HW: tribute bands info wanted

[K Henderson]

Hi again...

>>I am seeking information on Hawkwind tribute bands.  I already know about
>>Silver Machine, Brighawk, the Cosmic Brotherhood of Ra, The Time Brothers
>>and Roadhawks.  This is for a page on my website, which is already up with
>>details on those bands (http://www.starfarer/tribbands.html).  I would be

Oh, BTW, you need to add a ".net" in there to find the actual page.

>>happy to hear any new details on the bands I have already covered or about
>>any other HW tribute bands.
>
>Of course there was the Cleveland-area band called "Sun Machine" that was
>more-or-less active in the period from about 1996-98.  These were among Jim
>Lascko's first attempts at putting together space rock events with light
>shows and such.  Most gigs were at the Phantasy Night Club (or the Symposium
>next door) in western suburban Cleveland.  The lineup was fluid and
>unpredictable.  Here are some of the names...

Clarifying...

>Dann Diefer - vocals, acoustic guitar
>Mark (?) Marianetti - vocals, poetry
>Steve Taylor - guitar (mainly?), sometimes bass (?)
>Steve Hayes (?) - keyboards (this is a guess...I'm not sure he was really
>with them, but seems logical to assume he was)

I looked at the Star Nation page yesterday (http://www.star-nation.co.uk)
and in Steve Hayes' auto-biog. (charmingly misspelled "boig") it does
mention that he was part of Sun Machine, so that was a good guess.  (and not
a hard one)

>??? - bass (I can't remember who played bass for them)
>Thom Marianetti - drums (like Steve Taylor, a Nick Riff band alum)
>Jim Lascko - lightshow
>Scott Kuti - lights, occasionally vocals, Spaceman suit
>Doug Walker (Alien Planetscapes) - synthesizer, flute/sax - One-time
special guest

OK, put "Greg Kozlowski (Architectural Metaphor) - guitar - One-time special
guest" in here as per what Chris Raymond said.

And as far as tracks like 'The Demented Man' and such go, it was the
specialty of Dann Diefer (who when playing solo usu. billed himself as
Diefer Dann) to do these old Hawkwind acoustic tracks.  He also had The
Watcher and We Took The Wrong Step Years Ago in his repertoire.  I first saw
him play as a solo artist (a mixture of original tunes and covers) years
before Sun Machine formed, when he opened for Tim Blake at the Gallery Cafe
(east suburban Cleveland) on his Magick tour.  When would that have been?
1990 or so?

Anybody ever know what happened to him?  I've never seen him at any
subsequent Cleveland space-rock gigs, so I imagine he moved away some time ago.

Grakkl (FAA)