HW : Name

[HERBERT119 at DELPHI.COM]

On 27-AUG-1996 04:41:51.7 BOC-L said to HERBERT119
   >In message <01I8R4KH3H6A8YASTS at delphi.com>, HERBERT119 at DELPHI.COM writes
   >>Definitely Nik. That is the schnozz that helped give HW their name...
   >I find it hard to beieve that Hawkwind got their name from Nik's nose
   >and the fact that he farted a lot. For a start weren't they called
   >Hawkwind before Nik joined?

I thought he was with "The Famous Cure" since '67??

   >I've always thought it was a referece to the Aeon of Horus, the Hawk-
   >headed God as postulated by Crowley among others. (Ya know, the "Wind Of
   >Change" etc.) I thought Nik's original Sphynx work bore this out to a
   >degree. I was going to ask Dave in the Cyber-Interview but was too busy
   >"holding the centre" at the time!
   >Any thoughts?
   >--
   >Jon Browne

I read two different scenarios:

#1: Nik's nose and flatulance and...
#2: Moorcock's "Hawkmoon" (Eternal Champion) character and Nik's flatulance

Chuck
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