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Space Ritual are a British space rock band, formed in 2000 fronted by Nik Turner, and composed principally of former Hawkwind members. They play a mix of early Hawkwind material and their own compositions.
The Hawkestra event took place on 21 October 2000 at the Brixton Academy which featured nearly all past members of Hawkwind, but disagreements between various participants led to any restaging of the event being unlikely. Chris Hewitt who had worked with Nik Turner back at Deeply Vale in the late 1970s put on two gigs in 2001 with Nik's chosen name "The Isle of Wight line up of Hawkwind". These two gigs were at Stairways in Birkenhead and The Empress Ballroom in Blackpool. Chris Hewitt then started to manage the band and put together The Greasy Truckers Party 2001 at The Astoria in London, featuring members of the Hawkestra on 21 October 2001 at the London Astoria, which, despite being invited, all of the then members of Hawkwind refused to be a part of.
Turner's band continued performing further gigs and eventually went by the name of xhawkwind.com. An appearance at Guilfest in 2002 led to confusion as to whether this actually was Hawkwind, sufficiently irking Dave Brock into taking legal action to prohibit Turner from trading under the name XHawkwind, a case which Turner lost. [1]
Turner then chose to name the band Space Ritual.net, after Hawkwind's 1973 live album The Space Ritual Alive , having previously used the name Space Ritual during the mid-1990s for a North America tour. The gigs in 2002 and 2003 were named Greasy Truckers Parties and featured SpaceRitual.net with many ex members of Hawkwind plus dancers, Striking Lighting's superb lightshow and many other artists, Inner City Unit, The Theory, Richard Kid Strange, Tractor, Guitar George Borowski giving the feel of a touring circus-type event.
| Year | Title | Label | Cat # | Track Listing | Personnel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Sonic Savages | Space Ritual Records | SRR0002CD | Sonic Savages, Ritual of The Savage Earth, Jazzy Jam | Nik Turner, Mick Slattery, Thomas Crimble, Terry Ollis, Dave Anderson, John Greves, Sam Ollis |
| 2007 | Otherworld | Esoteric Recordings | ECLEC2011 | The Return, Otherworld, Black Corridor, Bubbles, Communique II, Ritual Of The Ravaged Earth, ASDF, Sonic Savages, Droid Love, Time Crime, Arrival In Utopia, Atomik, The Riddle, Notes From A Cold Planet, Walking Backwards | Nik Turner; Dave Anderson; Terry Ollis; Del Dettmar; Mick Slattery; John Greves; Thomas Crimble (Plus guest credits for Sam Ollis, Jacki Windmill, Russ Russell, Chris Fielding and Jerry Richards) |
| Year | Title | Label | Cat # | Track Listing | Personnel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2001: A Space Rock Odyssey | Ozit-Morpheus | OZIT CD55 | Sonic Attack, You Shouldn't Do That, Odyssey Improvisation, Dragon Rider, Space Ritual, Waiting for Tomorrow, Master of the Universe, Silver Machine, Spirit of the Age, Sonic Attack, Odyssey Improvisation, Space Ritual, Ten Seconds of Forever | Nik Turner, Huw Lloyd-Langton, Thomas Crimble, Terry Ollis, Lloyd George, John Greves, Commander Jim Hawkman, Thomas Hewitt |
| 2002 | Live At Glastonbury And Guildford Festival | Ozit-Morpheus | OZIT CD211 | Orion Sunrise, The Awakening, Osiris, The Landing, Blue Train (Coltrane), Space Grab (Ollis, Crimble, Slattery, Turner), Thunder Rider Rap, Warp Out (Ollis, Crimble, Slattery, Turner), D Rider | Nik Turner, Mick Slattery, Thomas Crimble, Terry Ollis, Sam Ollis, John Greves, Commander Jim Hawkman, Thomas Hewitt, Jaki Windmill |
| 2003 | Greasy Truckers Party 2002–2003 | Ozit-Morpheus | OZIT CD221 | Brainstorm, Sonic Savages, Watching The Grass Grow, Children of the Sun (Also featuring tracks from Tractor, Richard Strange, Guitar George Borowski, and The Theory) | Nik Turner, Mick Slattery, Thomas Crimble, Terry Ollis, Dave Anderson, John Greves, Del Dettmar, Jaki Windmill |
| 2005 | Live At The Venusian Electric Ballroom In The Cygnus 5 Galaxy | Space Ritual Records | SRR0001CD | Cosmic Chant, Watching the Grass Grow, Born to Go, D Rider, Brainstorm, Ejection, Sonic Attack, Master of the Universe, Silver Machine | Nik Turner, Mick Slattery, Thomas Crimble, Terry Ollis, Dave Anderson, John Greves, Sam Ollis |
| 2009 | Otherworld Live 2007 | Space Ritual Records | SRCD001 | The Right Stuff, Steppenwolf, The Awakening, Sonic Savages, Walking Backwards, Otherworld, Ritual Of The Ravaged Earth, Time Crime, Bubbles, The Riddle, D-Rider, Master of the Universe, Brainstorm | Nik Turner, Mick Slattery, Thomas Crimble, Terry Ollis, Jerry Richards, Chris Purdon (Plus guest credits for Sam Ollis and Mark Powell) |
| Year | Title | Label | Cat # | Track Listing | Personnel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Satiricon | ents.tv | ents.dvd.008 | Launch, Cosmic Chant, Born To Go, Welcome To The Future, Watching The Grass Grow, Sonic Savages, D Rider, Time Crime, Children Of The Sun, Jazzy Jam, Brainstorm, Orgone Accumulator, Sonic Attack, Ejection, You Shouldn't Do That, Master Of The Universe, Silver Machine, Inspector Clouseau Theme | Nik Turner, Mick Slattery, Thomas Crimble, Terry Ollis, Dave Anderson, John Greves, Sam Ollis, Jaki Windmill, Debespace, The Fabulous Ms Angel |
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