I don’t know much about Hawkwind, but I feel I should as an obsessive fan of psychedelic rock n roll. Luckily, YouTube is filled with tons of awesome rockumentaries and I stumbled upon one about Hawkwind called ‘Do Not Panic’. I had always known that I needed to spend some time to go through the Hawkwind discography, but felt very overwhelmed by the number of albums when I started to investigate. What kept leading me back to them was that Lemmy, of Motorhead, spent a few years with Hawkwind. It was mind boggling to think that Lemmy, one of the pioneers of heavy rock music, spent years in an extremely spacey, psychedelic, rock n roll band.
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More about ‘Do Not Panic’ from BBC Four…
The inside story of Hawkwind, one of Britain’s wildest acid rock bands. Emerging from the Ladbroke Grove underground at the end of the 60s, the band trailed radicalism and counter-culture in their wake, and have been a direct influence on punk, metal, dance and rave. Includes interviews with some of the band’s enduring legends, including bassist Lemmy, writer Michael Moorcock, founder members Terry Ollis, Nik Turner and Mick Slattery, and former managers Doug Smith and Jeff Dexter.
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Very good documentary about an exceptional band, in fact one of the greatest bands in the history of rock music. I’m a big fan and love just about every album they’ve released from ‘Hawkwind’ to ‘The Machine Stops’ so my opinion will obviously be a bit biased.
One thing I wish would happen is that Dave Brock and Nik Turner could reconcile their differences and find it in their hearts to forgive one another, it’s casts a sad shadow over the legacy of the band.
However their music is amazing and for me the high point albums are ‘X In Search Of Space’ ‘Doremi Fasol Latido’ ‘Space Ritual’ ‘Warrior On The Edge Of Time’ ‘Quark Strangeness & Charm’ ’25 Years On’ ‘Levitation’ ‘Sonic Attack’ ‘Live Chronicles’ ‘Electric Tepee’ ‘Alien 4’ and the recent ‘The Machine Stops’. Check out any of the albums mentioned and you’ll find a wealth of excellent music, Hawkwind are the kings of Space Rock.