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Hawkwind's DoReMi FasOl LaTiDo, now more earthshattering than ever before
By Claudia Elliott published
Hawkwind's space rock classic remixed and expanded, leaves no star unturned

Hawkwind’s bid to spread the counterculture with In Search Of Space (if that’s its name)
By Joe Banks last updated
After spending endless nights on the road – complete with Stacia Blake colouring their shows – the band proved what a musical powerhouse they’d become with their second record in 1971

“It really is down to Nik Turner’s habits… I wish it wasn’t”: How Hawkwind got their name
By Malcolm Dome published
It’s not inspired by a Michael Moorcock story or an ancient Japanese proverb – It’s just about spitting, farting and behaving like animals

What Hawkwind’s Robert Calvert means to Luke Haines
By Nick Shilton published
The space rock poet, who died in 1988, inspired Auteurs leader and Britpop pioneer Haines to explore a wider world of art

How Hawkwind boldly went where no band had gone before on psychedelic masterpiece In Search Of Space
By Mick Farren published
America had hippies and Woodstock – the UK had greasy, gritty space-heads Hawkwind and their cosmic epic In Search Of Space

“You don’t have to take drugs forever”: Dave Brock on Hawkwind’s late-period purple patch
By Julian Marszalek published
Space rock veteran is happier then ever – and he even found an upside in nearly missing a recent tour over hospital stay

The Hawkwind albums you should definitely listen to
By Malcolm Dome published
For more than half a century, Hawkwind's ever-changing line-up of space rockers has consistently created challenging and highly influential albums

“I thought, ‘Why not give him my record collection?’” The soundtrack to Inspector Rebus’ life
By Jo Kendall published
Hi-fi freak who never got over Hawkwind explains what he listens to while he works – and revels in the joy of putting a Mogwai joke in one of his books
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