Hawkwind BBC4 Documentary - part 1/9

[@Maliceuk]

Cheers for putting this up,Ole Brock is a grump.

[@wireandwood]

thanks a lot for posting this. A bloke who did plastering in my mum's kitchen saw this lot at stonehenge. Oh, it makes me all nostalgic, and I wasn't even thought of... Thank you!!!!

[@macalauresmuse]

Thank you so much for posting these vids. I missed this on tv (well I got home to see the last ten mins and was raging to have missed it) so will catch up now. Cheers mate (enjoy the gigs if you're going).

[@thePatnolan]

I remember them visiting the Watchfield Free Festival in the UK and in our Geodiesic dome we built and then lived in. We were all tripping nicely.....watching Planet Gong. Nice one Nic..........

[@Flamesfan7]

This is unintentionally one of the funniest documentaries I have ever watched.

[@Mogsey1972]

Grew up listening to HW with my old man. 38 now and stil listen to Space Ritual Alive very often. Timeless stuff

[@jasondotson]

Ian "Lemmy" Kiliminster was actually a roadie for Jimi Hendrix for a brief spell. I met Lemmy a couple of times, and he was a jovial, affable chap.

[@seaofbeer13]

RIP LEMMY !! Sadly missed already !

[@Shafbag]

I saw Hawkwind for the first time in Chicago in 1994. Blew me away

[@gglaw42]

Hawkwind are not only my second favorite group of all time, they are an ideaological counter culture inspiration to me.

[@Neptuneman07]

Hawkwind is simply: AWESOME!!!

[@bfgfhell]

seen hawkwind loads of times , always of my head, saw them at stonehenge 84 ,last festival cause thatcher ban it after that. shared can of special brew with nick turner under table in london gig , right dive.great band , great times,great trips.

[@DesertSoundgardenia]

HellFire Red presents: Space Ritual: A Tribute to Hawkwind with Tommy Grenas, Pete Stahl, Mario Lalli, Brant Bjork, Ruben Romano, Ed Mundell and many more at the Knitting Factory (Los Angeles) on April 17th!!

[@hafstrat]

Awesome.... Hawkwind rock seriously... respect.

[@GodzillaGoesGaga]

Got hooked on Hawkwind when I first heard sonic attack. Amazing musical talent. Just wish the lineup wouldn't keep changing! It's a case of who's hot in the session musician scene!!!

[@gglaw42]

"We weren't cute like the Pink Floyd man, we were dark, we'd lock the doors at our gigs to keep the people in." Lemmy living legend.

[@HawklordPXR5]

Thanx for yr comments, folks. Note that if you're starting to watch this from scratch, part 7 is out of sequence with the rest: I posted it much later on, due to what's commonly known as a f* up

[@VisorView]

I saw them about '72, used to have their albums. To this day Silver Machine is up there with the best.

[@MikeIXWilliams]

Amazing!!!

[@GhibliFan1]

@gglaw42 No need to lock the doors, Lem, no one leaves an Hawks gig 'til it's finished. Second best band ever. The good ship Hawkwind was at its best when it had one Captain Robert Calvert Esq. at its helm. The man was a genius.

[@Muppio]

"We used to lock the doors so people couldn't get out!" Lemmy is the best.

[@Maliceuk]

Tis a real shame Dave did not speak on it.Seeing as he is the brains behind it all.

[@MothershipOracle]

loved m" to bits since 1977, when at the age of 14, i bought a scratched up copy of "the space ritual" in a second-hand shop. from the 1st spin on the player, i realised that "space is the place"! and i"ve been there ever since! check out our hawkwind covers on my channel if you like.

[@Leadhead444]

Very good band!!

[@HawklordPXR5]

@gruzzler - yeah. There was some upload limit back then, that made me compress the files, but maybe I went too far. Anyway, my uncompressed bit torrent on TPB is still there, and currently has 9 seeders, so those of you who can't watch BBC4 can always get it there. Standing on the runway waiting to take off....

[@smacksalad]

Any idea how come theres no mention of Harvey Bainbridge in the doc? I dont know much about Hawkwind (a casual listener ovah heah :) ), but I seem to remember his name being important enough with regards to the band?

[@coolgentlemanfromUSA]

it's like I'm watching a quicktime movie from 2000.

[@Kohntarkosz]

I love Doug Smith's comment in the beginning about Stacia and her cleavage. lol

[@thoomoo]

The eyes have it

[@BlackenedGass]

Apparently he was actually interviewed for it but then decided not to let them use the footage, either because he wasn't allowed artistic control or he found out they Nik Turner was involved. (according to wikipedia anyway.)

[@Yehbytheway]

Most of the time if someone starts a band that is influenced by say led zep or the clash they end up as a poor watered down versions. Bands influenced by Hawkwind are so diverse. Pure creativity and diversity was the key,being underground kept them closer to the current and what was actually happening and made them fit in ever cultlure change. Nobody could ever call them rock dinosaurs.Evolutionists, always fresh.

[@pressureworks]

A documentary on a band without Dave Brock, what's next a documentary about The Fall, without Mark E Smith.

[@HawklordPXR5]

@dannyhood66 - I remember wondering that, when I first saw this doc on BBC4. Can't make it out.

[@pervertedmind]

im so stoned

[@junction666]

Great posting.....When I first heard them play (I'm the same era) I thought for months they were American! Stacia also went on to have a son who became quite famous didn't she?....anyone know who he is?

[@STRATCAT101]

can you still get quirk,strangness and charm.Ilove reefer madness .istill hahe the album,but it was played so much it wore out.

[@dannyhood66]

What the hell is that old woman saying in the back ground at 1.52?

[@quorthon1940]

what years was that Lemmy was in hawkwind????????

[@gavinmaitland80]

fucking hell, i can't watch this. The quality is awful. Anyone know where else I can see this?

[@VirgoChild66]

5:22 whats the title of this song???

[@jesus3373]

The drummer looks like Regan from The Exorcist lol.

[@HawklordPXR5]

Yes... SM is derided a bit by album fans (HW were an album band, after all) but the original is a damn fine song. I don't like the 1979-onwards arrangement, though.

[@ProcolHarum1967]

Do Brock and Turner not get on?

[@Maliceuk]

ProcolHarum1967 no

[@RisingSon011]

stacia was scary hot.

[@dcanmore]

@VirgoChild66 ... You Shouldn't Do That

[@ACrackInTheWall2006]

What year was this made?

[@TheloniousSphere]

LEMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[@gruzzler]

Terrible quality on the picture-pity

[@pukingmaggot]

HAWKWIND ARE GOD

[@rizzo667R]

kinda snotty of Dave to boycott this over such petty BS

[@faeembrugh]

And Abba. Ha ha!

[@234cheech]

THIS IS JUST A PIXEL NOW