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Dave Brock (born David Anthony Brock, 20 August 1941, in Isleworth, Middlesex) is an English...

Dave Brock (born David Anthony Brock, 20 August 1941, in Isleworth, Middlesex) is an English musician who writes, sings, and plays electric guitar and synthesizer. He is best known as being one of the founders and musical focus of the English space rock group Hawkwind, and is the only member of the group to have been a constant throughout the band's history. Brock's childhood was spent in Feltham, Middlesex attending the Longfield Secondary Modern School. It was his father's brother who introduced him to music giving him a banjo at the age twelve, and a school art teacher who encouraged him in his learning. Influences at this time included Fats Domino and Humphrey Lyttelton. After leaving school in 1959, he undertook several jobs including work as capstan setter, before moving to an animation company, Larkin Studios. He pursued his interests in music at night, although with no initial intentions of it becoming a career, attending clubs such as Eel Pie Island, playing New Orleans trad jazz and blues and busking with friends such as Eric Clapton, Keith Relf, Jeff Watson and Mick Slattery. He formed a trio with pianist Mike King and harmonica player Luke Francis called the Dharma