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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[edit] Major works

[edit] Solo recordings

[edit] As a member of Hawkwind

[edit] Guest appearances

[edit] 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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