Artist description Four piece hardcore kids. Crazy!!

Music Style Hardcore Punk

Musical Influences Minor Threat, Bad Brains, F- Minus, Good Clean Fun, 7 Seconds, Agnostic Front

Similar Artists Minor Threat, F- Minus

Artist History want to tell you a little story. And it makes me warm inside. It’s about a group of friends and the things that they tried. One fine day, in the summer of 2001, a large white egg lay poised on the yellow brick road. Having survived three attacks from various species of munchkin, the incubation period had finally ended after many long hard minutes: it was ready to hatch. If you think the strains of constipation are an uncomfortable sensation to bear, the Birth of Ed was a magical experience indicative of the ‘Golden Age’ of hard-hitting triangle harmonies and bad haircuts that was to come. As the mucus parted and the abiotic fluid subsided, that fetid scent (which they usually blame on the government) wafted into the air, followed by the sweet smoke of the ‘erb. With Ed’s new-found world came a heavy sense of lugubriousness: the months of wandering the saphron London bricks were taking their toll. Ed knew no-one. He was alone, solitary, without company, and in this sad, somnambulant scenario. Having considered a transfer to Letter Land, Ed decided that the powers of the Wicked Water Witch might be bad for his skin. Instead he called upon the Morphids of Planet 9 to save him from the monotony. As the 10p toilet began to glow its infamous red, Ed waved goodbye to the space chute to enter a new life in the clammy hands of fate. The 10p toilet landed with a resounding ‘thud’. Ed’s sleepy eyes slowly opened until he could see the grinning faces of four creatures with similar differences from similar situations (actually the friendless cunt with no hair was from Surrey). Ed had been catapulted from ‘76 into the loving arms of the Fourth Generation! The four idiots instantly recognized that fetid scent (which is usually blamed on the government) and took the lonely lad from anywhere under their wings, embracing the grease and old school punk rock which he had to offer. Soon the four of them were pelting out hardcore melodies with no productive value other than the nodules growing on the Friendless Cunt from Surrey’s throat. And this is the story of Friends of Ed.

Group Members Rob - Vocals Guitar - Guitar/vox Louis - Bass/vox George - Drums/vox

Instruments Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums

Albums Due to lack of interest, tomorrow has been cancelled

Press Reviews And I thought proper punk rock was dead! But obviously not in Newbury, West Berkshire! For down the M4 come a teenage four piece with a proper sense of punk rock heritage and more bile than a sleep apniac! Yes indeedy, FOE dont piss about with American accents and faux designer sK8-eMo GiR (L/*Ke dUDe!). Nope. They just get straight to the very sharp and bloody point, railing against the Government, world trade, MTV2 and the BNP. Musically they're like a hypo-glycemic Minor Threat, a million miles from their previous band Identity No.1. There's the same tiny degree of naiviety to their sound and lyrics as there was in MT; this is the kind of band I'm sure thousands of punks have wanted to play in but have never got it together. The lyrics are fantastic and MUST be read. Nothing is being done that hasnt been thrashed out before, but I'll wager nothing as caustic or volitile as this has been released this year. Perhaps I'm being hyperbolic if I mention FOE in the same breadth as the likes of Discharge, but these kids are all 17 and 18 years of age! Just imagine them in a couple of years time.. Thirteen tracks in seventeen minutes means the purest punk rock of the 21st century so far. This is music to batter Avril Lavigne to death to.

Location Newbury, West Berkshire - United Kingdom

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