HW: Books About Hawkwind

[Christopher Bruce]

Hi Folks,

The Kadu Flyer is also working on a book based on an interview questionnaire
we have sent the band; we're still awaiting a reply but that is our intention...

J Strobridge wrote:
>
> Nik Lowenberg writes:
>
> > I was wondering how many biographical books about Hawkwind have been
> > written (no, Time of the Hawklords doesn't count!).  I know there's Kris
> > Tate's "This Is Hawkwind Do Not Panic", but what else is there?  What is
> > the book "Born to Go" by David Watson?  Please, give me some info on what's
> > out there.
>
> There is a lot, but scattered, Hawkwind biography around.   Of the
> two books you mention above Kris Tait's is the authorised biog.  Dave
> Watson's is a Hawfan's view of the albums along with a historical and
> social background as well as some band history.   It is extremely
> readable and well worth trying to find - unfortunately I know that he
> was only printing them in small batches on demand and had planned to
> stop doing so by the end of last year so I don't think any have been
> issued recently.
>
> Both books however stop around the early 1980s and there are so far
> no biographical books on modern Hawkwind although there are rumours that
> something is in progress (see Adrian's mail for confirmation of this!).
>
> The Acid Daze booklet gives a track by track background cum history
> and there are several interviews in the Record Collector mags as well
> as the interviews on http://www.hawkwind.com which are worth reading.
> Incidentally, this website appears to have recently come back to life
> again and was updated as recently as 28 June 1999.  Also, as someone
> mentioned the Pete Frame family tree was brought up to the mid-1980s
> or so.
>
> There's plenty around but you need to go looking for it.  It'll be good
> if someone has a chance to pull everything together!
>
> jill
>
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> J.D.Strobridge at ed.ac.uk                         eset08 at holyrood.ed.ac.uk
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