Hawkwind
As a glance at the list above will show, there have been many line-ups of Hawkwind since 1969; only guitarist and singer Dave Brock has been in every one of them. Hawkwind began, on the marvelous Hawkwind (1970 United Artists), as a heavy psychedelic band exploring unchartered territories. On In Search of Space, also known as X in Search of Space (1971 United Artists), Hawkwind unveiled its version of “space rock,” a genre mapped out by Lester Bangs in his Rolling Stone review of the album. The band’s thematic obsession with space travel finds its perfect expression in the futuristic Krautrock beat, enormous bass and guitar drone, and 3-D analog synthesizer sculpture of In Search. The psychedelic sci-fi metal of... Read More
- Genre:
- Rock, Progressive, Space Rock
- City Of Origin:
- Ladbroke Grove, United Kingdom
- Formed Date:
- 1969
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