Tribute to Nik Turner from Hawkwind : Now Spinning Magazine

Nik Turner Tribute - Hawkwind and Beyond
26 August 1940 - 10 November 2022
Nik Turner was best known for his role in the band Hawkwind. He played on my favorite album by the band 'Warrior On The Edge of Time.
He was also a very spiritual person and firmly believed that music could be used to heal others. He just wanted to see people healthy and happy!
This video is dedicated to Nik Turner's family, friends and all fans of Hawkwind.
Phil Aston : Now Spinning Magazine
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[@grahamcole1539]

Thank you for this heartfelt tribute Phil. I saw Hawkwind many times starting in 1972, plus the Space Ritual Tour, Stonehenge etc. Nik and his singing, instrumentation and songs resonated with me. I also saw him in later years with his own bands. Fly high Nik, thanks for the music and experiences!

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Graham, thank you for watching and your kind words. Thank you also for sharing your memories of Nik Turner and Hawkwind. Phil

[@karlhoward2737]

I was very lucky to have met Nik back in 1981, was at an ICU gig at Angies rock club in Wokingham…after the gig, I was having a drink, Nik came up to me, asked me how I was, did I enjoy the gig…then we sat down for about an hour chatting about this and that, he was interested in me and my life…we got talking about his time playing in Sphinx…Xitintoday ….just then he kept up, told me to wait there…next minute he came back with a tape of him playing his flute in the great pyramid in Egypt…he gave to me to enjoy, it was called Nikpyrafltamid…..how kind of him…..we chatted about lots of things Hawkwind….made my night that did…I was 19 at the time….been into Hawkwind since 1972…still love them….well Nik, you rock now with Robert Calvert and Daevid Allen….see you at the next address one day…..x

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Karl, thank you for watching and sharing you amazing story and memories of Nik. What a wonderful and kind man he was. Take care - Phil

[@acrookedbeat9013]

great tribute to the true spirit of Hawkwind , we had a free festival on the Ridgeway path in oxfordshire late summer 1984 , Nik's canvas pyramid stage was there the one used as the main stage at stonehenge . bands played all weekend , Happy Daze RIP Nick

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi, thank you for watching and sharing your memories of Nik Turner. Phil :)

[@clivesnowden4348]

A really thoughtful and touching tribute. So nice to hear some of Nik's quotes. Thanks, Phil.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Clive, thank you for watching. Phil

[@chicktait5544]

Nice one,saw Hawkwind with Nick and ginger Baker on drums in Glasgow Apollo,a gig that stands out in memory after all these years.RIP Nick.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi, thank you for watching and sharing your memories. Phil

[@mitchwooten5150]

Wonderful Tribute Phil! Nik turner was a superb musician and a great guy. I had a chance to see Nik Turners Hawkwind Perform Twice in 2016 & 2017 and got to meet and speak with him after the show. He was brilliant he took pictures and signed autographs. There will never been another like him. RiP Nik You will be missed and ill be Spinning Hawkwind today on my vinyl player .

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Mitch, thank you for watching and sharing your memories of Nik Turner, they will bring joy to many other fans. Take care. - Phil

[@jegarajramoo3873]

RIP Nick Turner and Keith Levene. Two talented pioneers are no longer with us.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Very true, it is sad and also a wake up call for us all to make the most of each day. Phil

[@canadianstudmuffin]

Rest in peace Nik. Warrior is also my favorite Hawkwind album.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Larry, thank you for watching. Have a great week ahead - Phil :)

[@gfrkiss]

Excellent. I met him a few times and he was always willing to have a chat and not just a quick nod and away..A lovely Man. Rock on Space Lord...onwards to a new dimension...

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Thank you 🙏

[@marcolodovichi9969]

Rip Nik Spero di sentire qualcosa anche da Dave siamo tutti nella stessa famiglia. Ciao grande nik

[@keith4556]

fly high nik turner

[@daunrussell]

That's a lovely tribute. Nik was a one-off.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Thank you 🙏

[@jimlawrence2167]

R.I.P. NIK. (or R.I. Space forever) Thanks man...much love. x

[@johnthompson7611]

Amazing saxophonist and all round thoughtful musician. He will be sadly missed. I loved the inclusion of your quotations in your tribute. Unfortunately I have never seen them live and I must confess to only really getting deeply involved as a listener via the Dust of Time boxset. Someone once told me in the early 80s he once performed on roller skates and wore a whole manner of entertaining outfits. From some of the live CDs I've listened to Hawkwind never seemed to have a front man. They had various vocalists. I think Nik loved to be that front man with his amazing saxophony. RIP NIK.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi John, thank you for watching. We all have an entry point with an artist, it be decades ago or a hour from now from reading or hearing something for the first time. It sounds like your knowledge has expanded rapidly since getting the Dust of Time box set! Phil

[@acrookedbeat9013]

when Nik re joined Hawkind in the 80's he whizzed around the stage honking his sax m check out stonehenge 84 vids to see him in all his glory , we're never see the likes of him again . RIP Nick

[@pujapete3665]

hawkwind were my teens...nik lived to a great age,amazing

[@antonhaq3503]

Great tribute.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Thank you 🙏

[@keithamandahall8548]

I met an older guy in his 70s a few years back and he had painted that album cover on about a six foot canvas, nailed to wood. It looked amazing. And we became instant chums. That was about the time I had just got off a four show tour with Nik Turners Hawkwind here in the states. Thanks Nik. Stay High. 🙏❤️

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Keith, thank you for watching and sharing your memories and story. That is really beautiful. Phil :)

[@keithamandahall8548]

@@NowSpinningMagazine much welcome my friend. It's great seeing anyone come out and show appreciation to the Thunder Rider directly after his recent departure. Thank you for the video. 🙏

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

@@keithamandahall8548 you are most welcome. Thank you for visiting my channel. Phil

[@dominicseanmccann6300]

Lovely man. Always nice to us "west london herberts" as he called me & my ICU gig haunting mates as kids. Saw him four times with HW ( apart from 'notorious' Calvert benefit gig )thought it was only right to watch stonehenge 84 dvd. The last time I see him front the band. Fly straight Kadu Flyer..huge part of my life....

[@CarnageNetworkUK]

Nik before we went on stage, 'listen to this, we we are playing this, this way would you you like a piece of orange?' K Charisma, devilish and eccentric. a beautiful combination. Onwards flys the bird under the rumble of thunder rider!

[@richardtyson7884]

I saw him twice with Hawkwind and will never forget that.. RIP Nik and thank you...

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Richard, thank you very much for watching. Phil

[@juliablackmore6952]

From Keith Jones Christian session drummer, now retired to Cornwall. Hello Phil well done with a good tribute to Nik Turner. I once met him briefly, also a good flute and sax player. I also recorded with two members of Hawkwind, Dave Brock and Harvey Bainbridge.. I also recorded a single in 1983 with Dave Brock. Keep up the good work with all your reviews. I sent you a message a few weeks ago about Hardmeat, when my band Flying Fortress worked with them and thanks for the reply back. God Bless (KJ).

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Keith, thank you for watching and sharing your stories again. If you ever want to be a guest on my podcast just let me know, it would be great to talk to you. Phil

[@christopherdavies3079]

I by chance met Nik Turner in 1978 in a record shop in Margate High Street called Funhouse and Nik kindly signed a brown paper bag which was the first thing to hand “ Stay High ! Nik Turner .which has always amused me . I still have his autograph to this day . I also met Bob Calvert back in 1972 when visiting a friend in hospital where he also was a patient I was a young teenager and hadn’t then heard of Hawkwind but remember well Bob Calvert telling my friend that he had just written a new song for his band . The song turned out to be “ Silver Machine “ which made Number 3 in the Uk charts in the summer of 1972 . The rest as they say is history …..

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Christopher, thank you for watching and sharing your amazing story. I am going to add this to the website page as well - thank you 🙏 Phil

[@pujapete3665]

i was touched at 15 years of old

[@peggs1]

Farewell to a legend , mystical rebel of melnibone . Met him several times, , top geezer.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi, thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts. Phil

[@mcwulf25]

Thanks for the tribute. Nik was unique and I loved what he did both in Hawkwind and after.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi, thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. Phil

[@levialves5439]

Obrigado pela sua grande contribuição Nik! A vida continua muito além. RIP

[@peterjones596]

I'm a rock cynic, I've seen Hawkwind many times and always utterly loved them, great musicians, and as I found by accident doing the sound for another band, totally lovely people. A sad loss, but a true legend and a total sweetie, RIP, your work lives on and deservedly so. Come back and haunt me, anytime, your company would always be appreciated.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Peter, thank you for watching and sharing your memories of Hawkwind and Nik. Phil

[@peterjones596]

@@NowSpinningMagazine No worries, I was pleased to do so for all the fans that never met the band, and as a tribute to a great man and his work.

[@officialwillieg2001]

My dads a fan of him. He Saw him play a gig in Coventry and he had the chance to meet him

[@ian741962]

Lovely tribute to a much loved inspiration ❤️

[@pascoebrock5877]

thank you for this xx

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

You are very welcome - Phil

[@jean-lucpernel2202]

Hi Phil i discover the band in 1968 with the first album with this gatefold [crocodiles and photo of the band in psychédélique colors z

[@TheLucidscreamz]

yeah gutted to say is an understatement , i worked alongside nik over the yearsb and he has aways amazed me with joy of jamming cosmic jams and bring folks together

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Thank you for sharing. I have learnt a lot more about Nik from these comments. Phil

[@greggmckella6482]

A lovely tribute Phil.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Gregg, thank you for watching and your kind words. Phil

[@jean-lucpernel2202]

The Captain fly away in space now,good travel captain, RIP

[@bobby666666]

Hawkwind was and is a collective. Not the same type of music, but a similar sort of collective was The Grateful Dead. Hawkwind was quite happy to play for free. May Nik soar high.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Thank you for watching - Phil

[@Unsung_Earth]

Hawkwind are so underrated

[@msjoanofthearc]

Brilliant Tribute, Thank You!

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Thank you 🙏

[@uncleambient]

R.I.P Nik, thanks Phil that was a very nice tribute.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Thank you for watching. Phil

[@jerrygeorgopolis8015]

Hi Phil, Thanks for the video and all the best to you and yours. (another new one for me !)

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Thank you for watching - Phil

[@doverpatrol8335]

Great tribute to a great character and musician Nik Turner RIP Brainstorm Here We Go 🤪🤪🤪

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Dover, thank you for watching - Phil

[@bareknuckles2u]

Great video. You are doing wonderful work.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Thank you for watching and you support. Phil

[@PinkFloydCollectors]

Will be sadly missed…

[@TheLucidscreamz]

nik was gigging in his 80s banging out his psychadelic spiritual bliss yup i was honour to know him and be touched by him

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Cress, thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts on Nik. Phil

[@TheLucidscreamz]

i been crying 2 days now , his impact upon my life was revolutionary , im sat with mik slattery terry olis cooking everyone dinner at festie ,because hawkwinds founders came along with nik when he left brokes version of band and are still hawkwind now, but space ritual :) the one dave broke isnt , thats nik , he kept it all together to the end, loving being truthful and wise, his boots will be hard to fill , what a beautiful conscious soundscape from beautiful man

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Thank you for sharing. Take care - Phil

[@railinly610]

To me, Hawkwind is a concept and in theory it could live forever so long as people in the band keep that spirit alive and intact. There have been deviations from the hawk path because of certain members over the years but the spirit somehow has survived and is still alive now. Maybe that's a fantasy and after captain Brock is gone it will end too because really, Brock IS Hawkwind. As for Nik Turner, his place in the story of the good ship is set in stone and if you listen to the first 5 years, he's very much alive still.

[@o8thman812]

R. I. P. Thunder Rider. When I first heard Assault & Battery / Golden Void back in the day it prompted me to Frisbee all my other 20 odd albums all over the backyard.... They all seemed so pointless

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi, thank you for watching and sharing your journey of discovery to Hawkwind. Phil

[@herbertthecat]

I always felt that Hawkwind with Nik. were an anarcho space travelling circus. Hawkwind without Nik was a rock band

[@TheWelcome7]

My view of Nik Turner is that anybody who has experienced Nik Turner live was never the same and if anything Nik left me thinking.. my God he rocked and I saw Hawkwind in 1990 and then Nik in 1994 and I felt at that point when I experienced Nik, I felt more closer to Hawkwind and with both experiences combined, seeing Hawkwind (smoking cannabis with Dave in their tour bus) and eternally grateful for that.. yet Nik made me feel better about myself and his music was definitely much heavier. I only wish I’d experienced the early Hawkwind days like around 1972-74. The Lemmy era basically. I never cared to take sides either when the Dave Brock purist spread malicious lies about Nik. Nik had nothing to do with the problem of Hawkwind not being able to tour the US. I mean really? He’s dead now, let’s see how true that is. We’re waiting. No disrespect to Dave Brock, but let’s just say Facebook can be harmful, to the point where it divided the Hawkwind fans, sad.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Carlos, thank you for watching and sharing your memories and love of the band. Music is the healer and Nik really believed that music could heal as well. Take care - Phil

[@Hulker69]

RIP in pieces Nik ... in the case of sonic attack on your district follow these rules ...

[@myboythom]

Yeah R I P THUNDER RIDER

[@railwaystationmaster]

The saddest part was the personality chasm that existed between Nik and Dave Brock , Hawkwind suffered creatively when they parted and in similar fashion jettisoned Lemmy 70/75 often regarded as their golden period when their unique space rock really took off , the intervening line ups never quite matched this original launchpad to the cosmos.

[@theseerdark6211]

me an my wife lived with nik for 3yrs an he told me that hawkwind was named after him an yes getting stoned with him an he would fart lol an he said i have a nose like a hawk bless you brother nik

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi, thank you for watching and sharing your story. I had not heard that before and it made me laugh. A great story and memories! Phil

[@jimmyoconnell6167]

Rip Nik such a lovely man sad times . HAWKWIND I've followed since the late 60s nothing comes close definitely cult following by the way my favourite HW Album is warrior on the edge of time

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi Jimmy, thank you for watching - take care - Phil

[@sidhawkwind8179]

Technicians of spaceship Hawkwind one of our captains is dead!

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Thank you for watching. Phil

[@theseerdark6211]

another funny memory was i built a greenhouse behind my caravan at nicks an there was a knock at the door an it was nik an we had a smoke an he said oh nice greenhouse an big he said an he looked in with a torch an saw 25 plants of hawian skunk an he laughed an said a carrier bag would be nice for the band an i laughed an gave him a large bag at harvest lol

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Thank you for watching and sharing your story - Brilliant! Phil :)

[@merlin5476]

Wow, i didnt know that Nik turner played in the pyramids, i thought Killing Joke were the only band that had done that.

[@acrookedbeat9013]

xitin today is the album Nick recorded in the great pyramid well the flute parts then they added drums etc

[@merlin5476]

@@acrookedbeat9013 Many thanks for that 👍

[@sidhawkwind8179]

Touched by hawkwind??? I was groped😁

[@keltyk]

Space Rock? Fohat Digs Holes in Space

[@TheLucidscreamz]

in the music world thier was a guy dave goodman , he pretty much made the sex pistols lent them sound systems etc and became a great contributor to much creativity , when he died my freinds set up a pedal powered stage called mandala stage in corner of green futures field at glastonbury as a tribute stage basically the crew is made up from artists and freinds including nik turner nick may terry ollis and mik slattery , always crew putting on great magical momments and mucking in with the chores mandala it was\is kinda open mike, so you might be singing a solo and nik will come join in on sax automatically and this fusion forms , he was a magical unchained man fun nights happen when nik turns up ..

[@mcwulf25]

Hawkwind survived punk because they played a similar sound. Listen to Public Image Ltd and tell me you don't hear Hawkwind? Listen to ambient early 90s music. Listen to Oasis. Hawkwind did it first.

[@NowSpinningMagazine]

Hi, thank you for watching. I agree, they managed to keep a certain edgy attitude that meant they remained relevant regardless of the musical fashions surrounding them. Phil