Huw Lloyd-Langton
Huw Lloyd-Langton | |
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Lloyd-Langton on stage with Hawkwind at Donington 1982 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Richard Hugh Lloyd-Langton |
Born | 6 February 1951 Harlesden, London, England |
Died | 6 December 2012(2012-12-06) (aged 61) |
Genres | Hard rock, Progressive rock, Heavy metal, Space rock |
Occupations | Guitarist |
Years active | 1960s–2012 |
Website | huwlloyd-langton |
Richard Hugh "Huw" Lloyd-Langton (6 February 1951 – 6 December 2012) was an English musician, best known as the guitarist for the rock band Hawkwind[1] at various times. He also had his own band, The Lloyd Langton Group, and was the session lead guitarist for UK band The Meads of Asphodel.
Biography
Lloyd-Langton was born in Harlesden, north west London. As a member of Hawkwind he appeared on their first album, Hawkwind, before leaving the band.[1] He played guitar for Widowmaker, Budgie,[2] and Leo Sayer during the 1970s, then rejoined Hawkwind in 1979, appearing on the Live Seventy Nine album release from that year and the subsequent Levitation album.[1]
He continued performing with Hawkwind until 1988, after which he made occasional guest appearances, then rejoined for a brief spell in 2001-2002 until ill health (Legionnaires' disease) forced him to leave once more. He sometimes played solo as an acoustic support act for Hawkwind, including at The Brook in Southampton in December 2009. Acoustic slots at English charity (playing for free) and space rock events were also common throughout this decade.
Lloyd-Langton's health had been generally poor for a decade and he was quite frail, with several broken bones and minor injuries (rarely letting fans down though - he once played a gig with a broken arm, reworking his solos on the fly so that he could play them in one area of the guitar neck). He died at his home on 6 December 2012, aged 61 years old, after a two-year fight with cancer.[3] His final recording with Hawkwind was a re-recording of Master of the Universe for the compilation album Spacehawks.
Discography
Hawkwind
- 1970: Hawkwind
- 1980: Live Seventy Nine
- 1980: Levitation
- 1981: Sonic Attack
- 1982: Church of Hawkwind
- 1982: Choose Your Masques
- 1985: The Chronicle of the Black Sword
- 1986: Live Chronicles (vocals on "Moonglum")
- 1987: Out & Intake
- 1988: The Xenon Codex
- 2012: Onward
- 2013: Spacehawks
Widowmaker
- 1976: Widowmaker
- 1977: Too Late to Cry
Lloyd-Langton Group
- 1984: Outside the Law (Deprecated as a bootleg on Lloyd-Langton's official site.[4])
- 1984 "Dreams that fade away" / "It's on Me" - 12 single. Limited edition. Ultra noise records.
- 1985: Night Air ( original release on vinyl in 1985, Re-released in a cd version 28 June 2010.)
- 1987: Like An Arrow
- 1988: Time Space & LLG
- 1991: Elegy
- 1994: River Run
- 1999: Chain Reaction
- 2001: On The Move... Plus
- 2010: Hard Graft
- 2011: Classical Guitar Tales
Contributions
- 1980: Steve Swindells – Fresh Blood
References
External links
- Official website
- Huw Lloyd-Langton discography at Discogs
- Huw Lloyd-Langton at IMDb
- Huw Lloyd-Langton talks about Hawkwind, Fragile, tribute bands and Live at the Half Moon
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- Quark, Strangeness and Charm
- 25 Years On (as Hawklords)
- PXR5
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- Choose Your Masques
- The Chronicle of the Black Sword
- The Xenon Codex
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- Electric Tepee
- It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous
- White Zone (as Psychedelic Warriors)
- Alien 4
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- In Your Area
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- Take Me to Your Leader
- Take Me to Your Future
- Blood of the Earth
- Onward
- The Machine Stops
- Into the Woods
- Road to Utopia
- All Aboard the Skylark
- Carnivorous (as Hawkwind Light Orchestra)
- Somnia
- The Future Never Waits
- Stories from Time and Space
- The Weird Tapes
- Hawkwind, Friends and Relations
- The Text of Festival
- Zones
- Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin
- Space Ritual Volume 2
- Hawkwind Anthology
- Out & Intake
- BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
- The Friday Rock Show Sessions
- Hawklords Live
- California Brainstorm
- Undisclosed Files Addendum
- The 1999 Party
- Glastonbury 90
- Choose Your Masques: Collectors Series Volume 2
- Complete '79: Collector Series Volume 1
- Atomhenge 76
- Live 1990
- Roadhawks
- Masters of the Universe
- Repeat Performance
- Angels of Death
- Spirit of the Age
- Stasis (The UA Years 1971–1975)
- Tales from Atom Henge
- Epocheclipse
- Future Reconstructions – Ritual of the Solstice
- Masters of Rock
- Spirit of the Age Anthology
- The Dream Goes On
- Hawkwind Zoo EP
- Sonic Assassins EP
- The Earth Ritual Preview
- Quark, Strangeness and Charm
- "Hurry On Sundown"
- "Silver Machine"
- "Urban Guerrilla"
- "Kings of Speed"
- "Kerb Crawler"
- "Back on the Streets"
- "Quark, Strangeness and Charm"
- "Psi Power"
- "25 Years"
- "Shot Down in the Night"
- "Who's Gonna Win the War?"
- "Spirit of the Age"
- Sonic Assassins
- Hawklords
- Space Ritual
- Hawklords (2008)