Eddie & the Hot Rods

Eddie & the Hot Rods
Formed: 1975
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Genre: Rock
Styles: Pub Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk, British Punk, New Wave, Power Pop, Pop/Rock
Group Members: Graeme Douglas, Paul Gray, Dave Higgs, Warren Kennedy, Lew Lewis, Barry Masters, Steve Nicol, Russell Struther, Tony Cranney
Biography: Arriving during the waning days of pub rock, Eddie & the Hot Rods helped usher in punk rock in the United Kingdom. Working from the same bluesy, Stonesy three-chord foundation as contemporaries like Dr. Feelgood, the Hot Rods were faster, tougher, wilder and louder than any other pub-rock band. They ...Read full biography
Teenage Depression
Released: 1976
Label: Island
Critics' Rating:
History records Eddie & the Hot Rods as the missing link between pub rock and punk, and their debut album, released at the tail end of 1976, proves that every word is true. Young, loud, snotty and incredibly ...Read full review
Life on the Line
Released: 1977
Label: Universal/Island
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Eddie & the Hot Rods' much-anticipated second album appeared in fall 1977, on the heels of the band's biggest hit single yet, the gloriously anthemic "Do Anything You Wanna Do." Like that attraction, ...Read full review
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