Robert Calvert

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Robert Calvert is best known as the on-off frontman of influential rock group Hawkwind. Robert was born in 1945 in Pretoria, South Africa. His family moved to Kent in England in 1947. He grew up wanting to be a fighter pilot but ended up a writer, an enthusiastic participant in the 1960s London psychedelia subculture. After meeting Hawkwind co-founder Dave Brock in 1970, Robert joined the underground icons as resident poet, reading his work amid strobes and light cascades on stage. Seeking a break from touring, Robert left Hawkwind in 1973 and ...read more

Turn the tape over Recollections of a seaside love affair Two test pilots discuss the starfighters performance Test pilots Sonic attack The cool courage of bomb squad officers The luminous green glow of the dials of the dashboard Medley Paranoia Fascism Silver machine Urban indian Futurism Gadafi rap Psi power Flying doctor The starfarers despatch Board meeting seen through a contract lense Nail biter Ground crew last minute reassembly before take off Churchills secret rock deal A refusal to mourn the removal by surgery of two benign tumours Captain lockheed and the st Lockheed medley Hanging out Diamondmine

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