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EVIL EDDIE
modus operandi
Hailing from what rural Queenslanders commonly refer
to as ‘The Big
Smoke’, Brisbane born Evil Eddie looks set to become
the next big
winner on the cult variety show “Bundamba’s Got
Talent”. Having served
as front man for the three time ARIA award nominated
Hip
Hop/Punk outfit Butterfingers for the last nine
years, Evil Eddie is now
a solo man for the first time under his own moniker,
while the rest of the
Butterfingers team tend to the communally owned
truffle farm.
With an APRA award for Most Performed Urban Work
already to his
credit, “Evil” (as he is affectionately known by his
ex-girlfriends) shows
no signs of straying from his roots (figuratively
speaking) and further
hones the Hip Hop/Punk blend that riff raff around
the world have come to
know and moderately like. After lying to his
friends, colleagues and
family about overcoming his long spell of writers’
block, Evil Eddie is now
forced to produce something that resembles music
before his life becomes
a large pit of despair from which there is no
return.
On his highly anticipated debut album tentatively
title “Welcome To
Flavour Country”, Eddie will follow in the footsteps
of artists such as
Prince, Dave Grohl and that homeless guy in the
Valley Mall, by recording
all of the instrumentation entirely by himself. This
is, of course, with the
exception of drums because as many of you would
know, Eddie’s way too
unco to do anything remotely rhythmical with more
than one limb at a
time.
The first single off the album, a little diddy about
his home-state aptly
titled “Queensland”, has already seen critics and
friends alike shocked
and appalled at the lyrical content and generally
brazen attitude that
comes with Evil’s rock star-style delusions of
grandeur. Released on his
own label Bewilderbeats and distributed through MGM,
“Queensland”
is doused in Eddie’s trademark impious lyrical
style. Some call it
uncouth, while others call it brilliant. We prefer
brilliantly uncouth. A
video for “Queensland” (directed by Dave Barker) is
also in production,
but contains such lude adult concepts that it’s
unlikely to be seen
anywhere outside of Eddie’s house (we will forward
his address to all
interested parties).
The Evil Eddie live show also makes it’s debut this
year with an all star
Brisbane based backing band boasting backbone
members of
Butterfingers, Laneous and the Family Yah, Bang Bang
Boss Kelly,
The Disables and Spitfireliar. The line-up will take
the stage at the
2010 Peats Ridge and Woodford Folk Festival, and may
also pop-up
to play a couple of other secret shows around the
place. Whether it
proves to be a raging success or an epic failure the
Evil Eddie experience
promises to be something of a spectacle for all who
are there to witness
it.
http://www.evileddie.com/
Evil Eddie new single
‘Queensland’
Serviced to radio November 9
Released November 19 through Bewilderbeats and MGM
Courtesy of: http://www.myspace.com/reckoningentertainment
