Robert Calvert
Robert Calvert is best known as the on-off frontman of influential rock gro… Read Full Bio ↴Robert Calvert is best known as the on-off frontman of influential rock group Hawkwind. Robert was born in 1945 in Pretoria, South Africa. His family moved to Kent in England in 1947. He grew up wanting to be a fighter pilot but ended up a writer, an enthusiastic participant in the 1960s London psychedelia subculture.
After meeting Hawkwind co-founder Dave Brock in 1970, Robert joined the underground icons as resident poet, reading his work amid strobes and light cascades on stage.
Seeking a break from touring, Robert left Hawkwind in 1973 and recorded two solo albums, Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters (featuring Brian Eno and Arthur Brown) and Lucky Leif and the Longships (produced by Eno). In 1975 he rejoined Hawkwind as their frontman and main lyricist, staying on for three years before leaving for the second time in 1978. Through the end of the 70s and into the 80s up to his death from a heart attack in 1988 he produced numerous poetic and musical works, as well as short stories and novels.
Robert is believed to have been bi-polar and spent much of his adult life in states of mania, depression or recovering in mental institutions.
After meeting Hawkwind co-founder Dave Brock in 1970, Robert joined the underground icons as resident poet, reading his work amid strobes and light cascades on stage.
Seeking a break from touring, Robert left Hawkwind in 1973 and recorded two solo albums, Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters (featuring Brian Eno and Arthur Brown) and Lucky Leif and the Longships (produced by Eno). In 1975 he rejoined Hawkwind as their frontman and main lyricist, staying on for three years before leaving for the second time in 1978. Through the end of the 70s and into the 80s up to his death from a heart attack in 1988 he produced numerous poetic and musical works, as well as short stories and novels.
Robert is believed to have been bi-polar and spent much of his adult life in states of mania, depression or recovering in mental institutions.
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Robert Calvert Lyrics
Acid Rain There's home computers now That can keep an eye on you The…
Aircraft Salesman [(Voices in the Background... fair ground callers):] Roll u…
All the Machines Are Quiet We're walking out We're downing our tools. This management T…
Ambitious You work all night And it's really frightening 'Cause you're…
Bier Garten (Background of beer garden sounds - singing - clicking gl…
Brave New World See that fine Full fresh river that's a flowin' Like the p…
Catch a Falling Starfighter Catch a falling starfighter Put it in the pocket of your…
Ejection There's only one course of action Left for me to take I've…
Evil Rock Hey Ma, take a look at your boy Up on the…
Greenfly and the Rose All good things must end The straightest rose will bend Its …
Ground Control to Pilot (Voices of Ground control and pilot. Intercom radio type …
Hanging Out on the Seafront Vegas neon skin Coin arcade Like Pigalle at night Esplanade …
Hero With a Wing I see myself a hero While one wings falls away And the…
I Resign 1. I wish to resign. 2. I also... wish... to resign. 1.…
Interview Officer: So you want to be a fighter pilot. Recruit: A…
Isadora An empty stage swathed in velvet drapes Curtain folds drawn …
It's the Same It's the same, an action replay It's the same, a game…
Lord of the Hornets Asleep in a hive in the base of a hollow…
Magical Potion I've tried every conceivable pill To stop me from getting s…
Moonshine In The Mountains You can call me a hog-drunken swine Because I like drinking…
Ned Ludd They said Ned Ludd was an idiot boy Ned Ludd, Ned,…
On Line There's a convoy coming: Carrying a load of coal. All we've …
Over My Head She was talking about the world situation She was sitting on…
Picket Line There's a convoy coming: Carrying a load of coal. All we'v…
Ragna Rock Shards of shattered twilight slice Through glacial palaces …
Revenge He went to work Went on with a Thompson gun Ten magazines…
Sensitive Why do you always have to make me explain? Go over…
Ship of Fools Sleek, swift, streamlined ship, Shield-clad and shining, Tel…
Ship Of Fools - 2007 Digital Remaster Shards of shattered twilight slice Through glacial palaces o…
Standing On The Picket Line There's a convoy coming: Carrying a load of coal. All we've …
Storm Ya wah nai ho yonna wonna rahnai ho heh neh awah neh rah…
Teen Ballad of Deano He waved a real gun And he went on the run He…
Thanks To The Scientists They said Ned Ludd was an idiot boy Ned Ludd, Ned,…
The Aerospace Inferno A flight of steel eagles tearing by The ripped-silk screami…
The Aerospaceage Inferno A flight of steel eagles tearing by The ripped-silk screamin…
The Cool Courage Of The Bomb Squad Officers Late in the night he woke to a phone call. They'd…
The Greenfly and the Rose All good things must end The straightest rose will bend Its …
The Lay of the Surfers Surf, surf riding, cruising the crests Surf, surf riding, z…
The Lay Of The Surfers - 2007 Digital Remaster Surf surf riding ... cruising the crests Surf surf riding ..…
The Luminous Green Glow of the Dials of the Dashboard The digital read-out of the fuel and the pressure The flicke…
The Making Of Midgard There had always been the unearthly dark of fathomless absen…
The Right Stuff I don't feel fear or panic Nothing brings me down I'm an…
the song of the gremlin I focused the magnifying glass That brought the downfall of …
The Widow Maker Long and lean A silver queen Have you ever seen Such a fl…
Two test pilots discuss the Starfighter's performance Pilot 1: Ah, Fritz, how does she handle? Pilot 2…
Volstead O Vodeo Do Volstead, Volstead We don't think much of your act It isn'…
Voyaging To Vinland We set the sails and hauled our oars Heading for the…
We Like to Be Frightened With your complicated apparatus In your elaborate laboratory…
Work Song You work all night And it's really frightening Cause you're …