Dino Ferari

Italian drummer

Dino Ferari (born Ermanno Ghisio Erba in Rome, Italy) is an Italian drummer who has worked with a number of British bands.[1] He played with former Tyrannosaurus Rex percussionist Steve Peregrin Took's band Steve Took's Horns[2] alongside Trev Thoms on guitar. After The Horns both Thoms and Ferari joined former Hawkwind saxophonist Nik Turner in Inner City Unit.[3]

He has worked with other ex-Hawkwind members including Ron Tree. Ferari has also played with Andy Anderson (The Cure), Gilli Smyth, Didier Malherbe (Gong), Captain Sensible (The Damned) and, in America, Question Mark & the Mysterians. Since the late 1990s Ferari has been working mostly in Italy while occasionally performing with the Inner City Unit in the UK.

References

  1. ^ "Dino Ferari".
  2. ^ Steve Peregrin Took's Domain, Steve Took's Horns, Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Inner City Unit". AllMusic.com.

External links

  • Inner City Unit at AllMusic
  • http://www.innercityunit.com/
  • http://www.nikturner.com/
  • ukrockfestivals.com- photos of Inner City Unit, Sphynx and Nik Turner eating an ice cream c. 1979
  • ukrockfestivals.com - photos of Sphynx - Glastonbury 1978-79


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