Role Musician | Name Mr Dibs Occupation(s) Musician | |
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Born 4 August 1964 (age 60) ( 1964-08-04 ) Instruments Bass guitarguitarvocalscello Associated acts HawkwindSpaceheadKrelEvil BlizzardThe Elves of Silbury Hill Albums Knights of Space, Spacehawks, Space Ritual Live, Stellar Variations, Leave No Star Unturned Similar Dave Brock, Tim Blake, Alan Davey, Huw Lloyd‑Langton, Simon House | ||
Dave brock an mr dibs hawkwind interview march 2015
Jonathan Darbyshire (born 4 August 1964) best known by his stage name Mr Dibs or Dibs Hawkwinder, is a British musician, best known as a member of the space rock group Hawkwind.
Before Hawkwind, Mr Dibs played in two underground space rock bands, Krel and Spacehead. He became a member of the Hawkwind road crew in 1997, where he remained for a decade, often guesting onstage reciting poems. In 2007, Dibs became the band's bassist, following the departure of Alan Davey. Hawkwind's own festival, 'Hawkfest' 2007, heralded Dibs's debut appearance with the band as a full-time member.
In recent years, Dibs's role has shifted to more of a frontman role at live shows, owing to Dave Brock's preference against taking centre stage, with him sharing lead vocals with Brock, as well as cello, bass, synthesizer and baritone bass. Since his induction to the band he has appeared on four studio albums, 2010's "Blood of the Earth", 2012's "Onward", 2016's "The Machine Stops" and 2017's "Into The Woods" as well as two live albums, 2007's "Knights of Space" and 2014's "Space Ritual Live".
Dibs has also played with fellow Hawkwind members under the guise of The Elves of Silbury Hill and has played guest bassist for Evil Blizzard.