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Time
Machine was founded at the end of 1997.
Guitarist
and founder Marcel Coenen (known from bands like Sun
Caged, Stormrider and formerly Lemur Voice)
always enjoyed playing Joe's songs, and wanted to play a tribute
gig to Joe
Satriani.
Marcel
contacted some musicians and the first Time Machine line-up was a
fact. The first lineup consisted of the following people amongst Marcel:
Erwin Gielen - Drums, Jörgen Verhaeren - Guitar and
Johan Volman - Bassguitar.
With
this line up the band did some succesful gigs in 1998, like as
support act for the famous guitarist Tony MacAlpine in the
well known club "Biebob" in Vosselaar, Belgium.
Drummer
Erwin Gielen left the band at the end of 1998 due to some
time issues, and the band got drummer Luc Peters (ex-Wicked
Wonderland) to play with them. With Luc the band did
some more gigs during 1998 and 1999.
In
the beginning of 2000 guitarist Jörgen had to quit the
band since he moved to a different city and therefore had no time
anymore to play with the band. Also bassist Johan had to
quit the band for health issues.
After
this the band got silent for a year, but Marcel still got
some offers to play with Time Machine. Marcel decided to ask his
bandmates in the band Sun
Caged at the time to do the gigs. Then the band was
consisting out of these people amongst Marcel: Joost Van
Den Broek (After Forever, ex-Sun Caged) -
Keyboards, Rob Van Der Loo - Bassguitar and Dennis
Leeflang (The Saturnine, ex-Sun Caged) - Drums. The
band again did some very cool gigs, like headlining the Ur-Pop
festival in Urmond (The Netherlands) for 4500 people and on the
Shredfest festival in Rotterdam, together with artists like Bumblefoot
(Ron Thal) and Philippe Thibaut.
The
band then got silent again because of the success of the band Sun
Caged and other activities, but Marcel again got offers
to play with Time Machine. Because Sun Caged was also going
through changes Marcel decided to search for other
musicians for the band, to stabilize the line up.
Marcel
found three members in the beginning of 2004: Björn Koenen
- Guitar, Hans In 'T Zandt (Chinawhite, Parris, Cooper
Inc) - Drums and Richard Ritterbeeks (Jessy Galante,
ex-Volumia!, ex-The Crox) - Bassguitar.
This
lineup is also the current line up of the band and is a stable
line up. The band can play a long set of Joe Satriani classics.
Check the media section on this site to
get a VIDEO from the band performing Lords Of Karma or download
the complete demo the band recorded in MP3, or check the
MP3 live samples.
The
band is now sounding better then ever, and guarantees a night not
to forget when you book Time Machine !
Booking
info:
Mail
the band here: mcoenen@home.nl
Or
call: +31 615 28 17 16 (only for
booking information)
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