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    Hawkwind
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    Twenty years ago I developed a broadcast documentary about legendary space-rockers Hawkwind.

    And although it ultimately did not go into production, I wanted to share some of the design elements that emerged from the treatment (published by my good friend Jonathan Downes here). Then manager, Doug Smith (whose residence in Acton spawned him the Hawkwind nickname of Actonium Doug), was very positive about the idea and over several meetings contributed much background info, as did the splendid Brian Tawn, lifelong fan and Hawkwind expert.

    For those unfamiliar with the band that spawned the classic hit single Silver Machine(allegedly co-written by the professional Wrestling bad-boy Mick McManus!) their writing and mythology was frequently fuelled by science fiction – not least because of the involvement of author Michael Moorcock and poet Bob Calvert in the band’s formative years. Add to this more line-up changes than Spinal Tap, and their story was a chaotic one to tell a broader TV audience.

    To simplify it for those folks who were alien to Hawkwind, and to be true to the spirit of the band, the best approach seemed to be a parody of Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy (a parody of a parody as it were!)

    I contacted the narrator of the BBC radio and

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    Hawkwind-Night of the Hawks [DVD]

    Review

    Night of the Hawks sees the mids incarnation of Hawkwind being really rather excellent at the Gaumont Theatre, Ipswich. The line-up here includes several of the 'Wind's elder statesmen, including Lloyd-Langton and (of course) Dave Brock, but this was also the period that saw the band being fronted by Nik Turner, dressed like a cross between a circus acrobat and a Mad Max villain. Fully outed as both a performance artist and a free jazz saxophonist, he totally steals the show, although his post-punk vocal take on "Silver Machine" demonstrates that it was indeed only Lemmy who had the right vocal range for Hawkwind's solitary hit single. That being said, there's plenty of good stuff here, such as "Ghost Dance", the bleak "Uncle Sam's On Mars" and a suitably intense version of "Sonic Attack".

    On the DVD: given the notorious, you-had-to-be-there murkiness of the numerous VHS releases of Hawkwind gigs, there's surely never been a band more deserving of the detail-friendly DVD format, which not only does visual justice to the snappy editing but also ensures that the glorious lighting is, at long last, part of the viewing entertainment rather than a distraction--even the darkness seems to glow. The picture is in ratio and the disc ha

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