Editing Hawkwind (section)

===1976–1978: Charisma era===
Calvert made a guest appearance with the band for their headline set at the [[Reading Festival]] in August 1975, after which he chose to rejoin the band as a full-time lead vocalist. Stacia chose to relinquish her dancing duties and settle down to family life. The band changed record company to Tony Stratton-Smith's [[Charisma Records]] and, on Stratton-Smith's suggestion, band management from Douglas Smith to Tony Howard.

''[[Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music]]'' is the first album of this era. On the eve of recording the follow-up "[[Back on the Streets (single)|Back on the Streets]]" single, Turner was dismissed for his erratic live playing<ref name="trgnbs">Hawkwind Family Tree, Pete Frame, 1979</ref> and Powell was deemed surplus to requirements. After a tour to promote the single and during the recording of the next album, Rudolph was also dismissed, for allegedly trying to steer the band into a musical direction at odds with Calvert and Brock's vision.<ref name="trgnbs"/>

[[Adrian "Ade" Shaw]], who, as bass player for Magic Muscle, had supported Hawkwind on the ''Space Ritual'' tour, came in for the 1977 album ''[[Quark, Strangeness and Charm]]''. The band continued to enjoy moderate commercial success, but Calvert's mental illness often caused problems. A manic phase saw the band abandon a European tour in France,<ref>NME, 12 November 1977 – Hawklord in KGB Wedding Affair – [http://www.kadu.demon.co.uk/pages/bobswedding.html Jon's Attic] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061003015418/http://www.kadu.demon.co.uk/pages/bobswedding.html |date=3 October 2006}}</ref> while a depression phase during a 1978 North American tour convinced Brock to disband the group.<ref>''This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic'', Chapter 6 – Kris Tait.</ref> In between these two tours, the band had recorded the album ''[[PXR5]]'' in January 1978, but its release was delayed until 1979.

On 23 December 1977 in [[Barnstaple]], Brock and Calvert had performed a one-off gig with Devon band Ark as the [[Sonic Assassins]], and looking for a new project in 1978, bassist [[Harvey Bainbridge]] and drummer Martin Griffin were recruited from this event. [[Steve Swindells]] was recruited as keyboard player. The band was named [[Hawklords]], (probably for legal reasons, the band having recently split from their management), and recording took place on a farm in Devon using a mobile studio, resulting in the album ''[[25 Years On]]''. King had originally been the drummer for the project but quit during recording sessions to return to London, while House, who had temporarily left the band to join a [[David Bowie]] tour, elected to remain with Bowie full-time, but nevertheless contributed violin to these sessions. At the end of the band's UK tour, Calvert, wanting King back in the band, dismissed Griffin, then promptly resigned himself, choosing to pursue a career in literature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aural-innovations.com/issues/issue18/03_jones.html|title=Working Down A Diamond Mine|website=aural-innovations.com|access-date=16 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511115446/http://aural-innovations.com/issues/issue18/03_jones.html|archive-date=11 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Swindells left to record a solo album after an offer had been made to him by the record company [[Atco Records|ATCO]].