گروه بریتانیایی «هاوک‌ویند» نقش مهمی در تاریخ موسیقی راک داشته‌است. آن‌ها نخستین گام‌های «اسپیس راک» را برداشتند و با استفاده از صداهای سینث‌سایزر، اشعار تخیلی-علمی، پاساژهای طولانی‌مدتِ بدون کلام و کنارِهم‌قراردادنِ نت‌هایی که ملودیِ واضحی نبودند، جریان تازه‌ای در موسیقی راک به راه انداختند. قطعه‌ی «The Psychedelic Warlords» از آلبوم «Hall of the Mountain Grill» قطعه‌ی معروفی است از یک آلبوم تحسین‌شده، با ترانه‌ای اعتراضی نسبت به سیاست و قانون. بشنوید و بخوانید:
We're sick of politicians harassment and laws
All we do is get screwed up by other people's flaws
World turned upside down now there's nothing else to do
But live in concrete jungles that just block up the view
And that ain't no joke, you can disappear in smoke
And that ain't no joke, you can disappear in smoke
I'm telling you, that ain't no lie
You think you know the answers but we don't tell no lies
We can take you anyway thro' seven different highs
World turned upside down now, there's nothing else
to do, but live in concrete jungles, but they block up the views
All we do is get screwed up by other people's flaws
World turned upside down now there's nothing else to do
But live in concrete jungles that just block up the view
And that ain't no joke, you can disappear in smoke
And that ain't no joke, you can disappear in smoke
I'm telling you, that ain't no lie
You think you know the answers but we don't tell no lies
We can take you anyway thro' seven different highs
World turned upside down now, there's nothing else
to do, but live in concrete jungles, but they block up the views
