HW : Name

[Keith Frazier]

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Thanks in Advance!
Keith

>As far as I understand it, Hawk after his habit of spitting, wind from his
>habit of farting. Prosaic, but plausible.
>
>Mike P
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>From:   J Strobridge[SMTP:eset08 at TATTOO.ED.AC.UK]
>Sent:   Tuesday, August 27, 1996 04:04
>To:     Multiple recipients of list BOC-L
>Subject:        Re: HW : Name
>
>Jon Browne writes:
>
>> In message <01I8R4KH3H6A8YASTS at delphi.com>, HERBERT119 at DELPHI.COM writes
>> >Definitely Nik. That is the schnozz that helped give HW their name...
>>
>> I find it hard to beieve that Hawkwind got their name from Nik's nose
>> and the fact that he farted a lot. For a start weren't they called
>> Hawkwind before Nik joined?
>>
>
>I think they were called Group X when Nik joined and Hawkwind Zoo
>subsequently ('cos apparently they all looked like something out of a
>zoo....) and then the zoo bit got dropped.
>
>All the official histories have the naming after Nik Turner and/or Terry
>Ollis (in appearance) and even, I think, Nik Turner tells this story.   The
>comment afterwards is usually along the lines of "so this is the rather
>prosaic reasoning behind the Hawkwind name - not very esoteric or
>exciting is it!"
>
>
>> I've always thought it was a referece to the Aeon of Horus, the Hawk-
>> headed God as postulated by Crowley among others. (Ya know, the "Wind Of
>> Change" etc.) I thought Nik's original Sphynx work bore this out to a
>> degree. I was going to ask Dave in the Cyber-Interview but was too busy
>> "holding the centre" at the time!
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>
>Maybe this came later - once they got into the space-rock style?
>
>yrs
>
>jill (wet blanket) strobridge
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