hawkwind name

[Mike Parkington]

I got the impression for Kris' book that the Hawk part was from the fact that he coughed (hawked up) a lot????

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From:   Sonique[SMTP:sonique at maxwell.PCMICRO.COM.AU]
Sent:   11 July 1997 12:15
To:     Multiple recipients of list BOC-L
Subject:        Re: hawkwind name

On 10 Jul 97 at 10:24, Dan Witt wrote:

> > Lemmy says they got the name because the sax and flute player, Nick Turner, had
> > a big nose and he farted alot. It was Hawkwind Zoo before that but he says it
> > was still for the same reason. He says there is no such place as Hwakwind Zoo in
> > London.
> > Anyway, that's what Lemmy say.

Apparently it's true ... I've seen that in a number of places (including Kris
Tait's book if I rememeber correctly)

Sonique

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