Often overlooked when it comes to naming the punk bands that emerged in 77, Eater may have been young but the music they made has probably aged better than many of their older peer punk rivals.
They formed in November 1976 with an average age of 16 from Finchley London and named themselves from a T Rex line "Tyrannosaurus Rex - eater of cars". One of the first wave of punk bands they played their first real gig on November 26th in Manchester with The Buzzcocks as support! They also managed to live a Jekyll and Hyde existence of punk band by night and school by day (they wrote Outside View in their chemistry class!). Eater played all the traditional punk venues like The Roxy and Vortex etc. They supported the Damned at the Roxy and the Damned returned the favour by playing at Eater's school in Finchley where soft drinks were served !! Overly aggressive at first on stage perhaps to prove they were the youngest and toughest they developed a tight set of songs.They got much publicity from Dee Generate who was aged 14 joining the band to replace original drummer Social Demise (actually Lufti Andy's brother) who couldn't handle school and punk !!) Original bassist and friend of Dee's Paul Flynn was replaced by Ian Woodcock in late '76. An early gig at the Hope & Anchor was raided by the police to establish Dee was actually 14 years old and allowed in a pub !!! Dee's mum seemed to like the publicity as she was often quoted in the tabloids about her son. When Dee left the band to be replaced by Phil Rowland it was not without some ill feeling that continues up to this day.
1. You 2. Public Toys 3. Room For One 4. Look It Up 5. Sweet Jane 6. Fifteen 7. I Don't Need It 8. Anne 9. Get Raped 10. Space Dreaming 11. Queen Bitch 12. My Business 13. Waiting For The Man 14. No More 15. No Brains 16. Love And Peace (H Bomb) 17. Outside View 18. Thinking Of The USA 19. Michael's Monetary System 20. She's Wearing Green 21. Notebook 22. Jeepster 23. Debutantes Ball 24. Holland 25. What She Wants She Needs 26. Reach For The Sky 27. Point Of View 28. Typewriter Babes 29. You 30. Anne 31. Lock It Up 32. Space Dreaming 33. Bedroom Fits (No More) 34. Point Of View 35. Get Raped 36. Outside View 37. I Don't Need It 38. Waiting For The Man 39. No Brains 40. Thinking Of The USA 41. Going Down 42. Vegetable Girl 43. Lyin' To Me Again 44. Death Awaits Me
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