With an expanded edition of Hawkwind’s epochal self-titled debut album just released, Prog takes a look at the band’s first year, from playing blues in the back of pubs to forging a revolutionary space rock sound.
As would be the case throughout their career, Hawkwind were heading in a radically different direction from just about every other band in Britain as the 1970s dawned. In The Court Of The Crimson King had recently set the standard for bands of a progressive persuasion, while the first two Led Zeppelin albums had mapped out the hard rock road that many others would travel.
