HW: Oh no, it's Nik versus Dave!

[Martyn White]

>I think Rudy hit the nail on the head when he said, effectively, that
>everybody's idea of the "true" Hawkwind will differ according to their
>favourite lineup/time period.  I am reminded of that scene in the film
>_Spartactus_.  Imagine it: "Will the real Hawkwind come forward?"  Dave
>Brock shuffles around, amidst a tumult of emotions.  Then, from his
>right, up jumps Huw Lloyd-Langton and the heavy metal Hawkwind of the
>80s, proudly claiming, "I'm Hawkwind!"  Then, to his left stands up Nik,
>declaring, "I'm Hawkwind!"  Up lumbers Lemmy, and the early 70s
>incarnation, shouting, "I'm Hawkwind!"  Soon there are a chorus of
>voices: Space Ritual era, Bob Calvert era, 80s Nik era, 90s Nikwind,
>3Wind, etc. etc. all bellowing, "I'm Hawkwind!"

        But I would argue that, regardless of one's personal
opinions of the merits of various HW incarnations,  Nick was
there under the flyover in London having a smoke when Hawkwind
was conceived in the 60s.  He was there outside the Isle of Wight festival.
        Indeed it was his rhinological peculiarity and his
extraordinary flatulence that gave birth to the name "HAWK-WIND".

        Therefore I am sympathetic to him using the name Nik
Turner's Hawkwind when he tours

Martyn