Just an idea!!!

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Good one - different from mine, but I'll accept it. I had forgotten the Giblin connection!

Mine was:
Soft Machine - Holdsworth - UK - Jobson - Curved Air - Francis Monkman - Sky - Herbie Flowers - Lou Reed (Herbie played on Transformer, and I think a few other albums) - Simple Minds (Lou did a vocal cameo on "This Is Your Land" from Street Fighting Years. I think the Lou Reed angle would have taken awhile to figure out, but Like I said, I'll accept any legitimate answer - take it away!