Eater
Origin Finchley, North London, England
Genres Punk rock
Years active Late 1976 – early 1979; 1996; 2006
Labels The Label
Past members
Andrew Radwan (aka 'Andy Blade')
Brian Chevette
Phil Rowland (aka ‘Social Demise’)
Ian Woodcock
Roger Bullen (aka ‘Dee Generate’)

Eater were an early British punk band from London who took their name from a Marc Bolan lyric. In 2001, the band’s second single, "Thinking of the USA" (originally released in June 1977), was included in a leading British music magazine’s list of the best punk-rock singles of all-time.[1] In 1999, the track also re-appeared on the five CD box set ‘1-2-3-4: A History of Punk & New Wave’ (MCA Records / Universal Music Group).

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Biography [link]

The band was formed in 1976 by four high school friends; Anglo-Egyptian singer and guitarist Andy Blade (real name: Ashruf Radwan),[2] Brian Chevette (real name: Brian Haddock) (guitar), Roger “Dee Generate” Bullen (drums) and Ian Woodcock (bass). The band's name came from the song ‘Suneye’, taken from the 1970 album T. Rex:

“Tree wizard puretongue, The digger of holes, The swan king, The Elf lord, The eater of souls.

Lithon the black, The rider of stars, Tyrannosaurus Rex, The eater of cars”.

Later they recorded a cover version of T-Rex's "Jeepster."

Despite originating in north London, the band made its first public performance in Manchester, featuring The Buzzcocks as their support act. Eater’s live set at this gig, back in November 1976, was built mainly around speeded-up versions of Velvet Underground and David Bowie songs such as "Queen Bitch" and "Sweet Jane".

Closer to home, the band became one of the pioneering punk bands that played live in the first few months of the now-legendary Roxy Club. They topped the bill twice in January 1977, the second time they were supported by The Damned. They headlined again in February, this time supported by Johnny Moped, and twice more in March, supported first by The Lurkers and then by Sham 69.[3] They also supplied two of their tracks, ‘15’ (a version of "I'm Eighteen" by Alice Cooper) and ‘Don’t Need It’, to the seminal live various artists album Live at the Roxy WC2. Extracts from their performances at The Roxy were also included in Don Letts' Punk Rock Movie (1978).

The band signed to small London independent label called ‘The Label’,

Eater released five singles and The Album LP before splitting up in 1979.

Blade made several attempts to create a solo career during the 1980s but failed to secure a deal. He shared an apartment with Billy Duffy who later joined The Cult.

Blade published a book about his times with Eater and beyond, called The Secret Life of a Teenage Punk Rocker in 2005.

Eater reformed to play the 1996 Holidays in The Sun Festival in Blackpool.

Eater also reformed shortly in 2006, playing a one-off gig at the 100 Club, supported by TV Smith of The Adverts. They also supported the Buzzcocks on their 30th anniversary of their original tour, at the Forum.

Reviews [link]

In their heyday 1976–1978, the band had been variously appraised:

  • “Run-of-the-mill dole queue punk rock”.[4]
  • “Basic boy-ish punk rock”.[5]
  • “The band’s original punkish abrasiveness giving way only slightly to a petulant pop sheen”.[6]
  • “They were basically young kids, striving to master their instruments and out to shock”.[7]
  • “All songs on their sole full-length release sound about the same, played with one stiff light-speed beat and a snotty vehemence to each track, adding up to a ridiculous classic. As fast and clumsy as the material is, there's an undeniable tunefulness at work, particularly in irresistible singalongs like "No Brains" and "Room for One," and the sprightly single "Lock It Up" even attempts some naïve vocal harmonies as they sneer at the upper classes”.[8]

Discography [link]

Studio album [link]

  • The Album (November 1977: The Label, LP 001)

Compilations [link]

  • The History of Eater (February 1985)
  • The Compleat Eater (April 1993)
  • All of Eater (May 1998)

Appearances on various artist compilations (Selective) [link]

Listing of those various artist compilation albums mentioned in the text of the main article:

  • "15" and "Don’t Need It" featured on the Live at the Roxy WC2 compilation LP (24 Jun '77: Harvest Records SHSP4069) #24 UK Albums Chart[9]
  • "Thinking of the USA" featured on 1-2-3-4: A History of Punk And New Wave 1976 - 1979 (MCA/Universal, 1999)

Singles [link]

  • Outside View / You (March 1977: The Label, TRL 001)
  • Thinkin’ of the USA / Space Dreamin’ / Michael’s Monetary System (June 1977: The Label, TLR 003)
  • Lock It Up / Jeepster (October 1977: The Label, TRL 004) Also released as a 12 inch single (TRL 004/12)
  • Get Your Yo-Yo’s Out E.P.: Debutantes Ball / No More / Thinkin’ of the USA / Holland (September 1978: The Label, TRL 007)
  • What She Wants She Needs / Reaching for the Sky (November 1978: The Label, TRL 009)

See also [link]

References [link]

  1. ^ Mojo (October 2001) - 100 Punk Scorchers , Issue 95, London;
  2. ^ Punk Profiles: An Inside View With Andy Blade (Eater). May 2003
  3. ^ Thompson, D. (2000) Punk, Collector’s Guide Publication, Ontario, Canada, p. 61 - 62;
  4. ^ Steve Gardner (1996) “Hiljaiset Levyt: 100 Best Punk LP's”;
  5. ^ Strong, M.C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, Edinburgh, p. 61;
  6. ^ Thompson, D. (2000) Punk, Collector’s Guide Publication, Ontario, Canada, p. 78;
  7. ^ Joynson, V. (2001) Up Yours! A Guide to UK Punk, New Wave & Early Post Punk, Borderline Productions, Wolverhampton, p. 136;
  8. ^ Fred Beldin's review of 'The Album', Allmusic;
  9. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 

External links [link]


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Eater (band)

Eater were an early British punk band from London who took their name from a Marc Bolan lyric. In 2001, the band’s second single, "Thinking of the USA" (originally released in June 1977), was included in a leading British music magazine’s list of the best punk-rock singles of all time. In 1999, the track also appeared on the five-CD box set 1-2-3-4: A History of Punk & New Wave (MCA Records/Universal Music Group).

Biography

The band was formed in 1976 by four high school friends: Anglo-Egyptian singer and guitarist Andy Blade (real name: Ashruf Radwan). guitarist Brian Chevette (real name: Brian Haddock), drummer Dee Generate (real name: Roger Bullen) and bassist Ian Woodcock.

The band's name came from a line in the 1970 T. Rex song "Suneye"; Eater later recorded a cover version of T-Rex's "Jeepster."

Eater were known for being one of the youngest bands, if not the youngest band, in the punk scene. They were 14-17 years old when they formed the band.

Despite originating in north London, the band made its first public performance in Manchester, featuring Buzzcocks as their support act. Eater’s live set at this November 1976 was built mainly around speeded-up versions of Velvet Underground and David Bowie songs such as "Queen Bitch" and "Sweet Jane".

Outside (Staind song)

"Outside" is a single by the alternative metal band Staind. It is the second single released off their 2001 album Break the Cycle.

Background

"Outside" was originally performed live during the 1999 Family Values Tour in Biloxi, Mississippi, with Aaron Lewis (vocals/guitar) on the stage by himself and Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst providing backing vocals. Lewis was asked to perform a song solo and he decided at the last moment to play a song he had been working on since the early days of Staind. He finished the lyrics to "Outside" on the spot while singing the song live.

"It's really an accidental phenomenon," Lewis explains. "I've been playing it for quite some time. In the early days of the band, any money we made went back into the band, so two or three times a week I played acoustically to make money to live off. 'Outside' was one of the songs I played, but it wasn't really finished, so I made up different words every time. We almost put it on Dysfunction. Then, one night on the Family Values Tour, ten minutes before going onstage, we decided to do it. There was never any thought of releasing it this way."

Outside (jazz)

In jazz improvisation, outside playing, describes an approach where one plays over a scale, mode or chord that is harmonically distant from the given chord. There are several common techniques to playing outside, that include side-stepping or side-slipping, superimposition of Coltrane changes, and polytonality.

Side-slipping

The term side-slipping or side-stepping has been used to describe several similar yet distinct methods of playing outside. In one version, one plays only the five "'wrong'" non-scale notes for the given chord and none of the seven scale or three to four chord tones, given that there are twelve notes in the equal tempered scale and heptatonic scales are generally used. Another technique described as sideslipping is the addition of distant ii-V relationships, such as a half-step above the original ii-V. This increases chromatic tension as it first moves away and then towards the tonic. Lastly, side-slipping can be described as playing in a scale a half-step above or below a given chord, before resolving, creating tension and release.

Outside (David Bowie album)

Outside (sometimes referred to as 1.Outside) is a concept album first released 26 September 1995 by David Bowie on Virgin Records, and Bowie's nineteenth studio album. The album was Bowie's reunion with Brian Eno, whom Bowie had worked with most famously on his Berlin Trilogy in the 1970s. Subtitled "the Ritual Art-Murder of Baby Grace Blue: A non-linear Gothic Drama Hyper-Cycle", Outside centres on the characters of a dystopian world on the eve of the 21st century. The album put Bowie back into the mainstream scene of rock music with its singles "The Hearts Filthy Lesson", "Strangers When We Meet", and "Hallo Spaceboy" (remixed by the Pet Shop Boys).

History and development

View

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    In database theory, a view is the result set of a stored query on the data, which the database users can query just as they would in a persistent database collection object. This pre-established query command is kept in the database dictionary. Unlike ordinary base tables in a relational database, a view does not form part of the physical schema: as a result set, it is a virtual table computed or collated dynamically from data in the database when access to that view is requested. Changes applied to the data in a relevant underlying table are reflected in the data shown in subsequent invocations of the view. In some NoSQL databases, views are the only way to query data.

    Views can provide advantages over tables:

  • Views can represent a subset of the data contained in a table. Consequently, a view can limit the degree of exposure of the underlying tables to the outer world: a given user may have permission to query the view, while denied access to the rest of the base table.
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  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Outside View

    by: Elenium

    [Lyrics by J.]
    [Music by Elenium]
    Had a weird one last night
    Gave me the chance to creep
    Everything isn't over for me
    I feel the need to continue
    Could I be wrong?
    So if I'm wrong
    Illusion replaced the truth
    If I'm misguided
    Illusion as the truth
    Had a weird one this night
    Gave me the chance to creep
    [chorus]
    Why is it everyone understood
    In what way?
    They proceed to live again
    I died when I peeked
    I begun to malfunction
    Shut down, reboot, shut down
    Now I laugh and grin
    I'm the mockery, the joke, the mortal
    You see yourself in me
    You'll have your weird one too
    Prepare for the show
    [chorus...]
    This much I, I will tell you
    You aren't what you appear to be
    Life as the camourflage
    Death as the last point on your way
    I too see them in me
    Your white lies and the black ones
    They will seem as the point
    They are the ultimate failure
    This much I will tell you
    And the rest is just meaningless
    Chatter of infinity
    False hope for you and for me




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