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Eddie and The Hot Rods Biography
Eddie and The Hot Rods began life in the mid seventies when the prevailing trend in the music business was "Pub Rock".
The band quickly established itself on the scene and a sizeable following soon built up. Despite having contemporaries like Brinsley Schwartz and Dr. Feelgood, Eddie and The Hot Rods had a tougher and faster sound which set them apart from other bands on the circuit. This stance would also stand them in good stead when in 1976 "Pub Rock" metamorphosed into "Punk Rock" and although the band was obviously not Punk, it was accepted by the Punk movement where others had failed.
The band’s first brush with success was the EP ‘Live At The Marquee’ and the single ‘Teenage Depression‘ both of which made the top forty singles charts quickly. These were followed by the debut album ‘Teenage Depression’
In 1977 former Kursaal Flyers guitarist Graeme Douglas joined and they shortened their name to The Rods. The single ‘Do Anything You Wanna Do’ was a top ten success in the summer of that year and the album from whence it came ‘Life On The Line’ also sold well. Further albums saw smaller returns however and the band split in 1981, following the release of the worthwhile album ‘Fish n Chips’.
The classic line up of Barrie Masters, Steve Nichol, Dave Higgs, and Paul Gray reformed for a hugely successful European tour and a subsequent album was released in Japan and the UK.
The band still tour regularly led by sole founder member and front man Barrie Masters.
