(Vocal/instrumental group, 1969–78, 1979–present) Purveyors of space rock since the late 1960s, Hawkwind were formed in the hippy community of London’s Ladbroke Grove. The band’s line-up has rarely remained stable for long but at the time of the surprise UK No. 3 ‘Silver Machine’ in 1972, the core members were ever-present founder Dave Brock (guitar, vocals), ...
Traveling Wilburys. His last solo studio album would be Brainwashed (2002), released a year after his death from cancer in 2001. Styles & Forms | Seventies | Rock Personalities | Hawkwind | Seventies | Rock ...
(Vocal/instrumental group, 1975–present) The seemingly indestructible Lemmy Kilmister (vocals, bass) was a former member of Hawkwind, and a vicar’s son. Motörhead are named after a Hawkwind song he penned. The line-up settled in the late 1970s with ‘Fast’ Eddie Clarke (guitar) and Phil ‘Filthy Animal’ Taylor (drums). The title track of 1980’s Ace Of Spades was a UK ...
In The Hole Despite mutual hostility between the two sets of fans, the combination of heavy metal and punk was a sure-fire winner, and it fell to former Hawkwind bassist Lemmy to realize the vision. He put together his power trio in 1975 and they played suitably loud, hard and fast. ‘Ace Of Spades’ is perhaps the definitive ...
AUTHORITATIVE
An extensive music information resource, bringing together the talents and expertise of a wide range of editors and musicologists, including Stanley Sadie, Charles Wilson, Paul Du Noyer, Tony Byworth, Bob Allen, Howard Mandel, Cliff Douse, William Schafer, John Wilson...
CURATED
Classical, Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country and more. Flame Tree has been making encyclopaedias and guides about music for over 20 years. Now Flame Tree Pro brings together a huge canon of carefully curated information on genres, styles, artists and instruments. It's a perfect tool for study, and entertaining too, a great companion to our music books.
David Bowie
Fantastic new, unofficial biography covers
his life, music, art and movies, with a
sweep of incredible photographs.