Fatalist
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Book on Hawkwind & The 1970s
Aug 23, 2019, 12:24
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Hi Guys. Please excuse the self-promotion, but I just wanted to let you know about the book I've written on Hawkwind and the 1970s, due to be published in November. It's a very deep dive into the band's music of that period, plus lots on Hawkwind's connection with the various music, underground and science fiction subcultures of the time. Includes lots of interviews and unseen pics.
Along with the paperback edition, there's going to be a hardback Special Edition which will include an extra book of interviews and a couple of other goodies. It will be limited to 500 copies and pre-orders for it go live next Thursday (yes, August 29, 50 years to the day that Group X played their first gig) at www.strangeattractor.co.uk
Here's the official announcement, but let me know if you have any questions. Oh, and please feel free to share and tell any Hawkfans you know who aren't online ;-) Thanks.
HAWKWIND: DAYS OF THE UNDERGROUND – RADICAL ESCAPISM IN THE AGE OF PARANOIA
Joe Banks
500 pages (approx.), heavily illustrated in colour and b&w
To be published November 2019
The limited SPECIAL EDITION of this book will be available to pre-order from THURSDAY 29 AUGUST at the Strange Attractor website – www.strangeattractor.co.uk
Avatars of the underground, figureheads of the free festival scene, and heralds of punk, Hawkwind were one of the bands that defined the 1970s. At the height of their artistic and commercial powers, Hawkwind channelled and amplified the era’s psychic tenor via a science fiction sensibility, mind-blowing visuals, and their unique brand of deep space psychedelia.
As well as being an in-depth primer to the music of their classic years, Days Of The Underground explores the ideas and concepts that fuelled Hawkwind during this period, and speaks to the crew that manned the ship.
The book’s cover will be illustrated by Hawkwind artist John Coulthart.
The Special Edition of the book will be in hardback, limited to 500 copies, signed by the author, and include the following additional items:
Sideways Through Time: An Oral History Of Hawkwind In The 1970s – a 200 page companion volume of interviews, including DikMik, Nik Turner, Michael Moorcock, Stacia Blake, Alan Powell, Paul Rudolph, Adrian Shaw, Paul Hayles, Harvey Bainbridge, Andrew Lauder, Doug Smith, Jeff Dexter, Jonathan Smeeton, Renée Berg, Michael Butterworth, and Pamela Townley (Robert Calvert’s second wife)
A print of Michael Moorcock & Jim Cawthorn’s ‘Sonic Assassins’ comic strip from Frendz
Postcards featuring unseen pictures from the ‘Space Ritual’ photo shoot by Laurie Lewis
The price of the Special Edition will be £50 and is only available via Strange Attractor. The standard edition will be in paperback and available throughout the known universe.
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garerama
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Re: Book on Hawkwind & The 1970s
Aug 23, 2019, 19:43
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Wow! Well done - what an achievement. Thanks for the self promotion. Don't think they had a dud moment in the seventies. I am very intrigued.
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Fatalist
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Re: Book on Hawkwind & The 1970s
Aug 28, 2019, 14:09
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Hi Guys, quick bump on this. Pre-orders for the limited hardback Special Edition of DAYS OF THE UNDERGROUND, my book about Hawkwind and the 1970s, go live TOMORROW at http://strangeattractor.co.uk Includes extra book, print and postcards. The Special Edition is limited to 500 copies. Please share with any Hawkfans you know who aren't on this forum, thanks!
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Kid Calamity
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Edited Aug 29, 2019, 11:32
Re: Book on Hawkwind & The 1970s
Aug 29, 2019, 11:28
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I know a few.
I've plonked a link onto my Facespace page, for you!
EDIT: Here's a painting I recently did of one of the main culprits: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kidcalamity/48640922998/in/dateposted/
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Kid Calamity
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Edited Aug 29, 2019, 11:56
Re: Book on Hawkwind & The 1970s
Aug 29, 2019, 11:46
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Also, as mentioned in another thread, which has probably dropped off this page by now, I played at Kozfest this Summer. It was here that rumours of an appearance by Nik Turner made Hawkwind spin-off band The Fuck About Club do a 180 and return home, boycotting the festival.
Nik's unscheduled set, with a hastily assembled backing band and regular dancer Angel Flame also featured a very special appearance of STACIA! Dancing to Nik for the first time in several decades!
https://www.theexeterdaily.co.uk/news/entertainment-reviews/local-lady-makes-triumphant-return-stage-north-devon-festival
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Fatalist
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Re: Book on Hawkwind & The 1970s
Aug 29, 2019, 12:29
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Kid Calamity wrote:
Thank you very much. And that's a great pic - I'm sure there's people on the various FB groups who'd love a print/t-shirt (though unfortunately just as many who'd like to set it on fire...)
Yes, amazing that Stacia is appearing on stage again
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Fatalist
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Re: Book on Hawkwind & The 1970s
Aug 29, 2019, 12:30
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Pre-orders are now live! Go here (in nothing else, to see John Coulthart's wonderful cover art): http://strangeattractor.co.uk/shoppe/hawkwind-days-of-the-underground/
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garerama
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Re: Book on Hawkwind & The 1970s
Sep 01, 2019, 20:53
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Kid Calamity wrote:
Lovely painting, nice one!
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Hunter T Wolfe
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Re: Book on Hawkwind & The 1970s
Sep 07, 2019, 12:44
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Well done, Joe. I've followed your stuff as a fellow Shindig and Quietus contributor and noted that we seem to have similar taste. Also Strange Attractor are a brilliant publishing house. I'll look out for this!
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Fatalist
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Re: Book on Hawkwind & The 1970s
Sep 09, 2019, 10:58
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Thanks Ben (?) - if it's you, I've noted similar!
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