Editing Hawkwind (section)

===1970–1975: United Artists era===
[[Pretty Things]] guitarist [[Dick Taylor]] was brought in to produce the 1970 debut album ''Hawkwind''. Although it was not a commercial success, it did bring them to the attention of the [[UK underground]] scene, which found them playing free concerts, benefit gigs, and festivals. Playing free outside the [[Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music|Bath Festival]], they encountered another [[Ladbroke Grove]]–based band, the [[Pink Fairies]], who shared similar interests in music and [[Recreational drug use|recreational substances]]; a friendship developed which led to the two bands becoming running partners and performing as "Pinkwind". Their use of drugs, however, led to the departure of Harrison, who did not partake, to be replaced briefly by [[Thomas Crimble (musician)|Thomas Crimble]] (about July 1970 – March 1971). Crimble played on a few BBC sessions (which were eventually collected on the album ''[[The Text of Festival]]'') before leaving to help organise the Glastonbury Free Festival 1971; he sat in during the band's performance there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nikturner.com/tirnanog/glastonbury2010.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518105343/http://www.nikturner.com/tirnanog/glastonbury2010.html|url-status=dead|title=Nik Turner – Glastonbury, 40 Years On|archive-date=18 May 2011}}</ref> Lloyd-Langton also quit, after a bad [[LSD]] trip at the [[Isle of Wight Festival 1970|Isle of Wight Festival]] led to a [[nervous breakdown]].<ref>Mojo, September 1999 – The Egos Have Landed – [http://www.starfarer.net/intvw999.html www.starfarer.net] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314035625/http://www.starfarer.net/intvw999.html |date=14 March 2012}}</ref>

Their follow-up album, 1971's ''[[In Search of Space]]'', brought greater commercial success, reaching number 18 on the UK album charts. This album offered a refinement of the band's image and philosophy courtesy of graphic artist [[Barney Bubbles]] and underground press writer [[Robert Calvert]], as depicted in the accompanying ''Hawklog'' booklet, which would be further developed into the ''Space Ritual'' stage show. Science fiction author [[Michael Moorcock]] and dancer [[Stacia]] also started contributing to the band. Dik Mik had left the band, replaced by sound engineer [[Del Dettmar]], but chose to return for this album, thus giving the band two electronics players. Bass player [[Dave Anderson (musician)|Dave Anderson]], who had been in the German band [[Amon Düül II]], had also joined and played on the album, but departed before its release because of personal tensions with some other members of the band.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hawkwind Family Tree, Pete Frame, 1979 |url=http://www.hawkwindmuseum.co.uk/fp1.jpg |website=Hawkwindmuseum.co.uk |access-date=16 November 2017}}</ref> Anderson and Lloyd-Langton then formed the short-lived band Amon Din.<ref>{{cite web |title=Huwey PT Int |url=http://www.hawkwindmuseum.co.uk/huweypt.htm |website=Hawkwindmuseum.co.uk |access-date=16 November 2017}}</ref> Meanwhile, Ollis quit, unhappy with the commercial direction in which the band were heading.<ref>Carol Clerk, ''The Saga of Hawkwind'', p. 95.</ref>

The addition of bassist [[Lemmy|Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister]] and drummer [[Simon King (musician)|Simon King]] propelled the band to greater heights. One of the early gigs the band played was a benefit for the Greasy Truckers at [[The Roundhouse]] on 13 February 1972. A live album of the concert, ''[[Greasy Truckers Party]]'', was released; from this, a single (with overdubbed vocal), "[[Silver Machine]]", was also released, reaching number three in the UK charts. This generated sufficient funds for the subsequent album ''[[Doremi Fasol Latido]]'' and Space Ritual tour. The show featured costumes, dancers Stacia and Miss Renee – typically performing either topless or wearing only body paint – mime artist Tony Carrera, and a light show by [[Liquid Len]]. The songs in the show were connected by electronic and spoken word segues and the show was recorded on the elaborate package ''[[Space Ritual]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Luhrssen |first1=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phsIDgAAQBAJ |title=Encyclopedia of Classic Rock |last2=Larson |first2=Michael |date=2017-02-24 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-4408-3514-8 |language=en}}</ref> At the height of their success, in 1973, the band released the single "[[Urban Guerrilla]]", which coincided with an [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] bombing campaign in London, so the [[BBC]] refused to play it and the band's management reluctantly decided to withdraw it fearing accusations of opportunism, despite the disc having already climbed to number 39 in the UK chart.<ref>{{cite web |title=micro articles |url=http://www.hawkwindmuseum.co.uk/micro.htm |website=Hawkwindmuseum.co.uk |access-date=16 November 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Hawkwind-2.png|thumb|alt=Hawkwind in St. Louis USA in 1974|Hawkwind in St. Louis, USA, in 1974]]
[[File:Hawkwind-1.png|thumb|alt=Hawkwind in St. Louis USA in 1974|Hawkwind in St. Louis, USA, in 1974 with Planets and Clouds]]
[[File:Tree-sequence-old.png|thumb|alt=Hawkwind in St. Louis USA in 1974|Hawkwind Hall of the Mountain Grill Tree and Progress(?)-Early]]
[[File:Tree-sequence-very-Modern.png|thumb|alt=Hawkwind in St. Louis USA in 1974|Hawkwind Hall of the Mountain Grill Tree and Progress(?)-Future]]

Dik Mik departed during 1973, and Calvert ended his association with the band to concentrate on solo projects. Dettmar also indicated that he was to leave the band, so [[Simon House]] was recruited as keyboardist and violinist playing live shows, a North America tour and recording the 1974 album ''[[Hall of the Mountain Grill]]''. Dettmar left after a European tour and emigrated to Canada, whilst [[Alan Powell (drummer)|Alan Powell]] deputised for an incapacitated King on that European tour, but remained, giving the band two drummers.

At the beginning of 1975, the band recorded the album ''[[Warrior on the Edge of Time]]'' in collaboration with [[Michael Moorcock]], loosely based on his [[Eternal Champion (character)|Eternal Champion]] figure. However, during a North American tour in May, Lemmy was caught in possession of [[amphetamine]] crossing the border from the US into Canada. The border police mistook the powder for cocaine and he was jailed, forcing the band to cancel some shows. Fed up with his erratic behaviour, the band dismissed the bass player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.motorhead.ru/int7trials.htm|title=The Trials of Lemmy – NME 1975|work=motorhead.ru|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804215913/http://www.motorhead.ru/int7trials.htm|archive-date=4 August 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> replacing him with their long-standing friend and former Pink Fairies guitarist [[Paul Rudolph (musician)|Paul Rudolph]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hit-channel.com/interviewnik-turner-hawkwindspace-ritualsphynxinner-city-unit/71548|title=Interview: Nik Turner (Hawkwind,Space Ritual,Sphynx,Inner City Unit)|work=Hit Channel|date=5 November 2014}}</ref> Lemmy then teamed up with another Pink Fairies guitarist, [[Larry Wallis]], to form [[Motörhead]], named after [[Motorhead (song)|the last song he had written for Hawkwind]].