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“Our music is derived from all the trips we’ve had. There’s horror, beauty, paranoia, ecstasy, even randiness; every sort of human mood”: The birth of psychedelic warlords Hawkwind

Events around their 1970 self-titled debut album included turning a radio testing device into a musical instrument, impressing influencer John Peel and using subsonics to make drunk people physically sick

Louder · Jul 27

“We weren’t looking for peaceful – we were looking for horrid. We gave people fits. Locked the doors and pointed strobes at the crowd, wocka-wocka-wocka”: From falling together to falling apart, Hawkwind’s early era was no hippie dream

Lemmy, Nik Turner and Dave Brock lived through a time of division through choice of drugs, mental health issues and artistic intentions, which still left a remarkable impact on the world of ‘out-there’ music

Louder · Aug 27, 2025

"About halfway through the gig, I got down on my knees and prayed that God would forgive me and release me from this situation": The psychedelic early days of acid overlords and space travellers Hawkwind

Leading lights of the UK's psychedelic revolution, Hawkwind's early days were a fug of good trips, bad trips, free-form chaos and dancing gazelles

Louder · Jan 22, 2025

Hawkwind guitarist and founder Mick Slattery dead aged 77

Original Hawkwind guitarist and founding member Mick Slattery has died, the band report

Louder · Mar 19, 2023