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“He’d got rid of Lemmy and it was me next… That’s when we decided to get rid of the others instead”: The civil war that left Dave Brock as captain of Hawkwind

He recalls not going to his own band's gigs, his first acid experience, losing confidence in his playing, annoying druids at Stonehenge, who hit Ginger Baker with a pool cue, and the former member he wished would die (and did)

“He’d got rid of Lemmy and it was me next… That’s when we decided to get rid of the others instead”: The civil war that left Dave Brock as captain of Hawkwind

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He recalls not going to his own band's gigs, his first acid experience, losing confidence in his playing, annoying druids at Stonehenge, who hit Ginger Baker with a pool cue, and the former member he wished would die (and did)

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