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Hawkwind, the U.K. space-rock band
are known all over Europe and have a "cult"-like following all
over the world.
The band was founded in 1969 by Dave Brock, Nik Turner et al during
the pyschedelic era and Hawkwind devoted itself to the central
themes of psychedelia & sci-fi: LSD, hash, space, androids, aliens
and the future.
With their use of the synthesizer and tone/audio generator, Hawkwind
practically created a genre of music that can be called: psychedelic
space-rock. Guitars with heavy delay "effect", ominous 2-part
vocals, tons of reverb and constant synth sweeps . The music is
often described as pagan, and futuristic hard rock. Then again
many songs are trance-inducing, with repetitiuos chord runs. Some
of their music is often melodic and ambient. It is the repetitious
chord arrangements that make the music "mind altering"....these
repititions allow for extended instrumental guitar and synth workouts.
Hawkwind's "acidic" space-rock style made them a big hit with
"trippers", "stoners" and "heads" from the late sixties to the
present day.
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