# The Best Hawkwind Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Hawkwind guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Master of the Universe (1971), then Silver Machine and Brainstorm. Every video starts at the solo.

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Hawkwind pioneered space rock with Dave Brock's hypnotic, riff-driven guitar churning beneath waves of synth and sax. Huw Lloyd-Langton's fluid, melodic leads in 1970 and again in the early '80s gave the band its most traditional guitar-hero moments.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: Hawkwind discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkwind_discography), [Wikipedia: Huw Lloyd-Langton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huw_Lloyd-Langton)

1. [Master of the Universe](https://greatestsolos.com/song/hawkwind-master-of-the-universe/) — Hawkwind · solo by Dave Brock · 1971
2. [Silver Machine](https://greatestsolos.com/song/hawkwind-silver-machine/) — Hawkwind · solo by Dave Brock · 1972
3. [Brainstorm](https://greatestsolos.com/song/hawkwind-brainstorm/) — Hawkwind · solo by Dave Brock · 1972
4. [Motorway City](https://greatestsolos.com/song/hawkwind-motorway-city/) — Hawkwind · solo by Huw Lloyd-Langton · 1980
5. [Shot Down in the Night](https://greatestsolos.com/song/hawkwind-shot-down-in-the-night/) — Hawkwind · solo by Huw Lloyd-Langton · 1980
6. [Mirror of Illusion](https://greatestsolos.com/song/hawkwind-mirror-of-illusion/) — Hawkwind · solo by Huw Lloyd-Langton · 1970
7. [Hurry on Sundown](https://greatestsolos.com/song/hawkwind-hurry-on-sundown/) — Hawkwind · solo by Dave Brock · 1970
8. [Orgone Accumulator](https://greatestsolos.com/song/hawkwind-orgone-accumulator/) — Hawkwind · solo by Dave Brock · 1973
9. [Levitation](https://greatestsolos.com/song/hawkwind-levitation/) — Hawkwind · solo by Huw Lloyd-Langton · 1980
10. [Assault and Battery](https://greatestsolos.com/song/hawkwind-assault-and-battery/) — Hawkwind · solo by Dave Brock · 1975
11. [Spirit of the Age](https://greatestsolos.com/song/hawkwind-spirit-of-the-age/) — Hawkwind · solo by Dave Brock · 1977
12. [You Shouldn't Do That](https://greatestsolos.com/song/hawkwind-you-shouldn-t-do-that/) — Hawkwind · solo by Dave Brock · 1971
13. [Lord of Light](https://greatestsolos.com/song/hawkwind-lord-of-light/) — Hawkwind · solo by Dave Brock · 1972
14. [Kerb Crawler](https://greatestsolos.com/song/hawkwind-kerb-crawler/) — Hawkwind · solo by Dave Brock · 1976
15. [Quark, Strangeness and Charm](https://greatestsolos.com/song/hawkwind-quark-strangeness-and-charm/) — Hawkwind · solo by Dave Brock · 1977
16. [Psi Power](https://greatestsolos.com/song/hawklords-psi-power/) — Hawklords · solo by Dave Brock · 1978
17. [Angels of Death](https://greatestsolos.com/song/hawkwind-angels-of-death/) — Hawkwind · solo by Huw Lloyd-Langton · 1981
18. [Motorhead](https://greatestsolos.com/song/hawkwind-motorhead/) — Hawkwind · solo by Dave Brock · 1975

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