Saturday, 6 April 2013

Rock legends Hawkwind prepare for Lancashire show


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DAVE Brock has a thousand and one inter-galactic tales to tell about his anarchic career as captain of one of the world’s longest-running bands, Hawkwind.
From astounding stage spectacles — including the lavish Space Ritual shows — legal battles, bust-ups and reunions, rock’s master of the universe has even recorded a couple of tracks with original Star Trek captain William Shatner.
“It’s all still there after 44 years — space, politics, love and some peace,” says Brock, the only original Hawkwind member in the line-up.
“The Star Trek thing was nuts. William Shatner did a spoken word album of space-themed songs and included our big hit Silver Machine.
“Shatner’s a Hawkwind fan and now we’ve done Sonic Attack with him, which is totally different.
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