hawkwind name

[William Duffy]

Dan Witt wrote:
>
> I received this from a member of the AC list I'm on.
> Has anybody ever heard this story before:
>
> > I've got this book about how rock bands got their names. Saw
> Hawkwind and I
> > thought of you. (I hardly knew there was a band called Hawkwind
> until you mentioned
> > it on SickThings.)
> >
> > Anyway, you probably already know this but ...
> > Lemmy says they got the name because the sax and flute player, Nick
> Turner, had
> > a big nose and he farted alot. It was Hawkwind Zoo before that but
> he says it
> > was still for the same reason. He says there is no such place as
> Hwakwind Zoo in
> > London.
> > Anyway, that's what Lemmy say.
>
> Sounds like just a myth to me, but I don't how they got the name.
> --
> Standing on the runway waiting for take off
>
I heard that story from someone as well

William