hawkwind name

[J Strobridge]

Dan Witt writes:

> I received this from a member of the AC list I'm on.
> Has anybody ever heard this story before:
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>
>
> > 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.

yep - that's the official story and the Zoo bit is because some band
members looked like something out of one apparently.   So it's probably
about right as far as explanations go   8-)

jill

PS: Dan - Has the CD arrived yet?

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