{"id":78712,"date":"2022-11-14T13:36:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T12:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=78712"},"modified":"2022-11-14T13:36:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T12:36:57","slug":"hawkwind-co-founder-ground-breaking-rock-icon-nik-turner-rejoins-the-stars-and-leaves-behind-an-extraordinary-musical-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2022\/11\/hawkwind-co-founder-ground-breaking-rock-icon-nik-turner-rejoins-the-stars-and-leaves-behind-an-extraordinary-musical-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"HAWKWIND Co-Founder &#038; Ground-breaking Rock Icon NIK TURNER Rejoins The Stars, And Leaves Behind An Extraordinary Musical Legacy!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nik Turner, founding member of Hawkwind who contributed saxophone, flute and vocals to the group\u2019s first seven albums as well as co-writing some of their most beloved songs, passed away in the evening of November 10th.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>His family posted this message on social media:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Nik Turner &#8211; The Mighty Thunder Rider, who passed away peacefully at home on Thursday evening. He has moved onto the next phase of his Cosmic Journey, guided by the love of his family, friends and fans.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turner was simply one of the most creative minds of his generation. His tenure with Hawkwind was just the beginning of his journey to the outer reaches of the rock music universe as Turner would go on to release an astoundingly adventurous and diverse catalog of solo albums as well. His collaborations with everyone from UK Subs guitarist Nicky Garratt to Doors\u2019 guitarist Robby Krieger to Todd Rundgren along with Steve Hillage of Gong, Amon D\u00fc\u00fcl II founder John Weinzierl, Die Krupps leader J\u00fcrgen Engler, William Shatner and so many more expanded his creative energy and brought new generations of music fans into his audience. Just this year saw the reissue of Turner\u2019s incredible concert extravaganza, <em>Space Ritual 1994<\/em>, as both a CD\/DVD set as well as a 3LP set, which features guests Helios Creed of Chrome and Psychic TV\u2019s Genesis P-Orridge as well as Hawkwind alumni Del Dettmar and Alan Powell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We here at Essentially Pop had our connection to Nik over the years, and you can read all our reviews of his music, as well as when we spoke to the man himself, by clicking on <a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?s=nik+turner\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?s=nik+turner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nik Turner, founding member of Hawkwind who contributed saxophone, flute and vocals to the group\u2019s first seven albums as well as co-writing some of their most beloved songs, passed away in the evening of November 10th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"Nik Turner, founding member of Hawkwind who contributed saxophone, flute and vocals to the group\u2019s first seven albums as well as co-writing some of their most beloved songs, passed away in the evening of November 10th.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,12133],"tags":[1148,12,5799,1147,30103],"class_list":["post-78712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-news","tag-hawkwind","tag-music","tag-news","tag-nik-turner","tag-the-mighty-thunder-rider"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-kty","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48247,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/03\/hawkwind-co-founder-nik-turner-boldly-goes-into-the-final-frontier\/","url_meta":{"origin":78712,"position":0},"title":"HAWKWIND Co-Founder NIK TURNER Boldly Goes Into THE FINAL FRONTIER!","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"24\/03\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"After suiting up as the 'Space Gypsy' in 2013, blasting off on an epic 'Space Fusion Odyssey' in 2015 and enjoying 'Life In Space' in 2017, pioneering musician\/songwriter Nik Turner is now set to venture to the outer reaches of space rock with his awe-inspiring new studio album 'The Final\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/nik.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/nik.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/nik.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10350,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/04\/hypernova-nik-turner\/","url_meta":{"origin":78712,"position":1},"title":"Hypernova &#8211; 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