Nov. 2003
At this point, we were already 4 shows deep at the Pocket (Who would've thought we be spending as much time there this year as we did...lol) and were ready to play our "official" 6th show there opening for RATT!! We were psyched!! It started dawning on us, that this music thing we loved and enjoyed actually had some hope, so we decided to steam ahead full-force. This was also the month "Christmas Hangover" was written (Yup, we finally recorded it this year and ACTUALLY had it available for Christmas 2004..Heehee).

Dec. 2003
Ahhhh, Christmas was in the air, and we decided to play "Christmas Hangover" live for the very 1st time (It was hysterical!!). Big ED visited a Day Care and brought Santa along with them. Ron Zombie got an early Christmas present when he got to wrestle 1 of his all-time favorites, Raven. Big ED went into High RPM Studios (Mike "Big Daddy" Winston Rules!!). And not only was it, the birth month of Christ and our mailing list, it was also the birth of Emma Grace Winston, who was seen sporting a GotBigED.com 1zee (I think that's how you spell it)!

Jan. 2004
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Another month of Beginnings!! After recovering from a kick-ass New year's bash at Mike D and Suzie Q's (Although Clifford might say otherwise…HI-OH!!!!), we embarked on our "3 Day Elm City Murf Tour", had the very 1st "Babe of the Month" Contest at Side St. (And yes, the months aren't consecutive, if you're keeping track at home), got wasted at the infamous "Drunkfest" show with PREZENS (We won!.YAY!!..Who would've thought?), watched "Wild" Bill Firehands light his hair on fire at UltraRadio.com's "Hard Drive Live", played our 1st show at Toad's Place, got our 1st article in the New Haven Register and owed a debt of gratitude to Brian Bradshaw for fixing the BigED van..SHAW!!!!!!!

Feb. 2004
Our manager extraordinaire, Laurel had an awesome Art show at the York Square Cinema's, Ron Zombie becomes the ACW World Champion, We play our 1st and last show at Remy's in Milford (Google it..I dare you!!), Jimmy D represents BigED in the Penguin plunge, We play Playbook and Tuxedo Junction for our 1st times, Dimitrius is born to Joey & Maria F'n T of Staven, Ask Dr. Phil?, Master P's Quote of the Week, & our infamous Games pages are added to the website, REAL merchandise is also added..hehheh, "Bystander Suicide" is written, and the 1st "Masters of Metal" show is played with our favorite band and true Metal Warriors, Nasty Disaster!!

March 2004
BigED thongs are dropped!! (Not literally of course, they are added to the merchandise page), We perform "Freebird" for the 1st time with Greg from SoulSpeak, make it through 2 liver damaging shows (1 2) with PREZENS, appear on live TV in NY on the Ross Byron Show, and along with JeffWinston.com go on a Remy's smear campaign after they cancel a show with less than 5 days notice after we poured A LOT of TIME and MONEY into promotion..REMY's SUCKS !!!

April 2004
One of the 1st of many UltraRadio.com promotions with us occurs, when Jimmy D drinks breast milk (Thanks to E of Symphony of Sickness for providing it..not literally !!) on Opus's Tuesday night "Banned Practice" show, and as an April Fool's joke, Big ED breaks up and everybody believes it..LOL!

May 2004
BigED plays their 1st and LAST Death Metal show (Don't Ask!!), Drunks.com shows us an extreme amount of love by supporting our "Babe of the Month" 3 Contest and posting pics on their site, We play Up or On The Rocks, and Jimmy D is asked to leave because he is wasted (Lookin' Stupid Jimmy!!), And NEIL APPRECIATION NIGHT is Born !!!! NEEEEIIIIILLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

June 2004
We play one of our Biggest shows to date at Toad's, Ian McRock of Nasty Disaster pedals for Metal as he rides his bike from Staven (East Haven that is) to Canada..SERIOUSLY! Gargantua Soul officially calls it quits, "Dear Prudence" is BigED-a-sized, and JeffWinston.com infiltrates the BigED Website and writes his own news..kudos to you JeffWinston.com.

July 2004
BigED's Chicken has his 1st night out, And 2 of the most notorious days of BigED's career happen this month, The Impromptu show at the Pocket w/Red Handed (You had to be there to understand!) and the BigED's "Land & Sea Murf Tour" (Party buses will NEVER be the same) lands in Long Island. Neil unveils the BigED "Alcohol Driven, Rock & Roll Livin'" t-shirts, and the world is at peace.

Aug. 2004
Autumn & Lil' P make their debut onstage at Toad's with us, We play a 2nd completely out of control show with Red Handed (The Beer Sprinkler is born!!), And have 1 of the best, dare I say legendary after-parties at Master P's.

Sept. 2004
After almost a year of "BigEDing" Master P calls it quits, "Lucky Penny 2" is released and garnishes more awards for our fearless frontman, BigED heads into SpinDrift Studios (Thanks Mike Z from 100demons.com), and we do a HUGE show at Alchemy for UltraRadio.coms "Hard Drive Live".

Oct. 2004
Old friend and natural pick, AJ Fros joins the BigED line-up, BigED creates a 2nd home at MySpace.com, Ron & Angela Zombie get engaged, Corner Pocket "The Matt & Neil Years" comes to an end, We somehow end up on KC101's morning show with Vinnie Penn & Mary, and "Bystander Suicide" gets put into regular rotation on UltraRadio.com (So go there and request it damn it!!)

Nov. 2004
We went into the studio to re-record "Christmas Hangover", We have to 1 of our best shows date with the new line-up at the Pocket, and we appear in PLAY magazine!!

Dec. 2004
BigED photographer Extraordinare, Lisa, makes it through her 1st semester of school with straight A's!!! BigED is invited and plays 2 HUGE shows (1 in which BigED's Santa Suit is stolen..Merry F'n Christmas), with the Bad Boys of MEGAHERTZ (1 2),, "Christmas Hangover" goes over like crazy at UltraRadio.com's Hard Drive Live, Mike D's favorite band, Without Ray rocks Crazy Joe's side by side on New Years with us, Our "No Sleep Til' Staven" hat is stolen, and MOB gives BigED a signed Winger poster for Christmas..LOL!!

Thanks to all of our families, friends, fans and detractors, for making this
1 helluva year!!
2005 has NO IDEA what's to become of it!!
And a very special thanks to the bands that have become our brothers along the way:

Etc….Thank You all again!!
Up the ED's and have a Happy NEEEEEIIIIIIIILLLLLLL YEAR !

The Year in Front Page Pictures

12 Days of Big ED...

In this first year with Big ED, we did some pretty
amazing things....

Twelve Corner Pocket Shows
Eleven SOLD Webster Tickets
Ten "What's up FUCKERS!!"
Ninety Busted Guitar Strings
Eight Thousand Pictures
Seven HOT Babes
Sixty Bus Trip DRUNKS
Five Shots of Polish
Forty Gigs this Year
Three Day Murf Tour
Two Masters of Metal Shows
A Breast Milk SHOT at UltraRadio…