Robert Calvert

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Robert Newton Calvert (9 March 1945 - 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, Adrian Wagner and Amon Düül II.

He died of a heart attack in 1988.

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Major works

Various albums with Hawkwind, including Space Ritual (1973), Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music (1976), Quark, Strangeness and Charm (1977), 25 Years On (1978) and PXR5 (1979).
Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters (1974, a concept album based on the history of the F-104 Starfighter)
Lucky Leif and the Longships (1975, another concept album, interweaving a satirical study of America with norse mythology)
Hype (1982, novel and album)
Freq (1984, album, inspired by the UK miners' strike)
Test-tube Conceived (1986)
Musicals/stage plays including 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)
The Amon Düül UK album Die Lösung (recorded 1988, released 1989)