By 1972, Hawkwind had made several sonic leaps from their origins as Portobello street entertainers into “a bunch of loony spacemen who’d been on a spaceship for a thousand years and gone completely whacko,” in the words of sci-fi author and musical accomplice Michael Moorcock.
The release of Doremi Fasol Latido, their third album, in November 1972 bore all the hallmarks of Hawkwind as futuristic warriors of the cosmos, light years ahead with Barney Bubbles-illustrated chrome and black sleeve. Alongside the visionary identity, they were rocket-propelled by a refreshed rhythm section of drummer Simon King and Lemmy on bass. Together they drove the band into , louder
