Meet the Band



Zak Hanan - Lead Guitar

  • Objective description: Guitar prodigy/phenom
  • Home Town: Southlake, TX
  • Favorite Genre: Hard Rock/Metal; Classic/Blues Rock; Progressive/Psychedelic Rock/Metal
  • Musical Inspirations: Tom Morello, Jimi Hendrix
  • Inspiration for joining Event Horizon: "To have the opportunity to perform much of the rock n' roll that influences a lot of our music today. Also, because awesome people do awesome things."
  • Hobbies: All water and snow sports...

Dave Hoekstra - Bass and Vocals

  • Home Town: Chicago, IL
  • Experience: 20 years
  • Favorite Genre: Too hard to answer... moving on.
  • Self-Described Style: "Post-Grunge Fusion"
  • Musical Inspirations: Flea, Patrick Dalheimer
  • Inspiration for joining Event Horizon: "The CEO said so... and its a great opportunity."
  • Hobbies: Photography and Sports
  • If you could have dinner with any person from all of history, who would you choose? "Harriet Tubman"
  • Same question as before, but you have to make out with that person after said dinner: "Joan of Arc"

Steve Fenstermacher - Keyboard and Guitar

  • Home Town: Near Pittsburgh, PA
  • Experience: Began piano lessons in 2nd grade, played in rock bands in high school, after college, and as adult as well.
  • Favorite Genre: Classic rock, hard rock, progressive rock, melodic metal, and classical music as well.
  • Self-Described Style: "My musical style is energetic with highly experienced technique on keyboards; while guitar is more simple – I started guitar as an adult. I also have been accused of a lack of patience."
  • Musical Inspirations: Keyboards – Jon Lord of Deep Purple, Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake, & Palmer; Guitar-Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple, Alex Lifeson of Rush
  • Hobbies: "I work out 4 or 5 days weekly, and I ride a Ducati 848 superbike as well."
  • Inspiration for joining Event Horizon: "I loved Marty’s idea of playing shows for free to help the community, and still have a great musical hobby at the same time. We’ve been fortunate to gather a group of really good musicians, and playing with a good band is what we all look for!"
  • If you could have dinner with any person from all of history, who would you choose? "It would be Beethoven – if he lived today, he would have been a heavy-duty rock star!"
  • Same question as before, but you have to make out with that person after said dinner: "Hmmmm………OK, then it would be Sigourney Weaver."

Kevin Edwards - Lead Vocals

  • Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
  • Experience: Been singin’ in the rain and the bathtub since childhood...
  • Favorite Genre: Classic rock of all ages
  • Hobbies: Playing with my grown kids and singin' in the rain, sometimes all at the same time
  • Interesting Fact: As the fastest guy in the band (by far), I competed against Michael Young and Carl Lewis in the 200 and 400 meter...and could have won with a strong, lane-specific tail wind
  • Style: In your face mellow
  • Inspiration for joining Event Horizon: I get to play with a teenager; it keeps me young…and even the old guys can rock!
  • Motivation: To associate myself with great people and great causes

Marty Hanan - Drums

  • Home Town: Chicago, IL
  • Experience: 49 years of annoying family and friends with incessant drumming
  • Favorite Genre: Progressive Rock
  • Style: Intense, passionate, high energy, driving
  • Inspiration for joining Event Horizon: "Are you kidding me? I'm playing in a rock band with my son... how great is that!!!"
  • Hobbies: Snow Skiing, Water Skiing, Zeplyn (my dog), Metaphysics (I'm tight with Descartes), and Science Fiction
  • If you could have dinner with any person from all of history, who would you choose? "Arnold Schwarzenegger, an Austrian who embodies the American dream (other than the part about having extra kids with house maids)."
  • Same question as before, but you have to make out with that person after said dinner: "My wife when we were 15."
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