My old band always used to get compared to hawkwind. A lot!
I'd never really heard them other than silver machine. So at the grand old age of 24 I heard Warrior on the edge of time for the first time with some mates.
When Opa -Loka played and we heard the bass, everyone looked at me and said "that sounds like you playing".
I played a gig at a little festival in an afro jazz kind of band and was playing just after Nik Turner, I like to tell people he supported us.
Whenever I get asked to DJ at gigs, I always try to Opa Loka.
I've never been to see Hawkwind live as people have told me not to bother as they aren't sounding too great live and rely too much on sequencers live. People's views on them differ so much that I don't want to take the risk and be disappointed.