Eater (band)

Eater
OriginFinchley, North London, England
GenresPunk rock
Years active1976–1979, 1996–1997, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2022–present
LabelsThe Label
MembersAndy Blade, JoJo & The Teeth
Past membersBrian Haddock (aka Brian Chevette)
Lutfi Radwan (aka Social Demise)
Roger Bullen (aka Dee Generate)
Ian Woodcock
Phil Rowland
Gary Steadman

Eater are an early British punk rock band from North London who took their name from a Marc Bolan lyric.

In October 2001, the band's second single, "Thinking of the USA" (originally released in June 1977), was included in Mojo magazine's list of the best punk rock singles of all time.[1] In 1999, the track also appeared on the five-CD Universal Records box set 1-2-3-4 Punk & New Wave 1976-1979.[2]

Their sound has been characterized as "run-of-the-mill dole queue punk rock"[3] and "basic boy-ish punk rock".[4]

In 2022, Andy Blade collaborated with rock'n'roll band JoJo & The Teeth in a new incarnation of Eater. Starting with warm up gigs under the alias Ant.

  1. ^ Mojo (October 2001) - 100 Punk Scorchers , Issue 95, London;
  2. ^ "1,2,3,4: Punk and New Wave 1976-1979 - Various Artists - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. ^ Steve Gardner (1996) "Hiljaiset Levyt: 100 Best Punk LP's" Archived 22 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine;
  4. ^ Strong, M.C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, Edinburgh, p. 61;