Genres: Hard Rock, Prog-Rock, Psychedelic, Heavy Metal, British Psychedelia, Art Rock Active: 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1969 in England
Tangerine Dream, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Blue Cheer, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Soft Machine, Grateful Dead, Cream, Michael Moorcock Sons of Selina, Monster Magnet, Acid King, Tom Bailey, Acrimony, Tim Blake, resund Space Collective, Church of Misery, Alchemist, Bruise, Gospel, Füxa, Bernard Szajner, Architectural Metaphor, Titan, Black Sheep, Proteus, Bloodhorse, White Hills |  |
Any sci-fi fan with long memories probably remembers those 1970's DAW paperback editions of Michael Moorcock's sword-and-sorcery novels, with their images of heavily armored, very muscular warriors, carrying large swords and standing against eerie land- and starscapes. Take that imagery, throw in some terminology and names seemingly lifted from the Marvel Comics of the era (The Watcher, etc.) and particle physics articles of the period, translate it into loud but articulate hard rock music, and that's more or less what Hawkwind is about. One of England's longest-enduring heavy metal bands, Hawkwind was formed during the late '60s, just as art-rock was coming into its own. They combined bold guitar, synthesizer, and Mellotron sounds, creating heavy metal music that seemed to cross paths with Chuck Berry and the Moody Blues without sounding like either of them.
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Release: March 17, 2010
Label: EMI
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Release: August 10, 2010
Label: Plastic Head Music
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