkwind or anything, but i did get into them around the same time back in the 70's, and in fact...the first albums i bought from each of them i bought on the same day from the same used record store in new york...so...anyway...keep well...best to the family...peace always...rocky
rocky-o I have similar associations - the first three albums I ever bought were, in order, Rockin All Over The World, Made in Japan and Roadhawks. Still collecting Hawkwind studio albums, but have a long way to go - only halfway there on vinyl. Got a few CDs too of course. Most of the post 1990 albums are hard to get on vinyl.
Thanks, That was a great over view, I'm just now deep into Space Ritual and I wanted to know more about the band and their massive catalog! And Satcia!!!
My favourite band for a few years when I was late teens, early 20s. I had been looking for a heavy rock band that used lots of synthesizers and chanced upon Sonic Attack and Levitation which are both so heavy (must hear them again). Now agree with your top 2 although probably in opposite order - 1. Warrior On The Edge. 2. In The Hall - both tremendous. Warrior is their most prog album. Great covers too.
One of my favorite bands, thanks Pete! I'm more of a metal guy, so my fave albums were more from the 80's (plus Live '79 album). I'll rank the ones you did. The only album with both Ginger Baker and Tim Blake gets my #1. 1. Levitation 2. Warrior On The Edge 3. Chronicles (Live one better!) 4. Sonic Attack 5. Doremi Fasol Latido 6. Choose Your Masques 7. Hall of the Mountain Grill 8. Hawkwind 9. Electric Teepee 10. Space Bandits 11. PXR5 12. In Search of Space 13. Church of Hawkwind 14. Quark 15. Astounding Sounds If I'd ranked all their albums, I'd put Live '79 #2, Live Chronicles #3, Space Ritual #7, Xenon Codex #9. Cheers!
Hi Pete. Electric Teepee is wonderful. Missus and me love Warrior on the Edge of Time. And Hall of the Mountain Grill. And Amazing Sounds Amazing Music. And...
One of my favourite bands of all time. Always seemed to be touring and managed to see them many times in the 70's. Always great live - never seemed to play the same set twice, never seemed to take a break from start to finish. Today, still love turning the lights down and listening to several hours of Hawkwind - which is possible as it is so varied. Would be hard to pick the top studio album, but you did a pretty good job on this. Would be hard to argue either way. But you have to listen to a live Hawkwind concert to fully appreciate them and luckily there are plenty on RU-vid
Glad you did hawkwind, sea of tranquility. My favourite band. Like everyone, I have my own order, but your top four would be in my top 5, (but the black sword would come last I'm afraid, just too straight hard rocky for me) I also love Palace springs from 1990, Blood of the Earth, from 2010, and The Machine Stops, from 2016, and the two three piece albums in 1992-1993, Its the Business of the Future to be Dangerous and Electric Teepee, are all great later albums for me. Oh and a bug shout out to the wonderful Robert Calvert, who I suspect you may if forgot to mention when mentioning ex members. Well maybe, ha.
Love that you appreciate this band. Saw them many times in their heyday. Very special. Clapton played with Hawkwind last year. Big friends with Dave Brock.
The Hawks and Sabbath were the first bands i was drawn too... still love them today....a pleasure to watch this Pete.....Hey, Ginger Baker tried to steal Hawkwind away from Brock...
Being a Hawkwind fan since 1973, and having done presentations on their music, (I have pretty much all of it), I was very pleasantly surprised to see you had the same picks for #1 and #2 that i have. Well done.
My absolute favourite Hawkwind album would be Live 79, however this list is studio albums so I'd have to go PXR5, particularly High Rise, Robot, Death Trap and Jack of Shadows. Bob Calvert adds something special to Hawkwind IMO.
Until about six months ago I think that I owned their whole catalog, but I needed to do some weeding and they were on the list. I'm just going to rank the ones I actually own now. 11) Church Of Hawkwind 10) PXR5 9) All Aboard The Skylark 8) Hawkwind 7) Chronicle Of The Black Sword 6) Levitation 5) Quark, Strangeness & Charm 4) Doremi Fasol Latido 3) X In Search Of Space 2) Warrior On The Edge Of Time 1) Hall Of The Mountain Grill Our lists contain pretty much the same stuff, other than I have their latest on my list. Something about "...Skylark" really clicked with me. Thanks, Pete!
Hi Pete.., Great to hear you talk about HAWKWIND.., and tel some story about the band.., for me they are a space ship here on earth, a musical space ship to save us one of the best bands on earth.. love most of their albums, and a lot of great live albums and studio albums... thank you very much Pete !
Good to hear your opinions on this. Hawkwind was the first band I ever saw and I have been listening to their music since I was 17. I am one of those long-term fans who ranks their eponymous debut really highly (I first had it as a vinyl picture disc) and probably my top five would come from their earliest years aside from Astounding Sounds, Amazing Stories: In Search of Space Hall of the Mountain Grill Hawkwind Astounding Sounds, Amazing Stories Warrior at the Edge of Time When I was younger, I did really love some of the 80s output such as Chronicle of the Black Sword and Levitation (also the live Stonehenge album This is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic which included a bonus 12" disc with Watching the Grass Grow and Stonehenge Decoded on). You are right that Space Ritual is an absolute trip. Sad to have lost Lemmy, Bob Calvert and Huw Lloyd-Langton in the intervening years. Have you listened to Bob Calvert's lp Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters? It is an utterly brilliant satirical concept album from 1974 based around the German Air Ministry's ill-fated decision to buy the Lockheed F104 Starfighter aircraft which had an unenviable (lack of) safety record.
For me 1. Quark Strangeness And Charm 2. Hawklords 3.PXR5 5.Warrior On the Edge Of Time 6.Hall Of The Mountain Grill 7. Levitation 8.Do Re Mi 9. In Search Of Space 10. Sonic Attack
@@MrTrevorjc1 Most Hawk fans i know have those albums as top three and most have Quark as one and the other two vary. I'm not a big fan of Uncle Sams On Mars, The Hawklords album is seamless to me so gets it, it's close though, a great triumvirate.
Ok I'm just going to say right from the start "Space Ritual"#1 is their BEST album of the all Live or studio !!! With the Space Prog Rockers well known for their habit of playing on Speed/Acid it is probably the only Live recordings of them that they all seemed to be as one, great Drumming, effects, singing, Lemmy especially on "Time We Left This World Today" !! His Driving Bass with some Fuzz Tone is so good ..... listen with Headphones and turn it up !! Hell even Dave Brock's Lead Solos on the album are Great !!! Lol : D ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EoslJ-Dy2Zo.html #2, Hall of the Mountain Grill #3, Doremi Fasol Latido #4, Warrior on the Edge of Time #5, In Search of Space #6, Blood of the Earth .... A Really good and hardly heard album ? Seahawks, Green Machine, Starshine are great emotional Songs !!! .... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-P40ZYAVkRBU.html ...... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6TRyUhTVNhg.html.. Enjoy
Space ritual is never of the CD player in my car...I have so many great (stoned) memories from all of Hawkwinds albums, every single one is a winner in my book.....Dave Brock is a wizard.😎🎸👍
15. Church Of Hawkwind 14. Out and Intake 13. Palace Springs 12. Doremi Fasol Latido 11. Hall of the Mountain Grill 10. It is the Business of the Future to be Dangerous 9. Levitation 8. Choose Your Masques 7. Take Me to Your Leader 6. Warrior on the Edge of Time 5. Distant Horizons 4. Xenon Codex 3. Electric Tepee 2. Alien4 1. Live Chronicles
Wow I can’t even believe that Hawkwind has so many albums. But I’m glad to see you giving them love. Especially the“ Hall of the Mountain Grill “ album. Definitely their best. And Yes Pete, love to get your take on the Alan Parsons Project.
I'm lucky to have been associated with members of Gunslinger and Hawkwind because of my thirty years with Acrylic Prism and they have also done things with the folks in Anubis Spire..Crazy that I was such a big fan for so many years and got to be part of the whole prog rock circle that those bands were a part of..Unfortunately,alot of these people have passed now and the Acrylic Prism stuff is probably never going to see the light of day now with its leader deceased..Keep rocking ,buddy..
So many albums! lol I guess I’d start with Levitation and the early 80’s stuff then the Lemmy era. I saw them play at The State Theatre in Maine back in 2013 before I knew who they were. It was pretty interesting stuff. I’ve been meaning to get their discography for some time now and will definitely start with those aforementioned albums.
My favourite band! The top 4 I could have guessed from the start. I have a soft spot for the c1980 era. I would have included 1978's Hawklords in the list, even though they couldn't use the Hawkwind name, it was the same people. And a great album - Calvert at his best.
Hi. Colin from N. Ireland. My top 6 are the same as yours. The rest of them where not too far away from your choices. I've seen hawkwind on the levitation tour and got to meet Ginger Baker after the show. Being a drummer that was one of the greatest moments in my life. Love your broadcasts. Can't wait to see the Rory Gallagher one whom I have seen a few times in Belfast. Keep up the good work...... Peace, drums, guinness✌️🥁🤘🤘
That was the one gig I missed that haunts me to this day. I'd just really discovered them around that time. I've seen them many times since, including the Limelight gig. Now living near London and pick and choose my gigs, The Roundhouse gig during Desertfest 2018 with young Haz was great, all downhill since.
My top 10 1. Warrior On The Edge Of Time 2. Doremi Fasol Latido 3. In Search Of Space 4. Hall Of The Mountain Grill 5. The Xenon Codex 6. P.X.R.5. 7. Levitation 8. Hawkwind 9. Quark, Strangeness And Charm 10. It Is The Buisness Of The Future To Be Dangerous Thanx for the video Pete
