Nikestra

[Colin Allen]

>From memory:

Nik Turner
Del Dettmar
Steve Swindells
Jerry Richards
Adrian Shaw
Thomas Crimble
Dave Anderson
Ron Tree
Mick Slattery
Martin Griffin
Terry Ollis

I think that was it!

The Nikestra performance was fairly awful, the sound quality was dreadful
(which was weird as it was good earlier in the night).  Whitegate Drive did
not appear and were replaced by an average Blur/Oasis type band, Magic
Michael was hopeless, ICU were surprisingly good, Man were excellent but
only got a very short slot as ICU over-ran.  Andy Dunkley was not there
either.

Nik spent a fairly large part of the Nikestra set rabbiting on about the
event and who he had invited etc etc.  The set over-ran and ended when the
venue cut off the power during Brainstorm!

Overall, moderately enjoyable apart from the terrible sound and the poor
playing from some members.  It was a pity that the better musicians IMHO
Steve Swindells, Jerry Richards and Adrian Shaw) were almost inaudible in
the cacophony.

I had an interesting chat with Ron Tree who explained about his departure
form Hawkwind.

COLIN