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Eddie & the Hot Rods

Eddie and the Hot Rods were a pub rock band from Essex founded in 1975. 

This was one of the first Pub Rock / New Wave cross-over bands that I became aware of in late 1976, before we knew what New Wave was, with their album 'Teenage Depression', I'd just started 6th Form College at Collyer's and this was the 'must hear' album of that period.

Never their greatest fan, they are best known for their 1977 UK top ten hit "Do Anything You Wanna Do", which I did like.



Before rising to semi-stardom in 1977, the Hot Rods underwent several changes in personnel: one of the first members to leave the band was "Eddie" himself, which was a dummy that featured prominently in the Hot Rods' early gigs and was discarded as the joke had worn thin.

Otherwise, the band consisted of Barrie Masters on vocals, Pete Wall and Dave Higgs on guitar, Rob Steele on bass and Steve Nicol on drums.



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