Hawkwind

Dave Brock has stated in the past...how the lyrics of Calvert were stories/predictions of the future and that most of them that exist in the present day are accurate. There are many beautiful things Brock misses in the friendship he had with Bob Calvert. In those days...Calvert was a fine writer...but..he was trying to be a Sci-Fi writer in real life while he was wrapped up in the music business. Dave Brock has been through some of the more lousy experiences in the music business. He is very angered and annoyed by the fact that Dave Anderson has been releasing between 2 to 3 new Hawkwind compilation cd's per year. Brock took legal action ..but he was faced with the task of someone on his team catching Anderson "red handed". No royalties for Brock in this case and the Hawkwind cd's keep surfacing. Brock recently had a confrontaion/debate with Nick Turner over who should be using the name Hawkwind. I do believe in my heart that Hawkwind is Dave Brock's band.

I loved the Calvert years the best. Also Huw LLoyd Langton's contributions in the 80's. "Sea King" and 'Solitary Mind Games" were great songs. I also like "Sword of the East" from Xeon Codex. Warrior On the Edge Of Time , Hall of the Mountain Grill, and In Search Of Space were the first albums I heard. I liked every period of Hawkwind until they hired Arthur Brown ,,,whose voice does not fit the Hawkwind style. He sat on stage reading the lyrics and sometimes ...still getting the words wrong...like Elvis did with "My Way" He can recite a Satanic mass, but he can't get the Hawkwind lyrics right? I'm not serious...I'm only joking. I've owned many recordings of Arthur Brown and Vincent Crane...and probably around 75 Hawkwind cd's. and not counting all the off shoot bands along with complete collections of solo works from most of the Hawkwind band members for decades. I am up and down with Dave Brock's writing, but it doesn't stop me from liking many of Hawkwind's albums. I only enjoy periods of their career. I saw Bridget Wishhart with Hawkwind at the Ambler Cafe and she put on the perfect Space Rock show with an outstanding presentation. She would constantly, through out the night, exit the stage to change her costumes. She covered many Calvert songs, wore the costume fitting to the story, and acted out parts along with dance performance. What a great show! It was like revisiting Calvert for an evening...but I knew she was going to leave or be sacked by Dave Brock. That's been an on going pattern for decades. With Ginger Baker I could understand why Brock would make that choice....but it's been sad to see all the great members come and go. The innovative Hawkwind members that were very special.