Silver Machine is a 1972 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single on 9 June 1972, reaching #3 on the UK singles chart. The single was re-issued in 1976, 1978 reaching #34 on the UK singles charts, and in 1983 reaching #67 on the UK singles charts. The original mix is currently available on the remasters version of In Search Of Space.
United Kingdom
Space rock / psychedelic rock / progressive rock
1969 - present
Dave Brock and Mick Slattery had been in the London based blues turned psychedelic band Famous Cure, and a meeting with jazz-dance band bassist John Harrison revealed a mutual interest in electronic music that kicked off this new venture. Seventeen year old drummer Terry Ollis replied to an advert in one of the music weeklies, while Nik Turner and Michael 'Dikmik' Davies, old acquaintances of Brock, offered help with transport and gear, but were soon pulled into the band when their respective talents for messing around on saxophones and electronics were revealed.
Gatecrashing a local talent night at the All Saints Hall, Notting Hill, they were so untogether as to not even have a name, plumping for Group X at the last minute, nor any songs, choosing to play an extended 20-minute jam on The Byrds Eight Miles High. BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel was in the audience and was impressed enough to tell event organiser Douglas Smith to keep an eye on them. He duly did, signed them up and got them a deal with Liberty Records on the back of a deal he was setting up for Cochise.
The band settled on the name Hawkwind after briefly being billed as Hawkwind Zoo, Hawkwind being the nickname of Turner derived from his unappealing habit of clearing his throat (hawking) and excessive flatulence (wind). An Abbey Road session took place recording demos of "Hurry On Sundown" and others (included on the remasters version of Hawkwind), after which Slattery left to be replaced by Huw Lloyd-Langton, who had known Brock from his days working in a music shop selling guitar strings to the busking Brock.
Biography
Biography
Band Members
Dave Brock, Mr Dibs. Jason Stuart, Richard Chadwick
Former Members: Nik Turner, John Harrison, Huw Lloyd-Langton, Dikmik, Terry Ollis, Robert Calvert, Dave Anderson, Del Dettmar, Lemmy, Simon King, Simon House, Alan Powell, Paul Rudolph, Adrian Shaw, Harvey Bainbridge, Steve Swindells, Martin Griffin, Tim Blake, Ginger Baker, Keith Hale, Alan Davey, Danny Thompson Jr, Bridget Wishart, Ron Tree, Jerry Richards
Discography
Studio Albums
1970 Hawkwind 1971 In Search of Space 1972 Doremi Fasol Latido 1974 Hall of the Mountain Grill 1975 Warrior on the Edge of Time 1976 Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music 1977 Quark, Strangeness and Charm 1978 25 Years On — Hawklords 1979 PXR5 1980 Levitation 1981 Sonic Attack 1982 Church of Hawkwind 1982 Choose Your Masques 1985 The Chronicle of the Black Sword 1988 The Xenon Codex 1990 Space Bandits 1992 Electric Tepee 1993 It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous 1995 White Zone — Psychedelic Warriors 1995 Alien 4 1997 Distant Horizons 1999 In Your Area — live and studio 2000 Spacebrock — Dave Brock solo 2005 Take Me to Your Leader 2006 Take Me to Your Future
Live Albums
1973 Space Ritual 1980 Live Seventy Nine 1986 Live Chronicles 1991 Palace Springs 1994 The Business Trip 1996 Love in Space 1999 Hawkwind 1997 2001 Yule Ritual 2002 Canterbury Fayre 2001 2004 Spaced Out in London 2008 Knights of Space
1980 The Weird Tapes Volumes 1-8 (1966-1983) 1983 The Text of Festival (1970-1971) 1983 Zones (1980 and 1982) 1984 This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic (1980 and 1984) 1984 Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin (1973) 1984 Space Ritual Volume 2 (1972) 1985 Hawkwind Anthology (1967-1982) 1987 Out & Intake (1982 and 1986) 1991 BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1972) 1992 The Friday Rock Show Sessions (1985) 1992 Hawklords Live (1978) 1992 California Brainstorm (1990) 1995 Undisclosed Files Addendum (1984 and 1988) 1997 The 1999 Party (1974) 1999 Glastonbury 90 (1990) 1999 Choose Your Masques: Collectors Series Volume 2 (1982) 1999 Complete '79: Collectors Series Volume 1 (1979) 2000 Atomhenge 76 (1976) 2002 Live 1990 (1990)
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