Hawklords
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| Live album by The Hawklords | ||||
| Released | May, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | Brunel University, Uxbridge, 24 November 1979 | |||
| Genre | Space rock | |||
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Griffin Music– GN03921-2 Dojo Records – DOJOCD71 |
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| Producer | Hawklords | |||
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Hawklords were an English music group active between 1978 and 1979 and from 2012 to date. They were born from the disbanded Hawkwind (Robert Calvert – vocals, Dave Brock – guitar and Simon King – drums) and a local Devon group named Ark (Harvey Bainbridge – bass and Martin Griffin – drums) with the addition of former Pilot keyboardist Steve Swindells.
The use of the name Hawklords instead of Hawkwind may have been due to legal reasons concerning their former management company, or may simply have been due to the band wishing to give the impression that this was a new musical venture, however, this left the door open for the resurrection of the name as one of the many spin-off bands formed by ex-members of Hawkwind, such as Motörhead and Hawkestra.
In 1978, the band released their first full studio album 25 Years On. In 2012 the Hawklords reformed around bass player Harvey Bainbridge and ex-Hawkwind vocalist Ron Tree.
The release of the album 25 Years On was promoted with a 41 date UK tour during October and November 1978. The stage show was designed by Barney Bubbles and was based on a Metropolis/Mao Tse-tung dystopia theme, featuring a projected film based light show, dancers in drab clothing performing mundane tasks, and spotlight towers creating an oppressive internment camp atmosphere. During the course of the tour the show was cut-back due to financial constraints, sufficiently upsetting Bubbles enough for him to refuse to work with Brock again. Some of the musicians felt that this action lightened the atmosphere resulting in the shows becoming more powerful. For the Hammersmith Odeon gig on 13 October, Lemmy guested on "Silver Machine".
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