Editing Hawkwind (section)

===1969: formation===
[[File:Dave Brock Hawkwind.jpg|thumb|Dave Brock]]
[[Dave Brock]] and Mick Slattery had been in the London-based [[Psychedelic music|psychedelic]] band Famous Cure, and a meeting with bassist John Harrison revealed a mutual interest in [[electronic music]], which led the trio to embark upon a new musical venture together. Seventeen-year-old drummer Terry Ollis replied to an advert in a music weekly; [[Nik Turner]] and Michael "Dik Mik" Davies, old acquaintances of Brock, offered help with transport and gear, but were soon pulled into the band.

Gatecrashing a local talent night at the [[All Saints Hall]], [[Notting Hill]], they were so disorganised as to not even have a name, opting for "Group X" at the last minute, nor any songs, choosing to play an extended 20-minute jam on [[the Byrds]]' "[[Eight Miles High]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=spaceritual.net history |url=http://www.spaceritual.net/history/index.html |website=Spaceritual.net |access-date=16 November 2017}}</ref> [[BBC Radio 1]] DJ [[John Peel]] was in the audience, and was impressed enough to tell event organiser Douglas Smith to keep an eye on them. Smith signed them up and got them a deal with [[Liberty Records]] on the back of a deal he was setting up for [[Cochise (band)|Cochise]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Franks |first=Phil |title=Philm Freax: Days in the Life of Friends/Frendz Magazine: Doug Smith |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/mal/MO/philm/friends/douglas.html |website=Ibiblio.org |access-date=16 November 2017}}</ref>

The band settled on the name "Hawkwind" after briefly being billed as "Group X" and "Hawkwind Zoo".<ref name="Quietus">{{cite web |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/05509-dr-rock-hawkwind-interview-dave-brock |title=Dr Rock Goes Intergalactic: An Interview With Hawkwind's Dave Brock |date=6 January 2011 |work=The Quietus |access-date=13 December 2017}}</ref>

A session took place at [[Abbey Road Studios]] to record demos of "[[Hurry on Sundown]]" and other tracks (which were eventually included on the remastered version of the group's debut album ''[[Hawkwind (album)|Hawkwind]]''), after which Slattery left. He was replaced by [[Huw Lloyd-Langton]] who, during his former employment in a musical instrument shop, had known Brock (who at the time was a [[busker]]) and sold guitar strings to him.<ref>{{cite web |title=Huw Lloyd-Langton... Gets on the move again |url=http://www.huwlloyd-langton.co.uk/press.html |url-status=dead |publisher=Vintage Guitar Magazine |date=February 2003 |access-date=29 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070207133528/http://www.huwlloyd-langton.co.uk/press.html |archive-date=7 February 2007}}</ref>