Nik Turner, the multi-instrumentalist of the British space-rock band Hawkwind, has died. His death was confirmed on his Facebook on Nov. 11. “We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Nik Turner – The Mighty Thunder Rider, who passed away peacefully at home on Thursday evening,” the statement on Turner’s Facebook reads. “He has moved onto the next phase of his Cosmic Journey, guided by the love of his family, friends and fans.” He was 82.
Born Nicholas Robert Turner on August 26, 1940 in Oxford, Turner’s family later relocated to the...
Born Nicholas Robert Turner on August 26, 1940 in Oxford, Turner’s family later relocated to the...
- 11/12/2022
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Nik Turner, a saxophone/flute player who was part of several incarnations of space-rockers Hawkwind, has died at 82. No cause was given, but his death was confirmed on his official Facebook page.
“We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Nik Turner – The Mighty Thunder Rider, who passed away peacefully at home on Thursday evening,” said the post. “He has moved onto the next phase of his Cosmic Journey, guided by the love of his family, friends and fans. Watch this space for his arrangements.”
Hawkwind once featured Lemmy Kilmister, who went on to form Motörhead after leaving the group.
The Motörhead account on Twitter also took note of Turner’s passing by tweeting, “We lost Lemmy’s old bandmate Nik Turner today. Play some Hawkwind nice and loud!”
Turner was a roadie for Hawkwind when the group formed in 1969, but became an official member later that year. He...
“We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Nik Turner – The Mighty Thunder Rider, who passed away peacefully at home on Thursday evening,” said the post. “He has moved onto the next phase of his Cosmic Journey, guided by the love of his family, friends and fans. Watch this space for his arrangements.”
Hawkwind once featured Lemmy Kilmister, who went on to form Motörhead after leaving the group.
The Motörhead account on Twitter also took note of Turner’s passing by tweeting, “We lost Lemmy’s old bandmate Nik Turner today. Play some Hawkwind nice and loud!”
Turner was a roadie for Hawkwind when the group formed in 1969, but became an official member later that year. He...
- 11/12/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Bassist Alan Davey joined space rockers Hawkwind in 1984 — more than a decade before Post Malone was born — but he felt such a kinship with the pop star’s Number One hit “Circles” that he decided to redo it with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee Todd Rundgren. Violinist L. Shankar also sits in.
Davey’s version, an instrumental, is naturally trippier and more psychedelic than Post’s, with Shankar taking the lead on most of the song before Rundgren plays a freewheeling solo toward the end. The one-off track is credited to Hawkestrel,...
Davey’s version, an instrumental, is naturally trippier and more psychedelic than Post’s, with Shankar taking the lead on most of the song before Rundgren plays a freewheeling solo toward the end. The one-off track is credited to Hawkestrel,...
- 11/26/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
As the frontman of Green River, Mark Arm sang on the first record that Sub Pop marketed with the word “grunge.” When the band’s Dry as a Bone Ep came out in 1987, the label described it as “ultra-loose grunge that destroyed the morals of a generation.” At the time, it was a throwaway term that described the quality of the music more than a genre signifier. “In the early Eighties, it was just more of an adjective, like, ‘That’s just really grungy,’ like, ‘gnarly,'” Arm says. “It meant a raw,...
- 4/4/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Andy Anderson, the drummer who enjoyed stints with Iggy Pop and the Cure while assisting an array of artists as a session musician, died Tuesday. He was 68.
Just last week, Anderson revealed on Facebook that he had terminal cancer. Despite the diagnosis, he wrote, “
lease, no boo hooing here, just be positive, for me it’s just another life Experience and Hurdle, that one has to make yet another Choice in life, be cool, I most definitely am and positive about the situation.”
Founding member of the Cure Lol Tolhurst...
Just last week, Anderson revealed on Facebook that he had terminal cancer. Despite the diagnosis, he wrote, “
lease, no boo hooing here, just be positive, for me it’s just another life Experience and Hurdle, that one has to make yet another Choice in life, be cool, I most definitely am and positive about the situation.”
Founding member of the Cure Lol Tolhurst...
- 2/27/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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