Influenced by Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Motörhead and Hawkwind, amongst others, they gained a reputation for playing loud and built a solid following.

However, by 1996 Davey was unhappy with the musical direction of the band, and, following a tour of Greece, left to form his own Middle-Eastern flavoured hard-rock group, Bedouin, and a Motörhead tribute act named Ace of Spades.

In October 2000, Davey was reunited with Hawkwind for the Hawkestra 30th anniversary event at the Brixton Academy,[1] and in 2001, in another major line-up shift, rejoined the group, which led to the departure of Ron Tree and Jerry Richards.

Davey's second tenure in Hawkwind saw the release of three live and two studio albums before he left the band again in June 2007, to perform and record with the re-formed Gunslinger and Meads of Asphodel.

Davey's first venture outside of the Hawkwind camp (whilst still in the band) was a brief stint helping out on bass duties in Dumpy's Rusty Nuts, in 1988.

It included contributions from former Hawkwind violinist/keyboardist Simon House, Josh Dreamspirit, Nigel Potter, James Hodkinson, Louis Davey and Isobel from Bruise.