Simon King

Simon King (born 12 August 1950) is an English drummer most noted for his work with Hawkwind. He was described in 1985 by British rock magazine Sounds as 'the definitive rock drummer.'

Born in Oxford, and it is this band that recorded the Steve Swindells album Fresh Blood.

He briefly returned to Hawkwind for their Winter 1979 tour (see Live Seventy Nine), but quit again during the recording sessions for the Levitation album. He auditioned one final time for the 1982 Choose Your Masques tour, but being rejected he chose to leave the music business.

According to Hawkwind guitarist Dave Brock, in a 1984 taped interview for Tim Gadd's radio show Zooks, King left the band after 1979.

King has two children.

Discography 1968 - Opal Butterfly - "Beautiful Beige" / "Speak Up" (single) 1968 - Opal Butterfly - "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" / "My Gration Or?" (single) 1969 - Opal Butterfly - "Groupie Girl" / "The Gigging Song" (single) 1972 - Various Artists - Glastonbury Fayre (live) 1972 - Various Artists - Greasy Truckers Party (live) 1972 - Hawkwind - "Silver Machine" / "Seven By Seven" (single) 1972 - Hawkwind - Doremi Fasol Latido 1973 - Hawkwind - Space Ritual (live) 1973 - Hawkwind - "Urban Guerrilla" / "Brainbox Pollution" (single) 1973 - Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets 1974 - Hawkwind - "Psychedelic Warlords" / "It's So Easy" (single) 1974 - Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill 1974 - Robert Calvert - Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters 1975 - Hawkwind - "Kings of Speed" / "Motorhead" (single) 1975 - Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time 1975 - Michael Moorcock - New Worlds Fair 1976 - Hawkwind - Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music 1976 - Hawkwind - "Kerb Crawler" / "Honky Dorky" (single) 1977 - Hawkwind - "Back on the Streets" / "The Dream of Isis" (single) 1977 - Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness and Charm 1977 - Hawkwind - "Quark, Strangeness and Charm" / "The Forge of Vulcan" (single) 1978 - Hawklords - 25 Years On 1978 - Hawklords - "Psi Power" / "Death Trap" (single) 1979 - Hawklords - "25 Years" / "(Only) The Dead Dreams of the Cold War Kid"; "PXR5" (single) 1979 - Hawkwind - PXR5 1979 - Robert Calvert - Lord of the Hornets/The Greenfly and the Rose (single) 1980 - Steve Swindells - Fresh Blood 1980 - Hawkwind - Live Seventy Nine (live) 1980 - Hawkwind - "Shot Down in the Night" / "Urban Guerilla" (single)