The Saga of Hawkwind
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (831 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1844491013 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 584 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
They embraced artistic contributions from writers, poets and dancers. This is the fascinating chronicle of their troubled 40 year odyssey through the changing fashions of rock while enduring endless fallings-out and innumerable personnel changes. In fact they embraced almost everything except themselves. This is an updated new edition that includes Hawkwind's bitter split with long-serving bassist Alan Davey, the recruitment of Mr Dibs, a member of the road crew, to the bass job; the death of the band's keyboard player, Jason Stuart, at 40; the return of a very old face, Tim Blake, on keyboards following a near-fatal car crash; the group's 40th anniversary celebrations; the rise of a new version of Hawklords, featuring by arch enemy Nik Turner; Hawkwind holidays - whereby the group accompany a group of fans on vacation; and, Huw Lloyd-Langton's recent serious illness with ki
Exhaustive, well written This is an exhaustive account of the band. It covers the beginnings up to almost the current day. It does get a little plodding. The classic period up to Lemmy's departure is the first 200 pages. Everyone is interviewed, so there are various axes being ground. It covers every permutation of the band lat. Jeffrey said In Search of Space. I was very surprised to see a book on Hawkwind. They put out a slew of very good records in the 1970s and I quite liked them, even if they were obscure in the US. So I grabbed the book immediately. The book is huge and almost too exhaustive. It looks at the band through the eyes of almost every musician. "Don't trust a Hippie" according to Mr. T. C. Jones. Detailed and complete at the time of writing of the history of Hawkwind. Of course the saga continues with Nik and Dave still taking shots at each other. Very detailed timeline with interesting side stories about characters and the various and numerous falling outs and back stabbing along the way. In so
Carol Clerkis the former News Editior of Melody Maker. . She now contributes to various music publications including Uncut and Classic Rock and has co-written various books including Hugie and Paula: The Tangled Lives of Hughie Green and Paula Yates, Inside the Firm and Getting it Straight, as well as writing her own books on Madonna (published by Omnibus Press) and Ozzy Osbourne
This bitter and entertaining study of hippy ideals versus the grubby, hard cash reality of keeping a band going will not disappoint.' MOJO