I was listening to the radio and heard do anything you wanna do by eddie and the hot rods. They are best known for their 1977 uk top ten hit do anything you wanna do, released under the name the rods. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. This is actually a direct quote from crowleys bible which he called the book of the law. Eddie and the hot rods do anything you wanna do lyrics. The band formed in 1975 and had a top 10 chart hit in 1977 with do anything you wanna do. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. In 1992 the classic lineup regrouped for a european tour. Jimmy page, aleister crowley and the curse of eddie and the hot rods posted on march 27, 20 14 comments for the full story of the curse of do anything you wanna do, see my interview with the band in this months issue of uncu t magazine.
Better late than never is a 2004 album by the band eddie and the hot rods. Feb 01, 2016 how donald trump tried to protect his name from others who shared it. Flaws and all, do anything you wanna do is on the right track and its a genuine crack at the hard to successfully define musical biography genre. His band was best known for its 1977 top 10 hit, do anything you wanna do. Mar 27, 20 jimmy page, aleister crowley and the curse of eddie and the hot rods posted on march 27, 20 14 comments for the full story of the curse of do anything you wanna do, see my interview with the band in this months issue of uncu t magazine. Eddie and the hot rods, the island years, is a comprehensive sixcd boxed set covering the bands time on island records 1975 to 1979. Jules trump, a real estate developer who was once sued by donald j. The band continued to perform, but their crowds were beginning to shrink dramatically. There will be no commercial release of this show we want you to enjoy it and raise a glass to barrie. Do anything you wanna do is a song written by eddie and the hot rods manager ed hollis the brother of talk talks mark hollis and guitarist graeme douglas and recorded by the band, although the actual record label credited. Bassist rob steel was known by his nickname the hustler.
They are best known for their 1977 uk top ten hit do anything you wanna do. Life on the line reached number 27 on the uk albums chart. It is produced and mixed by the hot rods themselves and simon milton. It is produced and mixed by al kooper, engineered by bob edwards and assistant stuart henderson and mastered by mike reese. Although the success of do anything you wanna do was encouraging, the slicker record and its accompanying album, life on the line, arrived at the dawn of the punk era, which was perceived as considerably rawer and more dangerous than the hot rods. John wicks of the records discusses hit starry eyes. The way forward for the punk and new wave era writing is for me clearly the path taken from the roots of the fans approach. In 1977, essex rockers eddie and the hot rod wrote a song that was partly inspired by crowleys famous motto. The album was mixed by ed hollis and steve nicol, produced by ed hollis and engineered by steve lillywhite. According to the do anything you wanna do songfacts, the lyrics were based loosely on. They rehearsed in drummer steve nicols garage in rochford, essex. Eddie and the hot rods the island years 2018, box set. Higgs left after the tour, but the band carried on with steve walwyn of dr.
Eddie and the hot rods do anything you wanna do 2000, cd. Gasoline days is the fifth studio album released by pub rock band eddie and the hot rods. A disc longer than that 1994 cd, do anything you wanna do digs deeper, offering a few more album tracks, a few more live cuts, and a few more singles, and even if it doesnt offer anything revelatory. Their live shows became the thing of legend, as documented on the live at the marquee ep in 76. They soon started building a great repertoire of material and quickly acquired a manager, local legend ed hollis. The band were best known for their top 10 hit in 1977, do anything you wanna do. With 98 tracks over six cds, it brings together their first three albums teenage depression, life on the line and thriller as well as bonus tracks and bbc session recordings. The band rewrote this as do anything you wanna do, a spirited ode to selfempowerment, and attached the lyrics to a perky pop tune that quickly reached the top ten. Brothers jules and eddie, the sons of a south african tailor known as willie, have no financial, philosophical or even familial t. Singer barrie masters was the only constant member until his death in 2019. The album is considered a step in the punk direction for the rods sound. Gonna break out of this city leave the people here behind searching for adventure is the type of life to find tired of. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends.
The best rivals the previous standardbearer, 1994s the end of the beginning. Eddie and the hot rods were formed in 1975, by guitarist dave higgs, vocalist barrie masters, drummer steve nicol and bassist rob steel. According to the do anything you wanna do songfacts, the lyrics were based loosely on aleister crowleys philosophy do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. Jimmy page, aleister crowley and the curse of eddie and the.
Do anything you wanna do is a song written by eddie and the hot rods manager ed hollis and guitarist graeme douglas and recorded by the band, although. Do anything you wanna do is a song written by eddie and the hot rods manager ed hollis the brother of talk talks mark hollis and guitarist graeme douglas and recorded by the band, although the actual record label credited the rods as the artist. The group broke up in 1985, but have reformed several years since. Fish n chips is the fourth studio album released by pub rock band eddie and the hot rods. Eddie and the hot rods wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Weve also thrown in movies that feature trump cameos. Do anything you wanna do is produced and distributed by the team at hit trax and available in the following formats. The island years contains expanded versions of the studio albums teenage depression 1976, life on the line 1977, and thriller 1979 plus bbc sessions, bbc in concert and rods fan club lp. Kbps stands for kilobits per second and the number of kbps represents the audio quality of the mp3s. Itv anglia broadcasts when essex rocked on december 3rd 0. Singer with eddie and the hot rods who fired up lateseventies uk rock. His band was formed in canvey island, essex in 1975 and scored a top 10 in 1977 with their memorable hit do anything you wanna do. In some south florida circles, they are known as the other trumps. View all records by eddie and the hot rods for sale on cdandlp in lp, cd, 12inch, 7inch format.
They found themselves sacked by their record company in 1979, and after fishnchips, another misguided effort for emi, the hot rods disbanded in 1981. Eddie and the hot rods are a pub rock band from essex founded in 1975. Bass for do anything you wanna do by eddie and the hotrods. They open with their biggest song, do anything you wanna do another song that really works live is their song teenage depression, which despite the morbid title is quite a hit amongst the punters this afternoon at this huge festival where people have been waiting to watch eddie and the hot rods for a couple of hours. Jimmy page, aleister crowley and the curse of eddie and. Streaming and by permanent download to your computer andor device.
You released do anything you wanna do as the first single from this album, which was to prove to be your biggest hit. I said to will birch, who wrote the lyrics, weve got to write a song like this. When it came to recording a followup album, thriller, the band tried hard to recapture the success of do anything you wanna do, but to no avail. Best known for the anthemic do anything you wanna do. Eddie and the hot rods doing anything they wanna do. Southend punk rock history the bands rock n roll roots. They changed their name to eddie and the hot rods after dave higgs joined. Their bestknown song, the 1977 top 10 hit do anything you wanna do, was among the titles packham crammed into his links on the bbc two. Do anything you wanna do live whats really goin on live why cant it be live distortion may be expected. Do anything you wanna do, which peaked at number 9 on. Like that attraction, life on the line revealed a considerably more mature musical outlook than did its predecessor, the furywhipped teenage depression aware that there was no point in pursuing their original.
The hit singles i might be lying, quit this town and the legendary do anything you wanna do are featured as are eight bonus tracks including the rods. Trump to try to keep him from using his surname in. Explore releases from eddie and the hot rods at discogs. Formed in canvey island in 1975, the act was part of the pub rock scene. It was the first album of new material from the current lineup featuring barrie masters and was originally released in 2004 on msj records with alternative cover art by viz comic artist, simon thorp.
The rods were one of the first bands to be described by the music press as punk and in 77, with the addition of graeme douglas on guitar and songwriting, they hit the uk top 10 with the anthemic do anything you wanna do. Gonna break out of this city leave the people here behind searching for adventure is the type of life to find tir. So that you can join us in celebrating barrie, we have published the full done everything we wanna do show from earlier this year. Eddie and the hot rods were a pub rock band from essex founded in 1975. Barrie masters, the lead singer of the band eddie and the hot rods, has died aged 63. Last year, eddie and the hot rods announced they would soon be.
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