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On this day, 15 February 1973, space rock band Hawkwind played Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre.
Formed in 1969 Hawkwind have gone through many incarnations and have incorporated many different styles into their music, including hard rock, progressive rock and psychedelic rock.
They are also regarded as an influential band with theit lyrics favouring urban and science fiction themes.
Hawkwind are best known for the song "Silver Machine which became a number-three UK hit single in 1972, but they scored further hit singles with "Urban Guerrilla, another Top 40 and "Shot Down in the Night.”
The band had a run of twenty-two of their albums charting in the UK from 1971 to 1993.
Hard rock musician Lemmy of the band Motörhead gained a lot from his tenure in Hawkwind. He remarked, "I really found myself as an instrumentalist in Hawkwind. Before that I was just a guitar player who was pretending to be good, when actually I was no good at all. In Hawkwind I became a good bass player. It was where I learned I was good at something."
Members
Dik Mik
Dave Brock
Del Dettmar
Lemmy Kilmister
Simon King
Nik Turner
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