Do not panic: Hawkwind, the Cold War and “the imagination of disaster”

The English rock band, Hawkwind, was amongst the founders of the genre known as “space rock”. From the early 1970s to the early 1990s, their work also included references to Cold War issues. An examination of their concert appearances, musical output and printed matter reveals that relevant material...

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Main Author:	Erin Ihde
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2015-12-01
Series:	Cogent Arts & Humanities
Subjects:	Cold War Hawkwind music nuclear disaster performance popular culture science fiction
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2015.1024564

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Do not panic: Hawkwind, the Cold War and “the imagination of disaster”

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