HW: Brock's Destruction of Hawkwind Reputation

[DRider]

This email (below) was in my Inbox at work today w/ no subject.

I came up for the title of this post from a line in the first paragraph.

I must have been Blind Copied on it......

Did anyone else receive this email in such a mysterious fashion??

I am not sure who the sender is....( I don't recognize the address....)
but I have included his or her email address below.....

I did not see this posted on any of the Hawklists that I subscribe to.....

PLEASE NOTE: I am Just passing it on. I am NOT the author!

REPEAT: I am NOT the author!

And to tell the truth, I have not had a chance to even read it yet.....

But from cutting and pasting it to an email to send here at home
and out to you, it does not look like a friendly note.......

D-Rider
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From: hawkethos [hawkethos at which.net]
To: editor at rcmag.demon.co.uk

Press Release 08/08/2002""without prejudice"

Original Hawkwind members including Lemmy from Motorhead, science-fiction
writer Mike Moorcock [see message from mike moorcock to hawkwind fans
further
down], Nik Turner and a score of others line up in court case against Dave
Brock - About Brock's Destruction of the Hawkwind Reputation and Brock's
issuing of cd albums featuring early members of Hawkwind and not paying
royalties to or seeking permission of those "Golden Years Of Hawkwind"
members.

It started at Glastonbury Festival 2002- Thursday 27th June 2002 Nik Turner
and his eight month old band Xhawkwind.com[now had to change it temporarily
to spaceritual.net] (Featuring original members from the 1970's: - Mick
Slattery - Guitar, Thomas Crimble - Bass, Terry Ollis - Drums,[the band also
often features other original 70s members Del Dettmar noise
generators/synths, Dave Anderson - Bass + Guitar and Ron Tree- 90's Hawkwind
member - Bass + Poetry/Vocals) are just sound checking as the first band to
play on a stage at Glastonbury 2002 [they played in a big top crammed with
around 1000 people and more were listening outside the big top] and Nik
receives an injunction from Dave Brock trying to force Nik not to use any
variation of the word Hawkwind - Niks original Nickname from before the band
was called that!!!!!

Dave Brock also bombarded the internet asking people to ask for their ticket
money back if they had bought tickets thinking it was Hawkwind at Guildford
Festival and not Nik Turner's XHawkwind.com-after the Guildford Festival had
finished a journalist rang up Guildford Festival and asked how many people
had asked for refunds because XHawkwind.com had been substituted for
Hawkwind
[owing to Dave Brock insisting on more costs to the Festival as the event
drew nearer] THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ASKED GUILFORD
FESTIVAL FOR A REFUND ON THEIR TICKETS AS PER DAVE BROCK'S
MASSIVE INTERNET CAMPAIGN WAS -NONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By the 5th of August 2002 this had turned into a legal battle between all
the
Hawkwind 70's Stalwarts on one side and Dave Brock (Who had registered
Hawkwind as a trade mark without telling all the golden years members of the
band) so the following ex- Hawkwind members are now pursuing Dave Brock
about
"Dave Brock "Related" Bootlegs" and non-payments of royalties:
Lemmy, Michael Moorcock, Nik Turner, the estate of the Late Barney Bubbles,
the estate of the late Robert Calvert, Terry Ollis, Steve Swindells, Harvey
Bainbridge, Paul Rudolph, Alan Powell, Adrian Shaw, Dave Anderson, Thomas
Crimble, Mick Slattery, Dik Mik and Del Dettmar.

SPACE RITUAL.NET FEATURING ORIGINAL EX- HAWKWIND MEMBERS
NIK TURNER-SAX,FLUTE,VOCALS, TERRY OLLIS-DRUMS, THOMAS CRIMBLE-BASS GUITAR,
DAVE ANDERSON-BASS GUITAR AND GUITAR, MICK SLATTERY-GUITAR PLUS VARIOUS
SPECIAL GUESTS APPEAR AT CANTERBURY FESTIVAL[www.canterburyfayre.com] ON
FRIDAY 23RD AUGUST 5pm ALSO ON THAT DAY ARE OZRIC TENTACLES ,FISH, AND KEVIN
AYERS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MISSED THIS BAND AT GLASTONBURY OR GUILDFORD
FESTIVALS IN THE LAST MONTH OR TWO OR WHO ARE DISAPPOINTED AT DAVE BROCK'S
HAWKWIND PULLING THEIR GIG AT WAR OF THE WORLDS HEATON PARK MANCHESTER
HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A BAND OF EX-HAWKWIND MEMBERS PERFORMING
CLASSIC HAWKWIND MATERIAL AT A GREAT FESTIVAL. FOR MORE INFO ON CANTERBURY
FAYRE VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT www.canterburyfayre.com PLEASE NOTE THE BAND
"SPACE RITUAL.NET" IS NOT DAVE BROCK'S HAWKWIND BUT DOES CREATE ON STAGE THE
SPIRIT OF THE 70'S HAWKWIND ETHOS AND INVOKES THE SPIRIT OF BARNEY BUBBLES
AND ROBERT CALVERT.

ALSO A FUND RAISING BENEFIT FOR THE LEGAL ACTION BY NIK TURNER IS TO BE HELD
ON FRIDAY 8TH NOVEMBER AT THE MEAN FIDDLER CHARING CROSS ROAD LONDON DOORS
OPEN AT 7PM AND WILL FEATURE SPACE RITUAL.NET AND EX MEMBERS OF HAWKWIND AND
MEMBERS OF THE HAWKESTRA AND INNER CITY UNIT AND TRACTOR PLUS COMPERE
MOTHERSHIP CONTROL ANDY DUNKLEY AND OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS TO BE ANNOUNCED .
THE EVENT IS TO BE KNOWN AS ONE OF THE LEGENDARY GREASY TRUCKERS PARTY IN
FACT IT IS THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY GREASY TRUCKERS PARTY.

>>MESSAGES FROM MICHAEL MOORCOCK ABOUT THE DISPUTE WITH DAVE
BROCK [SAID"WITHOUT PREJUDICE"]    ;

>> This is to confirm that I have not received any royalties or payments
>>from any of the Hawkwind albums issued by Dave Brock. It has been very
>>obvious for some years that Dave
>>has, wherever possible, removed the work of writers like myself and Bob
>>Calvert from reissued albums and has generally behaved in a an unethical
>>way. While I have been generally silent on these matters, since I have
>>respected the idealism of the fans, for instance, it has been obvious
>>for many years that Dave has been as it were feathering his own nest at
>>the expense of the other members of the band, especially the best known
>>members of Hawkwind. He has continued to put bands together which he
>>has called 'Hawkwind' which are in fact only him and various new
>>musicians (though I know this has not always been the case) and has
>>clearly run the band as his own property, without reference to other
>>founder members or, indeed, holders of copyright material. The reason I
>>am speaking now is because I believe Dave has behaved unethically in
>>bringing an injunction against you for using the name xhawkwind --
>>which, it is well known, is not an attempt to pose as Hawkwind but to
>>let audiences know that a band comprised of many ex-members of the band,
>>several of whom I have worked with, is making an appearance. Given
>>Dave's own behavior in these matters, I write to assure that any kind
>>words I might have used many years ago about Dave Brock are no longer
>>verified by his more recent actions. Please use this letter however it
>>suits you and, should you need further help or confirmation in this
>>matter, please let me know how I can help.

>>With all best wishes,

>>Mike Moorcock

>>2nd message from Mike Moorcock "Without Prejudice" To Nik Turner and The
Xhawkwind members

>>Fuck Dave, then. He'd sent me something to do with him, a record for
>>some lyrics, but he can fuck himself. You know
>>that I'll always side with you when things get to this point. If you
>>want to include me in the band formerly known as
>>xhawkwind.com/spaceritual.net as some sort of member,
>> Whatever you think, pard.

>>I have not just extolled Dave's virtues. I've said elsewhere that he
>>was manipulative and greedy. So you can always pull those references,
>>should it go that way. Sod the bastard. He has also, of course, removed
>>almost everything by me and Calvert from reissues,
>> Seems wicked to pull Calvert,
>>Bottom line is pard, if it's between you [Nik Turner] and Dave Brock- Mr.
>>Greed, I'm on your side Nik.
>>
>>Mike Moorcock