Released in 1972 as Hawkwind’s second-ever single, Silver Machine made an immediate and permanent impact on the band. It spent two weeks No.3 in the UK charts and remained in the top 100 for three ...

“Silver Machine” was not followed-up in trusted music biz fashion by another hit-seeking single but by the band’s third album, late November’s Doremi Fasol Latido, and an end-of-year tour which was ...

The ‘X In Search Of Space’-era Hawkwind in 1971, before Lemmy came on board As 1972 unfolded, Lemmy – a guitarist-turned-bassist who approached his newly adopted four-string instrument as though he ...