The Ultimate Progressive Rock Top 50?

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24. HAWKWIND      Masters of the Universe when it comes to the world of Space Brock, Hawkwind are led by Urban Guerrilla Dave Brock - the only constant member of the band - who busked on the streets of London in the late 1960's, performing an early acoustic version of Hurry on Sundown before having a Brainstorm and deciding to form Hawkwind (originally known as "Group X"), a band who've been committing Assault and Battery on our eardrums now for well over fifty years with their relentless Sonic Attack of pounding, pulsating music. Hawkwind has featured a revolving door line-up of players over the years with Lemmy (granite-faced leader of Motorhead) riding the Silver Machine to number three in the charts in 1972. South African born Robert Calvert leapt around the stage like a Demented Man in his lively performances as frontman of Hawkwind during most of the 1970's, although I suspect the mostly male audiences were there to see statuesque dancer Stacia Blake performing naked. Other notable members of the band over the years were Alan Davey, Nik Turner, Ginger Baker, Huw Lloyd Langton, set designer Barney Bubbles, lighting man Liquid Len and Dik Mik, who created various weird sound effects on his "audio generator". Hawkwind also had an unlikely partnership with sci-fi author Michael Moorcock, who wrote many of the band's spacey lyrics. In the Spirit of the Age, Dave Brock is still rocking on well into his eighties with four more recent Hawkwind albums released so far in the 2020's. The Future Never Waits, so who knows how many more Stories from Time and Space we still have left to look forward to. Smile

1970: Hawkwind - Hawkwind - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lt0wdf6EnOV_cfmHDrU_VpH
1971: Hawkwind - In Search of Space - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuTBzy_QhytoJ8WHpu5QtOT
1972: Hawkwind - Doremi Fasol Latido - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvGCBCk0UZa5bsu0Hsay4vN
1973: Hawkwind - Space Ritual - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Ls2CDBeUAwx4mAh0h64Mtw6
1974: Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Ls1PJKvx1FimUi-kVGCWvRX
1975: Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtfVhtMxItrhGsUDtKM51kb
1976: Hawkwind - Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvL9X512hrzdo9LbZ2l8UE9
1977: Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness & Charm - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuUttmA0jy85jhJuCjs3AAu
1978: Hawklords - 25 Years On - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtFXUv5OYxZv10Q_EyD1p2O
1979: Hawkwind - PXR5 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtvhN_W6UecEmybKAiY3YTI
1980: Hawkwind - Live Seventy Nine - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LupJ2GvwrbJaNnroZHaX63L
1980: Hawkwind - Levitation - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvUh0JdQQ2wH-L_WubFe-GR
1981: Hawkwind - Sonic Attack - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtPDWxh9kC2OZLVnT1hyQy5
1982: Hawkwind - Church of Hawkwind - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LusaHXGN4WlIKHSMyBJvwZ5
1982: Hawkwind - Choose Your Masques - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuP3ZxVuSuq3nPWEydoYmjm
1982: Hawkwind - Coded Languages: Live at Hammersmith - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvGxWcudZ5ankJNKGAyey6y
1983: Hawkwind - The Text of Festival - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsE54jb_yFJCwmWUUUtvhtQ
1983: Hawkwind - Zones - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lv5E6VCVZcoUiLRmbzwn54m
1984: Hawkwind - Night of the Hawks, Gaumont Theatre, Ipswich - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsEoIW3BetCKRN-aSDLT9CP
1984: Hawkwind - This is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsZMlq2c7Udf6z6wfN4cbnE
1984: Hawkwind - Solstice at Stonehenge - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtzXu4XR_003ZQlsf8HXjVZ
1985: Hawkwind - Space Ritual 2 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Ls7u4Lk2rIjrEUoTx9JtvV2
1985: Hawkwind - The Chronicle of the Black Sword - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvZ1J_Yr7bgxri9k4ql0W-8
1985: Hawkwind - Live at Hammersmith Odeon - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lue9guIblGAXrSeGtmoADya
1985: Hawkwind - Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvIjxuLzbJ2k_BkRQiRhmLr
1986: Hawkwind - Live Chronicles - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lt-KTr6dKslSLKQkYxMMFkk
1986: Hawkwind - Chaos: Live at Guild Hall, Preston - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtUlU905fuYnIrnKFqj04-4
1987: Hawkwind - Out & Intake - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvWH-iHwDgkDst0nkjueOWg
1988: Hawkwind - The Xenon Codex - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvuOSybLZT6hx13ZdAXOZ3F
1990: Hawkwind - Space Bandits - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuI_4Kyrllx42o3DeEqkFgu
1990: Hawkwind - Live in Nottingham - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsVp0twz-zdzdPx9lJ8xw7Y
1991: Hawkwind - BBC Radio One Live '72 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsiR_VZUgMzRAmxrhwRTYUp
1991: Hawkwind - Masters of the Universe - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtZPUekszIDBLCZ-GENm_GJ
1991: Hawkwind - Palace Springs - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LugDeid0VJ5z5y5Z4Z9YpPQ
1992: Hawkwind - The Friday Rock Show Sessions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtYWnYA6RZyWlqF0TDNryEe
1992: Hawkwind - California Brainstorm - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvJ6F51BNidsy11V4WN5LDM
1992: Hawkwind - The Hawklords Live '78 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvmQjcBBVW8bK-dxIonL206
1992: Hawkwind - Electric Tepee - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtZ4IoyEzWWCzoD2FEHN7zy
1993: Hawkwind - It is the Business of the Future to be Dangerous - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lvk1DJr08v1Lnw9Y85DOpxH
1994: Hawkwind - The Business Trip - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtTm07f8ZNxnJXp8i8irHmY
1995: Hawkwind - Undisclosed Files: Addendum - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvWtnEs9s522RPy-etP6k_A
1995: Hawkwind - Alien 4 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lu5UoUJUHnQ1hZ4o4sDeYKi
1995: Psychedelic Warriors (Hawkwind) - White Zone - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvD3lYCV9FLnYUeINz1sJKI
1995: Hawkwind - Independent Days, Vol. 1 & 2 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LslnymZKTF_99MqJJe7hlRv
1996: Hawkwind - Love in Space: Live at Hammersmith - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvSRqhYmyMmxOBzgBfZffcW
1997: Hawkwind - Distant Horizons - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuTYNwHfKH00m7gFXksC0EI
1997: Hawkwind - The 1999 Party: Chicago Auditorium '74 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Luw-KYGojWho5TxFgK3gdz9
1998: Hawkwind - In Your Area - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LslSi16PzH0uB7iy8C8OPd2
2000: Hawkwind - Spacebrock - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Ls1bccsZcsog7Wkykpxs2QE
2000: Hawkwind - Weird Tapes Vol. 1: Sonic Assassins / Dave Brock - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsMXDLNRQL-T9zk9UGKwCDh
2000: Hawkwind - Weird Tapes Vol. 2: Hawkwind Live / Hawklords Studio - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lse6mcVn0-5QRnAquWk9TWO
2000: Hawkwind - Weird Tapes Vol. 3: Free Festivals - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Ls8WzicyCM_PKSBLbjR7GFo
2000: Hawkwind - Weird Tapes Vol. 4: Hawklords Live '78 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Ltq1EjTRPsUwf0moaAYZRfi
2000: Hawkwind - Weird Tapes Vol. 5: Live '76 and '77 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsrHVMZTN0u1KYligt8LrYD
2000: Hawkwind - Weird Tapes Vol. 6: Live 1970-73 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lstsa6OZAvxELylMiv5dOlO
2000: Hawkwind - Weird Tapes Vol. 7: Dave Brock Demos - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvL4oGBgsoH4RY_ekyUtfA2
2001: Hawkwind - Atomhenge '76 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvJcFn0Jo4tFZXHStQaYFBp
2001: Hawkwind - Yule Ritual: Live at London Astoria - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvA1KNcBMDKltG9ionFNlfR
2001: Hawkwind - Canterbury Fayre - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvIQoneEcelklhXsExZd4XN
2002: Hawkwind - Spaced Out in London - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LufIypeZ3CuSiunxwX2Aw2e
2004: Hawkwind - Out of the Shadows - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvChD1Fsm-fNOT5XTpIqfyo
2005: Hawkwind - Take Me to Your Leader - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lv4bO-9S0BjST50YTOEmKwP
2006: Hawkwind - Take Me to Your Future - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LufClhhKpeeleF5oBIxeF1O
2008: Hawkwind - Knights of Space - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lv9FiEQ-3R0-uT4A7Ac9Jux
2009: Hawkwind - Transmissions from Atomhenge - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtCLmaKRg8NCexvKKiZUbhe
2010: Hawkwind - At the BBC 1972 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Ls_EZeeAV1R-ewokZIUsJ6U
2010: Hawkwind - Blood of the Earth - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtU8T7Ac1h_nhIxPAsykTFX
2011: Hawkwind - Leave No Star Unturned: Cambridge Corn Exchange 1972 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuaZifEc9UMoEsFLkgW33Xz
2012: Hawkwind - Onward - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtG6WPQHSOELrhaISfE59-u
2012: Hawkwind Light Orchestra - Stellar Variations - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvdcM_fN7fmN4z0kySysfrl
2013: Hawkwind - Spacehawks - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsHKMYmHV5uKyWmZybF7Dkp
2015: Hawkwind - Space Ritual Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsKj0lRHZqg29xef6cgrSl8
2016: Hawkwind - The Machine Stops - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lsnkiaceu8vLoDb1isjGGnn
2017: Hawkwind - Live at the Roundhouse, London - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsEJWGXYi3ErPk34t_3I0zZ
2017: Hawkwind - Into the Woods - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lu_Mhui9AATBy1WIzso3o7Y
2018: Hawkwind - Road to Utopia - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuyySik8UfEorhipprR-8On
2019: Hawkwind - All Aboard the Skylark - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Ltrhf9fZIgE6dVSQonvTUJa
2019: Hawkwind - Acoustic Daze - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuzuZ2mVpWa8YhpGIE-CUa8
2019: Hawkwind - Welcome to the Future (American Radio Broadcast) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lt51Jnjue5WCJl-Ky5EDwii
2020: Hawkwind Light Orchestra - Carnivorous - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LugqwnXUJ7aGnC_EhWNzW26
2020: Hawkwind - 50 Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Ltgl3f9GvpbJQZsNDrA4kxq
2021: Hawkwind - Somnia - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtuV0HMuPaCUDAWKXHkQ5Ic
                 2023: Hawkwind - The Future Never Waits - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGAnow2t7hCziO4j6HEiSdRfQdikCgkBN
                 2024: Hawkwind - Stories from Time and Space - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mCMMb8qDajN62TJmtVJ4oJiDusvIs6xbs




Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 01 2025 at 11:46

David_D wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Man, I love the way Paul deflects negativity and doesn't take anything personal. I think we can all learn a lot from his positive attitude. ;) I think, it's more like some negative energy is completely eating him up.

Au contraire. It's the positive power of prog!

^ for instance: "the more the merrier"

25. HENRY COW       Leg ends in their own lunchtime, Henry Cow were an Avant Prog band led by Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. They were part of the Rock in Opposition (RIO) movement, where being musically challenging, commercially unappealing and generally unsuccessful were considered a badge of honour. The complete polar opposite to Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift then. Personally speaking, I've had more fun rearranging my sock drawer than listening to a Henry Cow album, but they should appeal to fans of Frank Zappa, especially if you have a taste for discordant offbeat jazz.

1973: Henry Cow - Legend - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m8hrhaXdqpW0aiXC9l1nnfquPHFRBq54A
                 1974: Henry Cow - Unrest - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3s2d_KjDMhQhNK5hNNWmhxgb02JMnZmU
                 1975: Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs9zwqXsceUhZN0km9nBzAutrR2kfoUBB
                 1979: Henry Cow - Western Culture - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3s2d_KjDMhTx6esxxG7vLnJVYJbMSy-C
       



Edited by Psychedelic Paul - 18 hours 23 minutes ago at 07:42

^ Cool. Subterranea and Resistance are their most ambitious albums with prodigious running times. The Seventh House is maybe their definitive and also best recorded album. Nicholls vocals especially are so 'pure'.

Anyway, Paul, I can imagine that it won't last much longer before the negative energy inside you has eaten you completely up - unless, you'll somehow manage to take better care of it than you've done it so far.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: David_D wrote: Anyway, Paul, I can imagine that it won't last much longer before the negative energy inside you has eaten you completely up - unless, you'll somehow manage to take better care of it than you've done it so far. Try looking in the mirror.

If that makes you feel better, but I think that I take quite good care of my negative energies, as I don't have any very strong obsessions.

David_D wrote: Anyway, Paul, I can imagine that it won't last much longer before the negative energy inside you has eaten you completely up - unless, you'll somehow manage to take better care of it than you've done it so far.

Stop the personal attacks or risk a suspension.