Robert Calvert
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Robert Newton Calvert (9 March 1945, Pretoria, South Africa - 14 August 1988) was the lead singer, poet and frontman of Hawkwind intermittently from 1972-1979, who went on to a less successful but intriguing separate career. He was believed to have suffered from bipolar disorder.
His other musical collaborators include Michael Moorcock, Brian Eno, Arthur Brown, Jim Capaldi, Steve Pond, Inner City Unit, Vivian Stanshall, Nektar, Adrian Wagner and Amon Düül II.
He died of a heart attack in 1988 in Ramsgate, England.
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Major works
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Solo recordings
- Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters (1974)
- Lucky Leif and the Longships (1975)
- "Cricket Star" (1979, one sided flexi single)
- "Lord of the Hornets" / "The Greenfly and the Rose" (1980, single)
- Hype (1981)
- Freq (1984, inspired by the UK miners strike)
- Test Tube Conceived (1986)
- At the Queen Elizabeth Hall (1989, live album recorded on Oct. 1, 1986)
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As a member of Hawkwind
- Space Ritual (1973)
- Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music (1976)
- Quark, Strangeness and Charm (1977)
- Hawklords (1978) (Also known as 25 Years On and recorded using the band name Hawklords)
- PXR5 (1979)
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Guest appearances
- Adrian Wagner - Distances Between Us (1974)
- Amon Düül II - Die Lösung (recorded 1988, released 1989)
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Written work
- Musicals/stage plays: The Star That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice (1976, about Jimi Hendrix), The Kid From Silicon Gulch (1981),Test-tube Baby of Mine (1986)
- Poetry collections: Centigrade 232 (1977) and The Earth Ritual (1987)
- Novels: Hype (New English Library, 1982)
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