Hawkwind’s days of the underground are explored by Joe Banks, with exclusive audio clips from ex-band members Nik Turner, Paul Rudolph, Adrian Shaw and Alan Powell.
- Assault and Battery (Part 1) (Warrior on the Edge of Time, United Artists, 1975)
- Seeing It as You Really Are (Hawkwind, Liberty, 1970)
- Be Yourself (Hawkwind, Liberty, 1970)
- You Shouldn’t Do That (In Search of Space, United Artists, 1971)
- You Know You’re Only Dreaming (In Search of Space, United Artists, 1971)
- Brainstorm (Doremi Fasol Latido, United Artists, 1972)
- Born To Go (Space Ritual, United Artists, 1973)
- Sonic Attack (Space Ritual, United Artists, 1973)
- You’d Better Believe It (Hall of the Mountain Grill, United Artists, 1974)
- Spiral Galaxy 28948 (Warrior on the Edge of Time, United Artists, 1975)
- City Of Lagoons (Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music, Charisma, 1976)
- Kerb Crawler (Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music, Charisma, 1976)
- Spirit Of The Age (Quark, Strangeness and Charm, Charisma, 1977)
- Days Of The Underground (Quark, Strangeness and Charm, Charisma, 1977)
Days Of The Underground is an in-depth primer to the music of Hawkwind in the 1970s. It also investigates the ideas and concepts that fuelled the band during this period, and speaks to the crew that manned the ship. Further information can be found at daysoftheunderground.com
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Delightful and most informative down to earth take on the tales of the underground and hearing it told from those there and those wanting to keep the legend alive — great fun and makes you realise the world need s more peace chaos freaks and music like they made ( make ) influenced so many … fly high
Most enjoyable, although ideally I would have liked a longer discussion regarding Robert Calvert and his contribution to the band. The Hawklords era (covered in Joe’s excellent book) is not mentioned at all and Robert’s first solo album, featuring pretty much the entire contemporary Hawkwind crew, is only mentioned in passing.
That niggle aside, splendid! Great to hear the interview snippets too – fascinating stuff.
Great show again, how interesting to hear Joe’s comment that the Counter-culture and Underground didn’t just happen around Ladbrooke Grove and the Roundhouse. I live a 30 minute train ride from London but my home town had a great freak scene going. Loads of gigs, a local chapter of the White Panthers, free festivals and many stones hippy listening to Hawkwind. I continue to wave that freak flag and really enjoyed the 50th anniversery gig Hawkwind played at the Royal Albert Hall in 2020. Oh, and don’t forget to boogie.