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'Hawkwind: Days Of The Underground', a MOJO, Uncut, Prog & Shindig book of the year. 'Rock And Role: The Visionary Songs Of Peter Hammill + VdGG' out 04/12/25.
London, UK
Joined February 2016
Announcement! And cover reveal! Pre-orders for Rock and Role, my biography of Peter Hammill & Van der Graaf Generator, are now open. Over 500 pages and 400 images. Details here: https://t.co/4Qt7IhG5ah
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One of *the* great Robert Calvert pics, now colourised! (courtesy of Christopher Scurrah) #hawkwind
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Watch more Peter Hammill (and Van der Graaf Generator) TV appearances here... https://t.co/BvBVUkg1Fb 2/2
rockandrole.net
The web's most comprehensive collection of Peter Hammill & Van der Graaf Generator TV broadcasts.
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In June 1992, Peter Hammill played his first shows in Argentina. He also appeared on the chat show Rebelde Sin Pausa, where he performed Just Good Friends, and Too Many Of My Yesterdays - IMO, one of his greatest ballads. This is an amazing version... 1/2
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Saw Sleeper last night @tpfilmclub. It's one of those films that's not as funny as when you saw it as a teenager, and Woody Allen's charms have diminished substantially, but spotting the SF film refs is diverting - lots from THX 1138, but also Fahrenheit 451 and 2001.
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I don't really follow modern literary fiction anymore, but I was pleased to see David Szalay win the Booker Prize last night with his novel 'Flesh'. I haven't read it, but his 2008 debut 'London And The South-East' is a terrifically funny/dark satire which I highly recommend...
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How did Hawkwind get their name? The official line from 1972... (Melody Maker, 5 Feb 72)
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Whoop, the first review of Rock and Role: The Visionary Songs of Peter Hammill and Van der Graaf Generator is here, and it's a cracker from the venerable Mike Barnes in MOJO...
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Went last night to the wonderful Castle Cinema, Homerton, to watch the Butthole Surfers doc The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt. It's a brilliant film, made with both passion and expertise - funny, insightful, poignant, and just downright entertaining. See it! https://t.co/RfB5DKv9X2
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Ok, for the thousands of people out right poised on the edge of their seats to hear my worms of widsom this evening on Greek radio... apologies, there was a technical issue, so I wasn't interviewed. But hopefully sometime in the near future...
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If you listen to the Rock Zone show on Greece's Channel 1 radio today at 17.10 UK/19.10 Greek time, you can hear me blathering on about all things Peter Hammill and my upcoming PH/VdGG biog Rock and Role... Tune in (ie. click the button) here!
kanaliena.gr
Το Κανάλι Ένα 90,4 FM γεννήθηκε τον Οκτώβριο του 1988 στον Πειραιά - Ραδιοφωνικός Σταθμός του Δήμου Πειραιά στους 90,6 fm.
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Hooray, have been looking for an image of this Hawkwind piece for a while, from short-lived monthly inky Album Tracking. Chas de Whalley was your typical 70s hack, but Calvert is more than a match for him. Don't think I've seen this version of the Atomhenge promo pics before...
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A couple of amazing pictures from Theo Joosten showing the fall of the wall at the Isle Of Wight festival 1970. More here: https://t.co/Tq66kqy00l
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Fab vintage TV - inc interviews with Christopher Lee, Terry Nation, Ray Harryhausen and Lord Sutch! - though I find Whicker's charms entirely resistible. Some truly terrifying teeth and hair, and what bizarre fever dream is that first film fan having??
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RIP a true visionary. Watkins is best known for The War Game, but if you haven't seen them, you should absolutely seek out the pop art nightmare of Privilege and the terrifying Punishment Park, which I'm sure Trump would love to make official US policy...
theguardian.com
Radical English director who clashed with the BBC over his ‘horrifying’ film about nuclear war, was forced to look abroad to continue working
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Here's my contribution to the lore of the Dü, originally published in French mag Rock & Folk in July 2014... https://t.co/g1aGIwkv7X 2/2
daysoftheunderground.com
Publication date: July 2014Songs and Stories At The Speed of Life: ‘Zen Arcade’Inspired by the fearsome, take-no-prisoners philosophy of the Dead Kennedys and Black Flag, Hüsker Dü initially establ...
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This is a fantastic, career-spanning interview with Bob Mould and Greg Norton about Hüsker Dü, who Stevie Chick rightfully identifies as "one of the most important groups of the 1980s." Great pic too! https://t.co/HXIRKYHyI8 1/2
thequietus.com
Stevie Chick talks to Bob Mould and Greg Norton about Grant Hart, American punk and paving the road for Nirvana
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Never heard 'em? Do so here... Bodkin - Plastic Man https://t.co/kVpNMu6D4Y Iron Claw - Clawstrophobia https://t.co/CbdjJJOeoi 2/2
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Clip from NME's 'What's On' guide, 23 Sept 1972, featuring proto-metal heroes Bodkin and Iron Claw, alluding to both bands' lack of success in securing industry attention. But they finally had their day during the archival recordings boom of the 90s/00s... 1/2
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The days of the underground clearly hadn't reached Hitchin according to this piece on Principal Edward's Magic Theatre from Zigzag, Nov 1969. Hawkwind's dancer Stacia was a big fan of PEMT and you can see the influence from the picture...
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