Dave Brock needs to get more recognition, he’s like fuckin’ 80 something years old and is still fronting the band, it’s up to him who plays what, been there since the beginning, totally underrated guitarist
And still has no problem from recent interview on you tube pod cast with writing songs (every 2 years now they release a album ),good sence of humour regardless of what a small % of people who labels him 'moody'.
This is such a fine interview. Over many years, I can count on one hand interviews this swell and enjoyable! The interviewer gets 5 stars for letting Dave speak and asking excellent questions that helped keep the flow going! Superb! THANKS SO VERY MUCH for posting this gem.
Same man. I was 14 in 1972 & I got half a trip for my 1st as they were so strong back then the guide put on In Search Of Space & gave me the phones. I read the logbook too before dawn & have never been the same since. Still love my weed & shoom's but I've mostly always used psychedelics for spiritual development. When I 1st heard them a voice in my mind said "This is the music I've always wanted to hear my whole life!".
I remember going to Bob Kerrs music shop,just down the end of our street where we lived in Putney. I was born in `64,I wonder how my mum managed when he went off to Amsterdam in `65... I remember him busking and my mum going around with the hat. Its a huge pity how things ended up as they had a great history.
What a great interview with a brilliant man. Going to see them tonjght, 40 years on from the first time I saw them, after countless times. Wonderful band and spirits of my age. Thanks Dave, for all those times.
You lucky swine. I saw them at the Kingham hall in 1970 in Watford and again in the early nineties in hemel Hempstead which was a regular gig for them and they did not disappoint. Incidentally the Kingham hall is now a carpark (shit happens)
Life is to short to hold grudges and sadly there are not many years left to celebrate what you all created. I hope you all make your peace before it is too late do do so.
Disappointed he didn't mention meeting John Lewis who became Jona Lewie later on. I was Jona's girlfriend at the time, we had been busking in the Leicester Square area and had ended up in a pub by the square. There was a piano and Jona gravitated towards it and played a mean boogie-woogie on it. Then this busker asked if he could join in and a jam session took place. They got on so well they decided to do some gigs together. A while later they stopped gigging because the other guy said that he was putting a band together and couldn't gig any more. That band was Hawkwind ... and he was Dave Brock.
Cool. X Hawkwind. An Amazing Musical Experience !! Great Inspiration. Unforgettably Brilliant. X The Olde Early Days. Wow. Still Listening. 2021. Justice & Peace. Capt David Brock. RIP Lemmy Robert Calvert & All Numerous Musicians passed by. Warriors on the Edge. Stay Safe. Keep Strong. Loretta Bibby (Maghull) Liverpool. England.
Only 49 minutes, I didn't even notice the time, i wanted it to continue.. absolutely fascinating interview with one of the most talented songwriters the UK has ever experienced, and Dave Brock is a top bloke, i think I could have listened for hours... he had all those intact memories, I swear it's like a history education, I would have wanted as my Uni Thesis.
There are so many unpleasant people in the music business, but there are some absolute Diamonds and Dave Brock is one of those Diamonds. Meet him twice back in the day and was a lovely bloke.
Powis square carnival concert - with Lemmy for the first time.. All nighter in Piccadilly. Free concerts under the flyover on a Saturday afternoons. Thanks Dave - fun days!
1970 IOW I was there had a macrobiotic time lol I am just so amazed this was shot in 2002 classic history lesson. Thanks Dave .... earth n Birth Ritual should be created again it could be the right time....
I almost crashed into Dave when he was leaving a benefit gig for paraplegics at Gillies in Manchester (1994). I'd taken my daughter for her 18th birthday (on my XJ900) and we were leaving the venue. I used to park my bike outside the main entrance as the bouncers used to look after the bikes. I was dismounting the pavement when Dave's taxi pulled out and I ended up leaning against the taxi window looking directly into Dave's face. Saw most off Hawkwind's concerts from Space Ritual to that gig. in '94
Thank you Dave for some fantastic music. So many memories of my youth soundtracked by Hawkwind. One of my best is speeding down to the Lake District on a back road in a beat up old Lada, stoned, with Lord of Light blasting away.
' Levitation'. X HAWKWIND. COOL. Well Worth Listening to. Again.!! For Old Times Sake. Well Cool!! 70s 80s. Arte". Graffiks. Poetry. April. 19th 2021. AMAZING!! ,
Dave Brock get's so much shit but I don't get it. Hawkwind is his baby and he's loved and nurtured it. I've met him a few times and he was always a sweetheart.
deepinder cheema He wouldn't take part because Nik Turner was involved. Since Nik was the leader of ex members who sued Dave I can understand how he feels. Nik also did a tour of America using the Hawkwind name at a similar time to the real Hawkwind touring there. I prefer not to choose sides, I think they're both great artists and Nik's last album is excellent.
Anton Haq It looks like and this is from the programme maker his point of view is that Dave wanted to edit the film or at the least approve what was going to be broadcast. If this is true then that is a shame.
deepinder cheema If it's true it makes him a bit of a paranoid control freak but I was always told it was simply down to Nik being involved. I was Hawkwind a couple of weeks ago in Warrington, it was ok but nothing like previous gigs I've seen. There's a member, Mr Dibs, and he sings most of the set, I don't like the guy, if he just played bass and shut up I could handle him. Dave Brock is now in his 70s and taking much more of a backseat, I don't think he'll be touring for much longer.
Anton Haq hiya...i've met Dibs a few times ad he's on me facebook ad very open to a good blather... he is a canny fella...but i'm not overly keen on his singing etc....still hawkwind are still great seen them 5 times over last two years...and many times in 80s and 90s
Love brock.love turner.love lemmy. Love dik Mik. Love del dettmar.love huw lloyd langton.love simon house.love terry ollis. Love stacia.....thems the names I remember through an on off love of hawkwind for 45 years ..But there was one true genius. RIP Robert Calvert.
I was shocked to see years ago that nobody had done any covers of Hawkwind on youtube, it felt like I was the only fan so I decided to do a few covers to salute them.
Despite being a full on punk rocker I always loved Hawkwind at the same time, in the early 80's it wasnt 'cool' but sod 'em if they didnt know a great band when they saw one.
He and another band member, didn't want to sack Lemmy, they were outvoted, democracy huh? Lemmy said it was amazing when they both played together, Dave says the same.
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John Smith Hawkwind's loss was Motorhead's gain. Swings and roundabouts.
Wow!!! He sure looks young for someone being born in 1941 even in the year 2002. I would have thought he was 8 to 10 years younger than that .... Back around 2000, I knew people 20 years younger than him who looked older than that .... Amazing how we all age differently ...... He seems like a cool down to earth hippie
Just been reading what people have said about Dave Brock. First thing he started Hawkwind in the 60s hes the only person who has stayed in the band and has tryed to run it as a bissness. Hes not rich as he has always put others first ie fans before family how many people would tour for 40+ years. If you look at most rock bands you will see the same sort of thing ie kiss black Sabbath so on so. No one has said shit this is one of the only real space rock bands going they should be like led zeppelin in the eyes of the public media maybe this will happen soon as my father is in his 70s. Hope this was to the point I get on with Nik turner but he did cause shit.
Hawkwind IS Dave Brock IS Hawkwind; He was constantly evolving and exploring music and staging shows, and as he says he doesnt listen to his old albums, once they're done he's moving on to the next thing
He's the only person to stay in the band because he got rid of everyone else. If you think the turgid regurgitation that Hawkwind have been producing since 1982 is great then fair enough, but compared to the 70s when greats like Nik Turner and Bob Calvert were in the band it's a pale imitation.
Dave became a legend in his own right,....he deserves credit for keeping Hawkwind interesting to well into the 90's His post 2000 work is highly questionable though.. Seems Dave was present in Amsterdam during the "Provos" with their "White Bicycles".... Amsterdam was almost a kind of "free state" around that time.....Police wasn't that "brutal" though or else such a scene would never have been allowed. It's a miracle how sane he remained .The guy sure had (has) a thrills packed life....wonder when is biography is coming out.
From Keith Jones session drummer North Devon now retired to Bude. Enjoyed playing drums on one of Mr. Brocks singles we did back in l983 (where has all the time gone!!1). Like the latest Road to Utopia record, great sound and enjoyed the Mike Batt input. Take Care. God Bless (K.J.).
My biggest regret in my life is that I never got to see them live. First Hawk album bought was Hall of the Mountain Grill, then went backwards to get the back catalogue and forward to Warrior etc. Kind of lost then urge after Warrior, but still bought the albums! Damn those formative years!! In late 50's now and starting to get into later stuff, Chronicles, Xenon and actually think Blood of the Earth is trippy - the instrumentals are total trips under the influence! Space Ritual is the best album I have ever heard. Great interview, and good backup to the written history. Would you believe the only guy ever to agree with me is the guy my wife hooked up with after I left! Poor lady - possibly the only woman to marry two Hawk freaks without ever realising it!!
Just watched. Never seen Dave Brock in an interview before. Lots of great information about the band, very honest. Always loved his singing, song-writing & playing. He comes across as a great down to earth man in this interview. A really great guy. Allowed a controlled madness, but at the same time sensible enough to keep himself & the band together. Great that he mentions Pink Floyd. Gave very sensible sound advice on drug taking. Thanks for this great interview. Only saw them once, 2nd time was too out of it, but first time in late 90's were great. Hope to see Hawkwind again.
Sorry for the advert: if you like vintage Hawkwind, you may like this: brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com/album/trip-hazard The album is fully previewable on Bandcamp as has been described as "Hawkwind meet Tangerine Dream in a lift".
The interview was going really well....then when the interviewer got to some of the most interesting of all Hawkwind times...namely the 3 main Bob Calvert driven albums Quark, PXR5 & 25 Years On , he skipped right over that period, then also managed to skip over most of the period from after Levitation to 'Stonehenge 84' too.....Totally baffled why no questions were asked of Dave during those important times.......Those were some of the most amazing albums ever.......The interviewer totally missed the boat.
Thank nature for the politicians to needlessly suffer for the wisdom of the likes that man. Assault and Battery of the human anatomy . Say no more. Thank's Dave and downloader Simon. Thankyou !. :).
That's certainly not how my friends and i viewed "Space Ritual." They blew our minds, Dettmar was on electronics, it was better than anything Brock has done since the 80s (and i am a fan).
Dave Brock seems like such a humble dude, these guys could have been much bigger, I wish they would have been, Brock seems content though. I wish that Calvert and Lemmy had contributed more. I wish I could play guitar like this guy and/or Steve Hackett
I Only wish that the real Hawkwind fans - would be honest about the current Hawkwind instead of suckling at each others teats & god forbid you mention Captain Turner - from a disenchanted Hawkwind fan of 30 years
+CRAIGANJOS ...as far a i see there's not much wrong with the current Hawkwiand at all...seen em 6 times overs the last 5 yrs and they go a great gig...bands progress you can't live in the past forever
i've no problem with nick turner ... they were in in their salad days with him.....all band 'politics' that we will never know the full story and it's got sod all to do with us anyway.
When I almost got fleeced out of a weeks wage, to go to a festival, that was headlined by Hawkwindx not Hawkwind C.O. Nick Turner making the flyer look like Hawkwind (the x was tiny and mixed up with other symbols and letters), It was my business. The real Hawkwind sued Guilford Festival and won. I guess a lot of people were conned. Dave has worked hard with Hawkwind for 40 odd years. Nick needs to stop ruining it for people. Call his band something else, Dave suggested Hawkestra at the reunion gig?
You mean, he’ll be turning 78 this August? Hard to imagine. But time does it’s number on every one of us, doesn’t it? Nasty inexorable thing, isn’t it? Interesting information about his early experience in Holland.
...hawkwind is a good band to search for obscure stuff about.. ..alot of things other collectors never heard of.. ..I think even the band members themselves don't know what's out there?
Yeah He comes cross really nice Always been huge Hawkwind fan I have a request : could someone tell me how would/could the word "hawkwind" be translated in French? Well a hawk is a bird of prey and the wind, well ( actually we say un " vent " ( wind ) for a fart as well ha ha! But is " hawkwind" a word they made up or is it an already existing expression? And if so then what would be the French approximation? Thanks!
'You build things up and then you have to tear them down again y'know'? Is'nt that just Dave Brock? I loved these guys, they were a ledgend, but I wish they'd just lose all this emnity and negativity and do their thing, do what they've always done so well. I miss them, its a shame. I s'pose people are getting older, its all OK I hope. Love love love.
Stone Kingdom Syndicate and Berkeley CIA taking psychedelics as profit saying jump in it’s the streets and a revolution you cannot ban freedom of speech like the music industry did however they tried. This band delivered the first strobe light show . Very intense to the program right along with Ravi Shankar . Time had come at that point!
Dave Brock needs to get more recognition, he’s like fuckin’ 80 something years old and is still fronting the band, it’s up to him who plays what, been there since the beginning, totally underrated guitarist
He will be 80 on Friday, the day after tomorrow 😀😀😀
And still has no problem from recent interview on you tube pod cast with writing songs (every 2 years now they release a album ),good sence of humour regardless of what a small % of people who labels him 'moody'.
Rubbish, he was a reinvented busker. Stop creating a "scene" from binmen and labourers. They were not political activists at all, just BINMEN.
I’ve been a Hawkwind fan for 42 years, even when I was a full on punk rocker!
Old school punk and HAWKWIND fan. It would talk about how great Nic Turner was. Watching the Grass Grow is so punk.
😂🛸🕳️
been a fan 50 years seen them 13 times a life well lived x
This is such a fine interview. Over many years, I can count on one hand interviews this swell and enjoyable!
The interviewer gets 5 stars for letting Dave speak and asking excellent questions that helped keep the flow going! Superb!
THANKS SO VERY MUCH for posting this gem.
It really is excellent..hey!~
Brock is the man....... Hawkwind were the first band I discovered.... still listening to them 30
years later....
Dont forget the dear departed thunder rider, Nik Turner 🤔😊
Same man. I was 14 in 1972 & I got half a trip for my 1st as they were so strong back then the guide put on In Search Of Space & gave me the phones. I read the logbook too before dawn & have never been the same since.
Still love my weed & shoom's but I've mostly always used psychedelics for spiritual development.
When I 1st heard them a voice in my mind said "This is the music I've always wanted to hear my whole life!".
@@treekis9444 I so loved Niki Turner too man!~~~
Dave is such an unassuming guy, and a rock pioneer.
The true heart of Hawkwind, great musician great fella.
Lovely bloke
I remember going to Bob Kerrs music shop,just down the end of our street where we lived in Putney. I was born in `64,I wonder how my mum managed when he went off to Amsterdam in `65... I remember him busking and my mum going around with the hat. Its a huge pity how things ended up as they had a great history.
Also,on Silver Machine,they spelt my mother`s name wrong.
Odd how memories differ... And having known Nik, I have to say he was the most humble and modest bloke I've met...
Differ how mate? Care to expand on that…? V. Interested
I met Nik in 2019 at a Hawklords gig, he was indeed a very nice bloke.
What a great interview with a brilliant man. Going to see them tonjght, 40 years on from the first time I saw them, after countless times. Wonderful band and spirits of my age. Thanks Dave, for all those times.
id love to see them again but they never seem to play switzerland. first saw em on the angels of death tour in 84?
You lucky swine. I saw them at the Kingham hall in 1970 in Watford and again in the early nineties in hemel Hempstead which was a regular gig for them and they did not disappoint. Incidentally the Kingham hall is now a carpark (shit happens)
Life is to short to hold grudges and sadly there are not many years left to celebrate what you all created. I hope you all make your peace before it is too late do do so.
Disappointed he didn't mention meeting John Lewis who became Jona Lewie later on. I was Jona's girlfriend at the time, we had been busking in the Leicester Square area and had ended up in a pub by the square. There was a piano and Jona gravitated towards it and played a mean boogie-woogie on it. Then this busker asked if he could join in and a jam session took place. They got on so well they decided to do some gigs together. A while later they stopped gigging because the other guy said that he was putting a band together and couldn't gig any more. That band was Hawkwind ... and he was Dave Brock.
coolmum47 Good story.
Hawkwind were my first ever show/gig. Atomhenge tour in '76. Personally, I really love Amazing Sounds. It was a departure but still a good album.
Cool. X Hawkwind. An Amazing Musical Experience !! Great Inspiration. Unforgettably Brilliant. X The Olde Early Days. Wow. Still Listening. 2021. Justice & Peace. Capt David Brock. RIP Lemmy Robert Calvert & All Numerous Musicians passed by. Warriors on the Edge. Stay Safe. Keep Strong. Loretta Bibby (Maghull) Liverpool. England.
I read the Elrich books.... have been listening to Hawkwind since the '70's....
Enjoyed the interview, thanks 🙏
Excellent interview with the Captain Brock! He is the one, wonderful!
Plenty of views ....glad to please all those hawkfans out there....going to the Space Ritual gig at Shepherds Bush tomorrow night 22 Feb......
Only 49 minutes, I didn't even notice the time, i wanted it to continue.. absolutely fascinating interview with one of the most talented songwriters the UK has ever experienced, and Dave Brock is a top bloke, i think I could have listened for hours... he had all those intact memories, I swear it's like a history education, I would have wanted as my Uni Thesis.
There are so many unpleasant people in the music business, but there are some absolute Diamonds and Dave Brock is one of those Diamonds. Meet him twice back in the day and was a lovely bloke.
Powis square carnival concert - with Lemmy for the first time.. All nighter in Piccadilly. Free concerts under the flyover on a Saturday afternoons. Thanks Dave - fun days!
Hawkwind at Stonehenge 1984 blew me away.
Me too !
"100 albums plus and 30 + personnel changes".. Dave's the Mark E. Smith of space rock & roll
Shocked that he didn't like Astounding Sounds Amazing Music - It is such a different album but I love it.
Me too. It's musically quite sophisticated so it surprises me that Dave didn't really like it.
Paul Rudolph played on all of the Eno albums and the funk rubbed off on him - Calvert is great on it
ive always loved that album to
Yeah Steppenwolf !
Reefer Madness!!!
Loved Hawkwind for 50 years. ❤️❤️❤️
Thanx for uploading this Video. never saw it before. good Interview, I love everything about Hawkwind Band Members Past and Present .
1970 IOW I was there had a macrobiotic time lol I am just so amazed this was shot in 2002 classic history lesson. Thanks Dave .... earth n Birth Ritual should be created again it could be the right time....
I almost crashed into Dave when he was leaving a benefit gig for paraplegics at Gillies in Manchester (1994). I'd taken my daughter for her 18th birthday (on my XJ900) and we were leaving the venue. I used to park my bike outside the main entrance as the bouncers used to look after the bikes. I was dismounting the pavement when Dave's taxi pulled out and I ended up leaning against the taxi window looking directly into Dave's face.
Saw most off Hawkwind's concerts from Space Ritual to that gig. in '94
Reading 1975, still the best show I've seen. changed my life. ...
Thank you Dave for some fantastic music. So many memories of my youth soundtracked by Hawkwind. One of my best is speeding down to the Lake District on a back road in a beat up old Lada, stoned, with Lord of Light blasting away.
' Levitation'. X HAWKWIND. COOL. Well Worth Listening to. Again.!! For Old Times Sake. Well Cool!! 70s 80s. Arte". Graffiks. Poetry. April. 19th 2021. AMAZING!! ,
Dave Brock get's so much shit but I don't get it. Hawkwind is his baby and he's loved and nurtured it. I've met him a few times and he was always a sweetheart.
shame he never appeared in the excellent BBC doc by ZCZ productions. Everybody else did. I assume he fell out for some reason.
deepinder cheema He wouldn't take part because Nik Turner was involved. Since Nik was the leader of ex members who sued Dave I can understand how he feels. Nik also did a tour of America using the Hawkwind name at a similar time to the real Hawkwind touring there. I prefer not to choose sides, I think they're both great artists and Nik's last album is excellent.
Anton Haq It looks like and this is from the programme maker his point of view is that Dave wanted to edit the film or at the least approve what was going to be broadcast. If this is true then that is a shame.
deepinder cheema If it's true it makes him a bit of a paranoid control freak but I was always told it was simply down to Nik being involved. I was Hawkwind a couple of weeks ago in Warrington, it was ok but nothing like previous gigs I've seen. There's a member, Mr Dibs, and he sings most of the set, I don't like the guy, if he just played bass and shut up I could handle him. Dave Brock is now in his 70s and taking much more of a backseat, I don't think he'll be touring for much longer.
Anton Haq hiya...i've met Dibs a few times ad he's on me facebook ad very open to a good blather... he is a canny fella...but i'm not overly keen on his singing etc....still hawkwind are still great seen them 5 times over last two years...and many times in 80s and 90s
And Simon King - such a drummer!
Love brock.love turner.love lemmy. Love dik Mik. Love del dettmar.love huw lloyd langton.love simon house.love terry ollis. Love stacia.....thems the names I remember through an on off love of hawkwind for 45 years ..But there was one true genius. RIP Robert Calvert.
Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters!
❤
Saw Hawkwind last night in Glasgow...still awesome after all these years. Thanks for upload.
I was at the SF show in 77, I had no idea they were in a slump then.
I was shocked to see years ago that nobody had done any covers of Hawkwind on youtube, it felt like I was the only fan so I decided to do a few covers to salute them.
ruclips.net/channel/UCLWqrfg2YI5vysCspSW-DAA
Despite being a full on punk rocker I always loved Hawkwind at the same time, in the early 80's it wasnt 'cool' but sod 'em if they didnt know a great band when they saw one.
I guess the Damed were really into em and Barney Bubbles did the artwork for Neat Neat Neat and In search of space/ space ritual.
I was into acid house late 80s then a hippy turned me on to them .never looked back.
Great interview, Dave's a sound bloke. Hawkwind are still superb. I read Dave wanted Lemmy back in the band(possibly was for a small time).
He and another band member, didn't want to sack Lemmy, they were outvoted, democracy huh? Lemmy said it was amazing when they both played together, Dave says the same.
John Smith Hawkwind's loss was Motorhead's gain. Swings and roundabouts.
'Everything's shit..........except Hawkwind'. Johnny Rotten, '76.
If your fanbase includes both Johnny Rotten & Sam Fox you must be doing something right
Wow!!! He sure looks young for someone being born in 1941 even in the year 2002.
I would have thought he was 8 to 10 years younger than that ....
Back around 2000, I knew people 20 years younger than him who looked older than that ....
Amazing how we all age differently ......
He seems like a cool down to earth hippie
Back In The Box,Treadmill, superb tracks.
Excellent. Dave is responsible for many epic songs.
What an interesting interview.
Just been reading what people have said about Dave Brock. First thing he started Hawkwind in the 60s hes the only person who has stayed in the band and has tryed to run it as a bissness. Hes not rich as he has always put others first ie fans before family how many people would tour for 40+ years. If you look at most rock bands you will see the same sort of thing ie kiss black Sabbath so on so. No one has said shit this is one of the only real space rock bands going they should be like led zeppelin in the eyes of the public media maybe this will happen soon as my father is in his 70s. Hope this was to the point I get on with Nik turner but he did cause shit.
Hawkwind IS Dave Brock IS Hawkwind; He was constantly evolving and exploring music and staging shows, and as he says he doesnt listen to his old albums, once they're done he's moving on to the next thing
He's the only person to stay in the band because he got rid of everyone else. If you think the turgid regurgitation that Hawkwind have been producing since 1982 is great then fair enough, but compared to the 70s when greats like Nik Turner and Bob Calvert were in the band it's a pale imitation.
Well said Pascoe. Your Father is Hawkwind !!! Enough said, looking forward to upcoming gig Lowry Manchester Oct 18!!
@valleysofneptune We dont ever see or hear from him,sadly.
@@twombley Agreed.
what a great interview!! dave brock is a historical world treasure!
Dave became a legend in his own right,....he deserves credit for keeping Hawkwind interesting to well into the 90's
His post 2000 work is highly questionable though..
Seems Dave was present in Amsterdam during the "Provos" with their "White Bicycles".... Amsterdam was almost a kind of "free state" around that time.....Police wasn't that "brutal" though or else such a scene would never have been allowed.
It's a miracle how sane he remained .The guy sure had (has) a thrills packed life....wonder when is biography is coming out.
Absolutely brilliant, seen them many times
What a great guy.
1970 was when I first saw Hawkwind in Eastbourne East Sussex ,later saw them at a few free festivals also in & around east sussex !
These Guys are in the Top 5 Bands I'll n to he World
dave's the man!
2022 is Dave a Vampyre - 2ooo years old
Good honest stuff. Top Man Dave Brock.
I really enjoyed watching that, thanks!
safeashouses211 good oh...pleased to please
top man, and never wanted fortune to play in a random place for the few.
Great Interview
Levitation..best space rock album ever...
great interview-thanks
good interview enjoyed that
Beautiful guy man.
Great interview. Very insightfull. :-)
Great video of Captain Brock...
From Keith Jones session drummer North Devon now retired to Bude. Enjoyed playing drums on one of Mr. Brocks singles we did back in l983 (where has all the time gone!!1). Like the latest Road to Utopia record, great sound and enjoyed the Mike Batt input. Take Care. God Bless (K.J.).
I thought Martin was in them then.
nice blackbird singing. interesting interview to. formative years
His place is nice..full of birds.
My biggest regret in my life is that I never got to see them live. First Hawk album bought was Hall of the Mountain Grill, then went backwards to get the back catalogue and forward to Warrior etc. Kind of lost then urge after Warrior, but still bought the albums! Damn those formative years!! In late 50's now and starting to get into later stuff, Chronicles, Xenon and actually think Blood of the Earth is trippy - the instrumentals are total trips under the influence! Space Ritual is the best album I have ever heard. Great interview, and good backup to the written history. Would you believe the only guy ever to agree with me is the guy my wife hooked up with after I left! Poor lady - possibly the only woman to marry two Hawk freaks without ever realising it!!
go c them n forfill the dream AMAZING!!!!
strapuk10 ...sheffield March 3rd 2015...etc..tour this spring always Hawkeaster checkout hawkwind mission control.com
They tour every year...Onward
first saw them in KC in 74
The Lazer Show gigs were awesome.
Listened for 40 years always enjoyed them. Dave Brock is a lovely guy....very grounded.
The fallout with Nick turner reminds me of a plankton Mr crabs kind of thing. Give me the hawkwind copright Mr Brock.
Wicked interview first time iv seen it you smashed it mate.lov your music Dave keep it goin lad😎
Just watched. Never seen Dave Brock in an interview before. Lots of great information about the band, very honest. Always loved his singing, song-writing & playing. He comes across as a great down to earth man in this interview. A really great guy. Allowed a controlled madness, but at the same time sensible enough to keep himself & the band together. Great that he mentions Pink Floyd. Gave very sensible sound advice on drug taking. Thanks for this great interview. Only saw them once, 2nd time was too out of it, but first time in late 90's were great. Hope to see Hawkwind again.
Lindsay, i still have your copy of Halls of the Mountain Grill, I borrowed in '74, do you want it back?
Love early/mid 90s Hawkwind.
Sorry for the advert: if you like vintage Hawkwind, you may like this:
brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com/album/trip-hazard
The album is fully previewable on Bandcamp as has been described as "Hawkwind meet Tangerine Dream in a lift".
The interview was going really well....then when the interviewer got to some of the most interesting of all Hawkwind times...namely the 3 main Bob Calvert driven albums Quark, PXR5 & 25 Years On , he skipped right over that period, then also managed to skip over most of the period from after Levitation to 'Stonehenge 84' too.....Totally baffled why no questions were asked of Dave during those important times.......Those were some of the most amazing albums ever.......The interviewer totally missed the boat.
Yeah I did wonder why some of that stuff was skipped over.
In Search of Space not mentioned…their finest album.
Anyone know why?
At least you don't hear "You know" as many times as Mark e. Smith at an interview.
Nice slippers Dave lol good interview.
Thank nature for the politicians to needlessly suffer for the wisdom of the likes that man. Assault and Battery of the human anatomy . Say no more. Thank's Dave and downloader Simon. Thankyou !. :).
The problem was with Nik turner using Hawkwind as his bands name when he had not been in them for years sort of fraud ripping people off in the U.S.A.
That's certainly not how my friends and i viewed "Space Ritual." They blew our minds, Dettmar was on electronics, it was better than anything Brock has done since the 80s (and i am a fan).
saw em at hammesmith odeon 1980 levitation tour,
23:42 shocked me to here him say this 22 years before Gaza. Nothing really has changed...
Dave Brock seems like such a humble dude, these guys could have been much bigger, I wish they would have been, Brock seems content though. I wish that Calvert and Lemmy had contributed more. I wish I could play guitar like this guy and/or Steve Hackett
Hawkwind and Rush did a tour together back in the day. Chiraq love's both forever
chuffed only uploaded this 3/4 hours ago and 25 views....good ole Hawknerds....
What about the story of the Hawkwind vs the bad vibe squads, the was told on the cover of the doreme faso latido album? Was that Moorecocks writing?
Hawkwind needs a bass player, here's Lemme; needs a drummer, here's Ginger. Doing something right.
I Only wish that the real Hawkwind fans - would be honest about the current Hawkwind instead of suckling at each others teats & god forbid you mention Captain Turner - from a disenchanted Hawkwind fan of 30 years
+CRAIGANJOS ...as far a i see there's not much wrong with the current Hawkwiand at all...seen em 6 times overs the last 5 yrs and they go a great gig...bands progress you can't live in the past forever
Hah check out the other ones! Hawkwind are still doing it!
that's what i just said ;)
i've no problem with nick turner ... they were in in their salad days with him.....all band 'politics' that we will never know the full story and it's got sod all to do with us anyway.
When I almost got fleeced out of a weeks wage, to go to a festival, that was headlined by Hawkwindx not Hawkwind C.O. Nick Turner making the flyer look like Hawkwind (the x was tiny and mixed up with other symbols and letters), It was my business. The real Hawkwind sued Guilford Festival and won. I guess a lot of people were conned. Dave has worked hard with Hawkwind for 40 odd years. Nick needs to stop ruining it for people. Call his band something else, Dave suggested Hawkestra at the reunion gig?
Dave Brock 76 years today, Aug. 20 2017...
You mean, he’ll be turning 78 this August? Hard to imagine. But time does it’s number on every one of us, doesn’t it? Nasty inexorable thing, isn’t it?
Interesting information about his early experience in Holland.
@@written12 I didnt even know he spent that much time there
Cusper maybe more Virgo than Leo...
...hawkwind is a good band to search for obscure stuff about.. ..alot of things other collectors never heard of.. ..I think even the band members themselves don't know what's out there?
Yeah
He comes cross really nice
Always been huge Hawkwind fan
I have a request : could someone tell me how would/could the word "hawkwind" be translated in French? Well a hawk is a bird of prey and the wind, well ( actually we say un " vent " ( wind ) for a fart as well ha ha!
But is " hawkwind" a word they made up or is it an already existing expression? And if so then what would be the French approximation? Thanks!
This would make a good game...try and guess the number of times the interviewer says either "Right" or "Yeah"... i lost count at about 50
Hawkwinds music defies Category
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Great interview. The interviewer is excellent, knowledgeable and never leaves an awkward gap, who is it?
Had never heard of Hawkwind ,but if they are as good as Pink Floyd then 👍🙋❤️🍀🎄💕👌
Better. Funnily enough was listening to " Dark" earlier, but i think Hall of The Mountain Grill is better
hawkwind are better....hawkwind make you feel happy....
floyd lyrics and roger waters are so miserable....
Yes their is a Link between Hawkwind and Trance Tecko
'You build things up and then you have to tear them down again y'know'? Is'nt that just Dave Brock? I loved these guys, they were a ledgend, but I wish they'd just lose all this emnity and negativity and do their thing, do what they've always done so well. I miss them, its a shame. I s'pose people are getting older, its all OK I hope. Love love love.
Want Dave's tee shirt!
Very underrated band
Wow 88 and everything was on Tape
Stone Kingdom Syndicate and Berkeley CIA taking psychedelics as profit saying jump in it’s the streets and a revolution you cannot ban freedom of speech like the music industry did however they tried. This band delivered the first strobe light show . Very intense to the program right along with Ravi Shankar . Time had come at that point!