Dec 24th, 2004
Fa la la la Freakin' La!!! The holidays are upon us kids, and the Big ED machine is getting stronger by the minute. We just came off 2 REALLY strong shows, and the momentum doesn't seem to be waning...A very Special thanks to the Bad Boys of Megahertz for inviting us to their Christmas Show, and very special thanks to Mark Cook (the owner of Cooks) for having us and treating us (along with his awesome staff) like gold. We'll definitely be back there making some noise in 2005...ULTRARADIO's HARD DRIVE LIVE, are you kidding me???? What an awesome time!!! Not only were the Bands incredible (CO2- ripped it up a couple extra notches as always, MOB - A TRUE party band, that are quickly becoming one of Big ED's all-time favorite bands, and of course NASTY Fuckin' DISASTER - with special guest Herman Von Moe - We honestly can't say enough about these guys - THEY ARE OUR TRUE BROTHERS OF METAL!!!) but the people who showed up..just amazing .. Richie and Sue - what can we say, they are THE ABSOLUTE COOLEST COUPLE EVER ..WE LOVE YOU GUYS!!! Adam Kristoferson, who recently turned 21 (Happy Birthday Brother!!) and we know we'll be hearing a lot from him in the future. The Brothers' Winston.com (especially the rare appearance of Mike "Big Daddy" Winston!!!)..And the whole UltraRadio.com crew, who've been supporting us from day one..YOU GUYS FUCKIN' ROCK!!!!! A special shout-out goes to the Big ED photographer extraordinare, Lisa, for completing her first semester of school with Straight A's and still having the time to get wasted with us ..Keep up the good work!! Keith & Wander (RedChinaBlue.com) for trekking all the way from the valley to show support and honestly, the list goes on and on! We truly appreciate everyone's support, and we hope to never let you guys down...On a personal note, R.I.P. Arthur "Butch" Littlefield, I'll miss you my friend. Now, onto the business of rocking..Next Thursday the 30th, Big ED has been invited to play a pre-New Years Eve Bash at TOAD's, with our buddies and yours.. MEGAHERTZ!!!! The Line-up consists of Fogg, Disposable Heroes (Metallica tribute band), Smack7 (these guys rock!), The Mighty MEGAHERTZ, and yours truly!! The show is FREE for the 21 and older crowd, and reduced admission for the under 21 friends/fans (that means you North Branford and East Haven High Schools!!) ..rumor has it that Mike Onofrio (EHHS Wrestler extraordinare) will be on hand, so ladies..pretty yourselves up..hehheh...Then the very next day ..Big ED's NEW YEAR BASH @ Crazy Joes!!! This should be another out of control time..We have to honestly say, whenever we play a show with the boys of Without Ray (Mike D's favorite band!) the crowd response is incredible!! These guys are as solid as solid gets, and we couldn't be happier to share the stage with 'em. New Year's WILL come in with a BANG this year and that's a Big ED New Year's Guarantee!!! So please, have a safe holiday and we'll see you at the shows!! Up the EDs!!

Dec 6th, 2004
Guitars, Bars and Christmas Stars??? What a week for Big ED...1st and foremost, a MAJOR THANK YOU goes out to Mike Z. (100Demons.com) @ Spindrift Studios for recording and mixing "Christmas Hangover" (In 2 days!!!) so it can be rushed onto a compilation disc (Being put together by DJSteve of UltraRadio.com and Dance-off fame) that'll be sent to our troops in Iraq...Whatever your stance on the war is, ALWAYS SUPPORT THE TROOPS, bottom line. Big ED invaded the valley and had an excellent time thanks to Joe G. & Staff at Crazy Joe's!! Thanks to everyone who came and supported, and a very special thanks to the guys in Without Ray, who not only made the gig with 1 days notice, but kicked major ass while doing so...Some of the bad boys of MegaHertz were on hand as well to support, This is a band you HAVE to see..We'll be back in the Valley with these guys on Dec 17th @ Cooks Cafe for their annual Xmas Show and once again on Dec 30th @ Toad's for their big end of the year metal shin-dig..WooHoo!! After years of creating new songs and not missing 1 gig, Randy's Les Paul suffered a major injury when the headstock was snapped off the neck accidentally..So if anyone knows where he can find a replacement neck or another 91' standard, PLEASE LET HIM KNOW!! Ron Zombie came close to winning the CCW heavyweight Championship this past weekend, but was disqualified for inadvertently hitting the ref...better luck next time Zombo! On a serious note, a great friend (and major contributor to all things Big ED) has published a book about the horrors and everyday dealings of watching someone close to his heart suffer and then lose her battle with cancer..This book will, in our opinion, put things into perspective, or at least make you more aware of taking things for granted. The link is www.EasyToLoveImpossibleToForget.com ..We'd really appreciate your support of the book..it's the most heartfelt book you'll ever read...So remember, Life's just a 1 shot deal..Better WAKE UP!
Nov 30th, 2004
Thank You,Thank You,Thank You!!!!!!!! Thanks to everyone who showed up for our 1st Corner Pocket gig with the new owners..it was a major success ...and honestly, 3 Thank You's isn't enough...so here's a 4th..Thank You..hehheh..there, that's better. PLAY Magazine was on hand to capture most of the magic, while CO2 rocked and UltraRadio.com's DJSteve stole the show..look for more interaction with this strapping young fellow (he also does a ripping acoustic version of Twinkie,mind you)..Now, this very week, YES...this one, right now, Big ED is back in the studio, to FINISH up work on the forthcoming CD..YAY!!!..and not only will the CD be finished, but the next Christmas classic "Christmas Hangover" will be officially ready for airplay...WooF'nHoo!! We also embark on Big ED's "Valley of the Murf Tour"!! We'll be playin' (For the 1st time mind you) 2 shows in Naugatuck..The 1st one will be at Crazy Joe's!!! Trust me this guy is really fuckin' crazy, so crazy in fact, we're bringin' Big ED's Babe of the Month Contest there for the evening ..try to make this one if possible!!! Our 2nd, "Valley of the Murf Tour" show is with our old buddies and metal maniacs (No..Not Nasty Disaster!!) Megahertz!! These guys have been gracious enough to invite us to play their Christmas Show with them at Cook's Cafe and we couldn't be more honored...Speaking of Megahertz, we would like to thank all of the local bands, who've come out to support us at every show...As long as we all stick together, the music will never be silenced..And finally, we have a HUGE ALL STAR CHRISTMAS SHOW LINE-UP planned for Dec. 22nd at the place it all began..The Alchemy..it'll be Big ED, CO2, MOB, Wax Palace and our ABSOLUTELY, BAR NONE, HANDS DOWN FAVORITES....NASTY DISASTER!! Christmas is coming early kids!!! Til' next time, take care of yourselves and each...oh wait...nope..scratch that one..UP THE MOTHERFUCKIN' ED's and Keep Rockin' in the MotherFuckin' FreeWorld!
Nov 17th, 2004
Hey Kids....We're back!! Big ED will be playing LIVE this Friday the 19th at our old stomping grounds, The Corner Pocket!! There's a new sheriff in town (or owner) at the Pocket and we'll be sure to show him the love Big ED likes to share amongst our friends, family, and fans. It'll be our 1st show in a couple of weeks and we couldn't be more pumped!! We have 2 VERY SPECIAL guests on this bill with us...1st, DJSteve (Listen to him on UltraRadio.com from 8am to 11am Mon-Weds and Fridays..he's freakin' hysterical!!) who will be opening up the show (And by all counts is one of the most talented musicians we've EVER come across!) and we're sure by night's end, will be having a dance-off (It's now becoming a tradition at every Big ED show he comes to!!) with our very own Mike D.! These dance-offs have been known to garner admiration from fellow gents, and drive any lady in the tri-state area completely beserk...You have to see it for yourself to believe it! Then after Big ED leaves the stage, back by popular demand ....CO2!!!!!!! CO2 will close out the evening with a searing set of soon to be rock classics!!! This show is a prelude to the Christmas Show coming up on Dec. 22nd with Big ED/CO2/Nasty Disaster/MOB & Wax Palace at UltraRadio's Hard Drive Live at the Alchemy (Big EDitor's note - DJSteve will be doing the sound that night...WooHoo!!) so come and take just a little taste of what's to come...Speaking of UltraRadio.com, "Bystander Suicide" is now in regular rotation on there, so feel free to log on and request it.....Tell them " I WANT MY BIG ED!! "... Special thanks to DJ Gina Martini (UltraRadio.com - Weds & Fri nights 7-11pm) for all the MAJOR promotion she's been giving Big ED and quite frankly all of the local bands....The Revolution Begins!! And on a final note, Another Special Thanks goes out to our manager, Laurel and her husband Mike for an awesome band dinner (Steaks, potatoes, cornbread, salad, etc...) and for putting up with us the way they do....you guys rock!!! More shows are in the works, so check back frequently for updates ..... NNNNNEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Up the EDs!
Nov 1st, 2004
A Happy Halloween it was!! The Babe of the Month / Halloween Bash went off without a hitch...The Boys in CO2 ran through a ripping set to start the party (Thanks guys!..You Rock), the costumes were plentiful, and the booze was flowing ohh so smoothly...so many good friends and peers (INK, 6 Second Crush, etc) were on-hand to support and celebrate partying and Free Candy (In this case, Eye Candy..hehheh) Our fearless frontman "The WildChild" did an early morning interview on KC101 to promote the show, and well, the rest is history...High points of the evening included Ultraradio's DJSteve picking up the Ax to do a ripping solo for the Babe of the Month theme, Kate capturing the Babe of the Month Title (Congrats Kate!!!), Breakdancing and cartwheels competitions on the asphalt in the parking lot at 3 AM after the show, Special guest appearances by Billy, GUUUUUZZZZEEEETTTTTIII and of course NEEEEIIILLLLLL!!, Jimmy D sleeping through and missing the show, and Randy thinking (In a drunken stupor mind you) it was a good idea to put Mike D on his shoulders during "Song" (look at the pics to see how that went..hehheh)..All in all, 7 thumbs up and we thank everyone for supporting... The next night was no sloucher either, Brian & Whitney Bradshaw (Who had the best costumes we've ever seen!) threw a kick ass Shindig and all of Big ED (Minus AJ Fros who was conspicuous by his absence) attended...We learned of DARK secrets Mike D. doesn't want to share with the world and that NO bottle of Polish is safe when Big ED is around...A MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS goes out to Ron & Angela Zombie for getting engaged on Halloween!! Ron, you deserve Angela and Angela, you deserve better..Hi-Oh!! Seriously, We love you guys and couldn't be happier that's it's finally official (Zombie was always slow!!). Best of luck to these 2 Crazy kids!!....It's gonna be a quiet month for Big ED gig-wise, but we'll be in the studio putting the finishing touches on our 1st Studio CD... recording the soon-to-be Christmas Classic .."Christmas Hangover" and receiving airplay for "Bystander Suicide" on Ultraradio.com (So make sure you log on and request us!!) ..Speaking of Ultraradio, our next show (as of right now) is gonna be a Christmas show @ Alchemy Dec. 22 with an ALL STAR line-up including yours truly, Big ED, CO2, MOB, and our favorite band in the world, Nasty Disaster!!! We've said this before, but you REALLY AND TRULY DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS ONE!!! FREE ADMISSION to a show with a line-up like this is a RARITY!! So please come down for a night of FREE Entertainment and a night of soon-to-be Classic Memories!! As always, Keep on Rockin' in the Freeworld and go out and VOTE today!!
Oct 25th, 2004
News, News, News.....Let's see...hmmm....1st and foremost, a MAJOR thanks to everyone who stuck it out at Toad's place, it was a hectic night with lots of drama, a stellar performance from our new backbone AJ Fros, SHOTS with KC101's Vinnie Penn, and a new found friendship with Green Inside... A major shout out to Mr. Penn (who apparently has a sound byte going around with some damaging words about him from a member of Big ED!!!!...heehee...it's supposed to be hysterical, at least according to Vinnie) Mary, Ivan, Joe, etc... for making us feel right at home, when we did a surprise "pop-in" on the day of the show....Now, Mike D's Huge 30th surprise B-day party was a MAJOR success!! Suzie Q worked her ass off preparing and hostessing this gala event and deserves Goddess status after this one...In the tradition of Big ED parties, it had everything...great food, A gigantic bonfire (In which the Wildchild and Master P did some walking on) , acoustic jams, and just an awesome crowd of friends and family.. And 2 Half Kegs, 8 to 10 Bottles of Booze (at least 3 were Polish...yummy) and 2 bottles of wine later, the party came to an end...Mike D celebrated the end of his bash by passing out on his lawn in a pile of his own vomit, Got Big ED indeed!! Halloween's coming, and we all know what that means ...Free candy from strangers and Big ED's "Babe of the Month / Halloween Bash"!!! This is gonna be one for the books ... there's gonna be costume prizes, great music, and plenty of mayhem to go along... We hear that the bad boys from CO2 are gonna be in the house to begin the festivities. So get your costume's ready and prepare your livers!!!!! It's gonna be one HELL of a celebration!! Until Friday....Up the ED's & NEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oct 14th, 2004
THE SEARCH IS OVER!!!!!!!! Big ED has found their new drummer....YAY!!!!!!!!!! Anthony"AJ Fros" Frosolone is the new backbone of Big ED. Early on, Anthony had been involved in musical projects with Ron Zombie & Randy and is also the original Nasty Disaster drummer. He grew up in the ghettos of Northford, alongside his new band mates: Mike D., Matty "John Bonham" Getzewich, The Wildchild, and even former Big ED sticksman, Master P. Big ED members were quoted as saying "Anthony was the obvious choice. We all know him, we're all friends with him, and he's a kick ass drummer!!" Not to mention, his teacher Patti (Who is a drumming monster mind you!!) was also the one that gave us Master P., so you know this guys no slouch. Anthony's a great personality and fit right in within the first few seconds of practice ... Big ED is back baby!!! Now the Big ED Upper Brass have been toying with a few ideas for the website. We're contemplating a Big EDitorial section, where friends, fans, band members and quite frankly anyone can speak their mind about The Band, Music, Politics, Today's/Yesterdays issues, Sex, or ANYTHING that's on your mind. If you're interested in being a Big ED special guest Editor or for short, A Special EDitor..hehheh..E-mail us at the site or leave a message on the message board. We're also debating on making a section with photos and bios of everybody that uses the message board, This way you can see a photo of the people who you are actually talking to everyday and get a little background on them. If you would like to be included in this, drop us an e-mail and send us a picture with a little info about yourself (name, age, likes/dislikes, favorite bands, whether you think Ron Zombie is gay or not, stuff like that.) Or if there is a picture of yourself that you really like from one of the shows, let us know and we'll use that. So let your voices be heard and leave us some damn feedback..hehheh...Now onto the Business of Rocking!!!! Big ED has released their 1st single "Bystander Suicide" on the MySpace.com website. While there, feel free to register your own space FOR FREE and become our "friend"...This Fri. the 15th,Toad's Place & KC101 present the Rock & Register Show featuring: Green Inside & Big ED!! This show is gonna be ENORMOUS!!!!! Grab tix from us or print 'em up here ...do what you have to do to be there, it's gonna rock. We''ll be on the air live with KC101's Vinnie and Mary morning show Friday October 15th between 9-10 AM so make sure you tune in for that! And last but definitely not least, The Big ED Babe of the Month 7/Halloween Bash on Fri. Oct. 29th is quickly coming upon us, so get those costumes ready kids...hehheh..But more on that next week. Until Toad's Place on Friday ..Up the ED's! We love you all!!!

Sept 25th, 2004
It's the end of an era...which means a new one begins! But first let's recap the last few weeks..Lucky Penny 2 opened to a packed house (Mostly Big ED Heads..hehheh) and received 2nd place out of 60+ movies, not to shabby for our fearless frontman's 2nd outing as a director. We'd like to thank everyone who came out and a special thanks to Ultraradio.com for their continuous support of the movie and everything Big ED....Master P. is gone, but not forgotten..you'll be able to hear our last recordings with him on the forthcoming Big ED CD due out in a month or so...We'll miss you brutha, good luck with everything in life .... Speaking of Master P., we had our last show with him @ The Corner Pocket and once again proved the "Alcohol Driven, Rock & Roll Livin' " dream is still alive. Nasty Disaster began the festivities (With Master P. on the drums) and kept metal alive 1 more night, The Boys in CO2 came down (on a few hours notice mind you) and totally fuckin' rocked..This band you HAVE to support..the songs, the sound, you'll be hearing alot from these guys...Then We took the stage..hehheh...(probably more drunk than we should've been!!) and celebrated and played our final set with Master P....it was an emotional and cake filled set..but he definitely went out in Big ED style..Then to close the festivities Without Ray (God Bless these guys for playing on a cake filled stage) ripped through an awesome set of covers and had everyone singing along...All in all, it was an awesome night, and we thank everyone who supported...Now ..A NEW ERA begins...the search for a new drummer continues, we have a few very talented people lined up and ready for try-outs, so the search shouldn't be much longer..With the new drummer, comes new dedication to the music, our fans and most of all each other..we WON'T let you guys down because, to quote the WildChild "Big ED Folk are the best kind of Folk" and he couldn't have said it better...With the depature of Master P, we also have the departure of Ask Dr. Phil? But we are lucky enough to have the advice colum stylings of Dear Erica. Ask her questions about anything. Babe of the Month is coming!!! The 7th installment of BOTM will coincide with our 1st annual Big ED Halloween Bash at Side St.Grille Fri. Oct 29th, so get your costumes ready..there's gonna be a few contests and LOTS of suprises,so clear your calendar...And last but not least, NNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!! Up the Mother Fuckin' ED's!!!!!
Sept 17th, 2004
ULTRARADIO'S HARD DRIVE LIVE @ The Alchemy was a friggin' blast! Lots of old friends (George-ann, Cubby, Drew, Powerhouse, RichiRich, Andrea, etc..), Lots of AWESOME bands showing support (INK, Nasty Disaster, FreshWasco, Mob, Greg and Steve formerly of False Idol, Tommy formerly of G-Soul, and of course Steve from Spicy White Chicken ..hehheh, etc..), The whole Ultraradio crew (TC, EB, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Chef Sweetie, Erica, Randy, MTBiker Ryan, a special guest appearance from the Clipsy Fairy, etc..) and of course the Big ED Family (Gina, Sue, Lisa, Sarah and our own " I'm Jimmy D. Bitch ", etc..) Special thanks to DJ Gina for putting Randy's mug up with hers on the UR Snapshot, Kelly for being super cool, and to Michelle for trying to get in..hehheh. If we forgot anyone, that's why we used "etc" and apologize or the label of "etc" ..LOL. Now onto new business...We're ALMOST finished with the 1st studio Big ED CD ... There's going to be a 3 song EP released 1st, and in about 2 months, Big ED's full length CD will follow (The Staven' Democracy! j/k)......We just have to say HOLY SHIT ... Mike Z. of a 100 Demons is doing the recording with us and once again, HOLY SHIT!!!!!! Wait til you hear this thing...we're so psyched and proud and hope you will enjoy it.... Our Fearless Frontman is going to be very busy this weekend premiering LUCKY PENNY 2, it opens this Sat. the 18th @ York Square Cinema at 9:30 PM, and will be followed by a HUGE afterparty down at the Corner Pocket..you don't want to miss either of 'em..hehheh..Speaking of the Pocket ....A week from Fri...the 24th to be exact, Big ED will be hosting a night of FUCKIN' AWESOME music...We have the bad boys from Nasty Disaster (with Master P filling in on drums), Rage against the Machine cover band Fistful of Steel, and Mike D's favorite band (And my cousin's band as well..hehheh) With-Out Ray all coming down to party like rock stars and have a kick ass time!! There's been a Neil sighing, and word has it that he'll be looming behind the bar that night ..so be VERY VERY cautious...NNNNNEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!
As always ...your continued support means the world to us, and WE LOVE YOU ALL (OZZY voice implied there) Up the ED's and we'll see ya Saturday night at the Lucky Penny 2 premiere.
Sept 9th, 2004
This week's news (much like the news on TV) deals with good and bad....What would you like to hear (read) first? Hmmmm ...We'll take that as the bad 1st then...After much debate, Master P. aka Capt. Phil Jacobs aka Dr. Phil has decided to finish up the next 2 shows and call it quits from Big ED for now ... Phil is an EXTRAORDINARY drummer, a great friend, and most of all OUR Brother ..His ENORMOUS contributions to Big ED will be greatly missed as will he and everything he brought on and off the stage....part of the good news is, HE is in the studio with us as we speak, so you'll be able to hear him on the untitled as of yet Big ED EP that should be dropping within a month or so ...and kids, let me tell you, from the sounds of the rough mix so far ..THIS CD IS GONNA ROCK !!!!!!!! We're in the process of trying out drummers now. Master P. is a tough act to follow, so when we do decide on one, please show him as much love as you showed Phil, we'll pick a good one, as not to let you down... If you happen to be a drummer and are interested in trying out, E-mail the website or call the # located on the contact page...NOW onto nothing but GOOD news..we promise ..Big ED is ALL OVER PLAY Magazine this week..from the Index (there's a nice pic of the 3 John Bonham's) To page 33 (Awesome Big ED article) To our Fearless Frontman's own write up on his new movie "Lucky Penny 2" which will be premiering at FilmFest New Haven SAT. the 18th at the York SQ Cinema at 9:30pm, so please come and show support. A very special thanks to Jon Cooper for doing a KICK-ASS job on everything Big ED this week in PLAY..This guy ROCKS !!!!!! Big ED will also be going back to where it all started, next Weds.Sept 15th HARD DRIVE LIVE at the Alchemy!! This show is gonna be a major party, much in part to all the support of the Ultraradio.com family and friends. It's also 1 of the LAST times you'll see the original Big ED line-up, so please come out and support and see what started it all and let's give Master P the send off he truly deserves.... So until then..we'll see you at the movies (hint hint ..Cliff's movie next Sat...hehheh) UP THE FUCKIN' ED'S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aug 30th, 2004
 We survived the Big ED weekend!!!!!!!!!!!! So many great moments and happenings this weekend, we couldn't possibly fit them all here, but we'll do our best to share some of the highlights...the thank-yous 1st though ... Laurel & Mike as always ...Lisa our photographer for capturing the chaos ...Mike "the Lil' Jerk" Onofrio, Our street team - Matt and Stetson, Patti, Sandi, Jen, Miss Dana, Miss Sarah, Zoe, Laurie, The Ultraradio crew- Dizzy, Amy, Josh & Erica, Jilly Jill Jill, Dear Erica, AfterhoursBauers, The Total Comfort Control Boys - Joey T. & Greg, Ex-Hump alumni Daryl, The Bradshaws, John Brewery, The lovely Miss Hope (Not Faith!!), Eric, David & Mike, FunkMaster G, Karen a.k.a. Best friend, Nurse Tania, JeffWinston.com, Rich, Bob the Bartender, Kristen, M"Lil' Dubbage"B, Ronnie, Marita, I guess Terri too ..hehheh, Bob B to the 25th, and of course .. Mama P., Gina, Suzie Q, Lili, Neil, Guzzetti, Jimmy D. and Red Handed and a VERY SPECIAL THANKS to Little P. and Autumn for sharing the Toads stage with us (Future rockstars in the making!!!).... Now if we forgot you, we sincerely apologize, but I'm surprised we even remember that much…hehheh.... Now for the highlights...What did the Cops, motel 8, a taxi, shots and pizza have in common on Fri??? NEIL!!!!!!!!! That's all we'll say about that, but just know Neil is a true ROCK GOD!!! Toad's was awesome with the exception of Randy breaking not 1 but 2 strings, the show sounded tight and the crowd was awesome!!!! Kevin the Bartender rocks!! After the show, we went to the Big ED stomping grounds. Corner Pocket and as always had a blast. Then we went to the Athenian Diner up the street where our Fearless front man called the owner a cocksucker and proceeded to get a lifetime banning (It was so funny!!) Jimmy D. passed out in diner parking lot until the next day now joining the Ranks of Bob to the 25th, Neil and Randy...hehheh. Now Sat. at the Pocket was a much different show than Toad's ...hehheh....Let me just say God Bless Matt Guzzetti for letting us run completely wild , and to Neil for getting us there!! From the bottom of our hearts, you're part of the Big ED family and you will be sorely missed when you hand over the keys to the next owners ..We love you guys!! ......Did someone say RED HANDED ????? These guys fuckin rock!!!!! A special thank you to Steve and Arnie for making the ED HANDED banner..it's so cool!! Other highlights from the Pocket that night include, Guzzetti doing guest vocals on No Sleep 'Til Staven, Big ED panties, Beer Sprinklers, Wildchild jumping off of the Pocket on to Mike D's van and just 1 hell of a good vibe ...but no, no, no ..it didn't end there....What do 6 West Haven police cruisers, drunken wagon racing, Capt. America speedos, about 20 to 30 Big ED friends, and LOTS of alcohol have in common ?? AFTERPARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Much of it is a blur, but let's just say..Giddy Up!! Hehheh...Now... if you can, TRY to make it up to Hartford on Thursday for Big ED at the Webster, we'll be opening up for one of our idols (Cliff & Randy at least..hehheh) Nicko McBrain (you might have heard of a little band he's in called IRON FUCKIN' MAIDEN!!!!!!!!!) and his side project McBrain Damage ...TIX are $12.50 and please e-mail us, call us or do whatever you have too to get tix..it's gonna be a HUGE show!!!! Thanks to everyone who came out this week-end and an extra special thanks to those of you who pulled double duty ..WE LOVE YOU ALL .........Up the ED's and we'll see you on Thursday!!!
Setlist:
Miss Trust
Bystander Suicide
Life Sentence
Free World
Band of Brothers
Scatter
Big Balls
Wake Up
Song
Dear Prudence (with Steve from Red Handed on Saturday night)
No Sleep til Staven (with Matt Guzzetti on Saturday Night)

Aug 23rd, 2004
BOTM 6 has come and gone, but EXTRA SPECIAL thanks to Morrie & Lila (Our new Babes of the Month!!) and Dana & Robin for a very competitive and close contest .. you guys all rocked and we thank you ... Speaking of Rockin' ... How about the boys in INK??? The CD release of "Brethren" is sure to turn heads and make ears bleed (INKmusic.net for your copy!) The power trio once again rocked out with their cocks out and sounded friggin' awesome in the process. Thanks again Gonz, Richi, Steve and all the INKheads who came out to party on Friday, it was a blast!! Big (ED) weekend coming up ... Toad's and Corner Pocket, back to back, which means double the party, double the good times ... Toad's is gonna rock because they have an awesome stage, sound system, lights and our underage ED's can get in (if you need a ticket, click here)... Corner Pocket is gonna rock because last time we played with the fine gents in Red Handed the partying was taken up at least 10 notches (Trust me ..this'll be the party to end all parties..just look at the pix from last time..hehheh) and of course ... NEIL!!!!!!!!!!!! will be on hand and we all know what that means ..if you don't .. you've been warned. So if you can, come to one of the shows, or even better come to both and see us in 2 totally different atmospheres ..This weekend's gonna kick major ass, let's just hope our livers survive! Up the ED's!!!!
And for people that want to know the set list but don't show up at the shows (John), it was:
Wake-Up
Life Sentence
Scatter
Rocking in the Free World
Bystander Suicide
Miss Trust
Dear Prudence
Band of Brothers
Big Balls
One More Drink
No Sleep til Staven'
Song
Freebird (featuring Greg from SoulSpeak)
Little Nicki (featuring Mike D solo!)
Aug 11th, 2004
Thanks to everybody that came to the Pocket on Friday! Thanks to George from Megahertz for doing the sound .... Neil as always is GOD and Megahertz kicked ass ... the pix are up if you want to check 'em out ... Our Friday the 13th Playbook show is shaping up to be another classic with the boys in Without Ray ... The interesting thing about this show is ..Admission is $5 to get in, or $25 to get in AND drink for FREE all night (I think it's a $1 extra per top shelf item though)!! What a deal!!! That's probably one of the coolest ideas we've come across considering we partake in a beverage every once in a while..hehheh..glug,glug,glug..Anyway, a little down the road on the 20th we'll be hosting our Babe of the Month 6 Contest at Side St (We love Bob!!) but NOW the boys in INK will be there celebrating the release of their CD "BRETHREN" and we hear through the grapevine, it'll knock you on your ass!!! So rest up kiddies, lots of great times & shows coming up ... did someone say TOAD's on the 27th?? Up the ED's!!
Aug 1st, 2004
Weekends just don't get any crazier than this one kids!!! Big ED's Land & Sea Tour was a smashing success.. Major worship goes out to a few key people that really made it come together ... Laurel & Mike deserve "Hardwork and Patience awards" for the extreme amount of work both before/during and after the bus trip ...you guys are a major reason Big ED is as successful as we are, and words could never describe how much you mean to us ... Lisa the photographer, we don't know how you do it, but the pictures just keep getting better and better, while the times are getting crazier and crazier .. to quote Dubbage "You're a Goddess with a camera" a million thanks wouldn't be enough ... NEIL!!!!!!!!!! My god, all we can say is.. Dude!! Neil took it upon himself to make the Big ED army uniform .... literally!!! Like a General leading his troops into a battle (of the bands no less..hehheh) Neil selflessly donated Big ED shirts (They're fuckin' awesome!) to everyone aboard to make sure the Army was well dressed as well as represented..Dude...Dude!!!! Jimmy D. for waking up from his drunken stupor to announce us...what's up fucker's indeed .. Our bus driver for having the patience of a Saint, when a normal man would've caved, Killer Kev for making an extremely rare appearance ...Ron Zombie for cleaning up the scum....and to the other 50+ maniacs that made it a most memorable trip. And yes, like many trips before, they're were a few bad seeds that thankfully didn't ruin the trip for everyone. They'll NEVER be allowed on a Big ED trip again and we'll just leave it at that ... Now you would think after 12hrs of partying, members of Big ED would catch up on some sleep ...HELL NO!!!! We're Big ED bitch! Master P and Randy decided to hit the Project Revolution Tour at the Meadows just hours after the Bus Trip ended ... Let's just say ..WOW!! Our good friends Sarah & Michelle (Who unfortunately had to miss the Bus Trip) were there promoting Big ED and getting their drink on .. After the show, they decided to hook up with our fearless frontman "The Wildchild" for some libations with Neil...Let's just say .. WOW Again..hehheh .. And still AFTER THAT, we managed to commandeer a sea vessel (can't really go into details here unfortunately ;-) ), and go swimming at the beach, so all in all a 4 star weekend was had by most... The antics won't however end there my friends, because This Fri. 8/6 we will be playing the Corner Pocket with our very good friends Megahertz (These guys sooooo rock!!) This show promises to be insanity at it's best .... just keep an eye out for Neil, he's extremely dangerous when working the bar!!! Thanks again to everybody who's shown us so much love this weekend, and we'll see you all Friday!!!

July 27th, 2004
I hate to start off the news the same way but....WOW!!!!!!! The Babe of the Month 5 contest was extremely successful and we had a blast!! So many old and new friends were there, and I think almost everybody was lit ... hehheh. Speaking of old friends, Alonso kicked off the festivities with his own brand of "SPAM" humor (Lots of it directed towards members of Big ED and JeffWinston.com) and we absolutely loved it ... Then Kev and the crew from Drunks.com (You have to see this website!! Big ED is the picture of the week!) came down to partake in the BOTM 5 contest and helped make it the memorable evening it was (Our BOTM pics will be up by Wednesday, but Drunks has their pics up right now...go check 'em out!!).. There was some controversy of who had actually won, So Kate & Sarah decided to split the prize .. Now that's sportsmanship (or sportswomanship..I dunno). Hopefully JB was keeping track of our set list, cause we really don't remember much after the contest (What an evening!!) The Avalon crew came down and supported, Bob the Bartender took a break from the beach to sign up contestants for the coveted prize, Mason and future BOTM Dear Erica were in the building (Signing autographs in the back) and well, check out the pics to get a better idea of the party... THE BIG ED BUS TRIP tix are almost SOLD OUT. There are 4 seats left. If you haven't yet, get in touch with Laurel or one us to reserve your seat ...This is going to be an amazing time, with a shitload of fun and great people... Long Islands going to have no idea what hit 'em ..hehheh. As usual, thanks for the friendships and support, See ya on the bus ...Up The ED's!!!!!!!!!! Oh, and by the way, NEIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 21st, 2004
It's time for some news!!!!! In an effort to keep the website current, we've taken down some old MP3's and added some from the June 19th Toad's show and one from the Playbook show on the 26th ... "FreeBird" was performed with 2 very special guests .. "Mean Gene's" Dad the infamous Mr. P on vocals , and the guitar guru Greg (SoulSpeak) on lead guitar ... you definitely want to check that one out ... We've put the "This Night" video back up for your viewing pleasure ...and also added " A Chicken's Night Out " ( It's F'n hysterical !! ) Last but not least , check out the Bus Trip page to see if your head has been added yet ... Tix for the Bus Trip HAVE to be purchased by the 23rd , so make sure to get in touch with us ASAP cause missing this one would be just damn regrettable ..hehheh ... Speaking of the 23rd ( Yup THIS FRIDAY !! ) , we'll be having our Babe of the Month 5 contest at Side Street , and to kick off the festivities , will be our long time friend ( He loves SPAM ) and comic genius Alonso . We're going to use this show as a pre-Bus Trip party , so the forecast is calling for lots of drinking and one helluva good time ( If you've been to the Side Street Shows , you know what we're talking about ) And finally , 2 VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU'S ...#1 to KEVIN at Drunks.com for posting our show on their front page and putting up our pics from last time ( It's an awesome site with something for everyone so definitely check it out ) And #2 the Big ED website builder himself JeffWinstonDATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTcom ,Jeff has put alot time and effort in the Big ED Bus Trip promotion and we couldn't be happier that he'll be along for the ride ( Rumor has it , he'll be filming for his next masterpiece , so let's give him some good footage...hehheh ) So use the messageboards , go to Drunks.com and check out the new , edgy JeffWinston.com ... We'll see you Friday!!!!!!!!!!!
July 9th, 2004
WOW!! All we can say is WOW!!! The impromptu Corner Pocket gig last night turned out to be one of the most insane evenings of partying and debauchery yet for us ED's. Now going into this gig, we had a lot against us (2 days notice & Ozzfest to name a few) but Dr. Phil prescribed a day of drinking in the hot sun before the show and we figured it was all uphill from there..hehheh. First off, before we get into the highlights of the evening, some MAJOR thank you's ... Matt G. proprietor extraordinaire told us we basically had free reign and to make a party of it (He might be regretting that one today..hehheh) Matt THANK YOU brutha, without your nod of approval the night could have taken a major nose dive .. Chrissy, our wonderful and tolerant bartender, how you worked under those conditions one may never know ..NEIL!!!!!!! Do we even have to say anymore???? Patti, Sandy, Jenn, Joey Espo & After Hours Bauers, Miss Ronnie, Marybeth, JeffWinston.com, etc.... for spending the evening with a very blasted Big ED... and of course our new friends Red Handed for closing out the evening with a kick ass set. The pics will be up in a few days, so make sure to check for them, THEY ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD ..HEHHEH (Very nice job Lisa!) Highlights included chants of Matt, Neil and Chrissy ... some de-pantsing, nipples galore, an extreme amount of shots, nudity, dancing, and the chicken had one hell of a night... You'll be hearing about this one for years to come. Rumor has it that the after-party had it's share of moments as well, everything from Master P riding Little P's plastic wagon which was full of beer down his street (It's a HUGE hill) and possibly blowing a red light with it to Bob the bartender passing out on the beach only to wake up in the sun hours later ..We love you man! Now onto the new stuff ... Happy 1 year Anniversary to our own Matt "John Bonham" G. and his lovely bride "Mean" Gene the terminating machine.. You guys are the best and much Big ED love to our fellow Edians! We're debating on a new slogan for our T-shirts " Alcohol Driven, Rock & Roll livin' " ...let us know what you think of this by leaving some feedback on the message board.. Babe of the Month is approaching rapidly, it's back at home at Side St on the 23rd and there's gonna be a new "spin" involved so make sure you're there!! ...And last but definitely not least.. THE BIG ED BUS TRIP !!!!!!!! So many awesome people are going and tickets are running low, so PLEASE get in touch with us ASAP to reserve your seats ... If the pics from Corner Pocket last night are any indication of what's to transpire, you'll regret not being part of it...And JeffWinston.com has a new look, check it out. As always THANKS to everyone who supports us, whether it be through shows, the website, etc.. You're keepin' the dream alive!! Up The ED's.... Bitch!!
June 30th, 2004
You've been to the shows... Hell, you've even been to the After Parties, but now, in another Big ED 1st (And definitely not a last) it's Big ED, THE BUS TRIP!!!! Friday July 30th Big ED is calling on you to join us in Long Island for the 98.5 The Bone's (Hehheh..Bone) "Bonified Kings of Rock Band Showcase" at the Wildwood Bowl! Tix are $35 and include Roundtrip Transportation in a Luxurious and Spacious Motorcoach (With a driver named Big ED!!! I swear, doesn't that rule!), a nice soothing sunset ferry ride, Beer/Sandwiches/Drinks/Chips and One Hell of a Good Time!! For more info, check out our front page and please let us know ASAP as tickets are limited. Before that though, we have our Big ED Babe of the Month 5 contest (Fri. July 23rd) at 1 of our favorite stomping grounds, Side Street Grille in Hamden. We have a very special suprise planned for this one (Let's just say, the contest will never be the same again!!!) so make sure you clear your schedule, this is going to be one for the books! Then on Fri. August 6th, we'll be playing with the Ozzy tribute band BELIEVER (The singer looks just like Ozzy..hehheh) and another of our favorite bands, Megahertz (These guys friggin' rock!) at Corner Pocket (Neil will be on hand, so make sure you bring a backup liver)...But let's not get ahead of ourselves, and concentrate on Side St. and the Long Island trip for now, both are sure to be unforgettable times, and why not have an unforgettable Summer with Big ED?? In the words of a legend, "We love you all!!", we'll see you at the shows, and Keep Rockin' in the Freeworld!

June 26th, 2004
Hey everyone in Big ED land, here we go with some more news ... The Playbook show went really well. Check out the pics here. Jimmy D kicked off the night w/another great introduction (Although he wasn't there in person, he announced us over a Nextel) It was Without Ray's 1st performance with a new line-up (They were supertight..you'll be hearing alot from these guys). Freebird w/Big ED featuring Greg from SoulSpeak on lead guitar (unf'nbelievable!!), and "Mean" Gene Bonham's Dad, Mr. P (not to be confused w/Master P.) on lead vocals. We also had our brother Ron Zombie jam out on "No Sleep 'til Staven" with us. He then dedicated the performance to our friend Anthony Cretella who was taken away from us 16 years ago to the day (We miss you Ant!!) SoulSpeak did a blistering set as usual (Thanks for doing the sound Frankie!!) and we had another successful Babe of the Month contest. A major shout out to Jimmy & Lisa Peek and Megan & Boz for making extremely rare appearances..Big ED (Our Namesake) & Momma ED for spending another great evening with us.. The Brothers Twiss for gracing us with their presence 2 nights in a row, Angela, Michelle, Sarah, Mason & Dear Erica (Thank God they shook the paparazzi), Cathy, and of course Powerhouse!! The staff at Playbook (just a great bunch of guys) and of course EVERYONE who showed up, it really means a lot to us and we couldn't ask for better friends, family and fans..Now onto new stuff, Big ED is entered in a Battle of the Bands for 98.5 The Bone in Long Island. We're planning a bus trip on July 30th. We'll keep you updated on that when we know more. As it stands, our next show will be at Side St in Hamden (We love this place) July 23rd, but we have other shows on the backburner (so keep your eyes on the gig list, when we confirm them, they'll go up) There are new Masters of Metal 2 pics just found. Check them out here. We also haven't heard from Ian McRock of Nasty Disaster fame as he Pedals for Metal from East Haven to Canada..We hope he's safely spreading the word of Metal and comes home soon so we can attend a Nasty Disaster show. Farewell to G-Soul after a tremendous run and best of luck on their various side projects and other future endeavors..and as JeffWinstondddaaaaattttttt.com would say, take it easy.... Remy's sucks!!! Up the EDs!!!!

For those interested (JB), the set list for Playbook was:
Bystander Suicide
Miss Trust
Free World
Wake Up
Life Sentence
No Sleep til Staven'
Band of Brothers
Dear Prudence
Song
Free Bird
June 22nd, 2004
Well...well..here we go again kids!! Lots of news today... First off, Big ED would like to thank Jeff Winston for infiltrating the Big ED website without authorization while we were having technical difficulties and updating the news (See June 19th news). Who knows what other wacky things he'll do! Go to Jeff Winston.com and be happy....A HUGE thank you to everyone for coming down to Toads on the 19th.. It was a big show and you guys/girls made it possible. Special thanks to Big ED our namesake, "little" ED, and Big Buck for making very rare appearances, Cousin Diane for coming down from Cape Cod, the North Branford Crew (Especially Matt, Stetson, Julie and Eric) for coming out in droves... The Staven Crew (Especially Mike Onofrio) who we had the pleasure of hanging out with before the show.. Both towns truly represented in a BIG way and we're very thankful.. Lisa took over 200 pics (that'll be up soon, we promise) and had actually left her vacation early to make it to the big show, Jeff Winston.com for making a rare appearance, Auntie LiLi cause she just rules, Laurel and Mike for the..well everything they do for us.. We love you guys.. And of course, everyone who came to the after party.. Bob the Builder/Bartender, April, Neil (whom after the pool incident, we truly consider him of GOD status..hehheh, Bridget, Andrea, Michelle the Bartender, Sarah, Caroline,etc.... (Sorry for the etc., but there were a hell of a lot of people!!) But an extra special thanks to Eddie & Rhonda for supplying their home as our playground and Ron Zombie who showed up after a grueling match in Philly! Big ED went back to their old ways at practice yesterday, and consumed most of a 1/2 keg... In the process "Mean" Gene & John Bonham ended singing "This Night" (which sounded awesome), Clifford ended up chipping his tooth on his microphone, Mike D. spilled a nasty concoction of ice coffee/cigarettes on Master P's leg and Randy pretty much blew out his voice singing..hehheh.. it was one for the books! Now onto the Playbook show... This Sat. the 26th, Big ED will be joined by our other running buddies (No.. not Nasty Disaster.. Ian McRock is LITERALLY Pedaling for Metal as he is riding his bicycle from East Haven to Canada.. He's out of his mind!!) Soulspeak, whom we always have a major blast with (What song is it you wanna hear..Freeb...hehheh) and Without Ray (Scott is actually cousins with Randy, and this will be the first time the 2 Massey's are sharing a stage) who have a new line-up and have been dying to play to the masses (Or Massey's..hehheh)!! This is also the first time we'll be having our Babe of the Month Contest out of the Side St .element, but we'll be bringing it back home to them July 23rd. Another 1st for this Sat, since we get to control the show, ALL LADIES GET FREE ADMISSION, This will be nice, so the ladies can save a few bucks, and the guys can have more ladies to ogle at.. hehheh... there is also going to be yet another 1st, but you'll have to come to the show to see it...if everything works out, you DON'T want to miss this. Well there's tons more , but we need to go practice for Sat.. Thanks as always for the love and support and we'll see you at the PlayBook!!!
June 19th, 2004
This is Jeff Winston here updating the News for Big Ed because they are having Technical Difficulties with their website. TOAD's place was great on Saturday night. This was my first time seeing them at TOAD's. They sounded great. The Ed Heads were were loving it. They were moshing and singing along to every song. I know I talk about about Twinkie too much, so let me continue doing so. Their rendition of TWINKIE at the end of the show was insane. The Moshing and Twinkie Throwning were wonderful. They went to together like Peanut butter and Jelly. Salt and Pepper. Siegfried and Roy. That is about it for the news today. I am updating this without the bands permission. Until they get their computer problems fixed I am going to do what I want with this website. It is mine now Big Ed. By the way, Gina and Sue looked hot saturday night. Now Go to Jeff Winston.com be happy. Oh Yea. One last thing. REMY'S Bar in Milford SUCKS!!!!!!!!!
June 10th, 2004
The Master of Metal 2 \ Neil Appreciation Night was an outstanding success due to all of our friends & fans that showed up. As usual, we had an awesome time tearing up the Pocket. They're are a few very special thanks that have to go out.. Mike C. for watching the door for us, Laurel for doing too many things to mention, Lisa for being our photographer extraordinare, Mike "Big Daddy" Winston for doing our sound, Neil for letting his fans appreciate him, and of course Kelly and Debbie for joining us onstage for "Freeworld." There are too many other people to thank, but we sincerely appreciate everything you guys do for us. Apparently John Bonham, Zombie, and the Wildchild had a match that evening, but can't recall who won!! Mike D. and Randy can't recall the evening at all!! Master P had to make a quick exit to go and answer his Dr. Phil column, and last but not least Jimmy D had to depart and go find a poker game! We'd like to give a major shout out to Dearly Beloved and Remedy for kicking it up 2 notches and of course to our Brothers Of Metal the Nasty ones themselves...Nasty Disaster...All Metal, All the time!! Check out the pics!! Now on to the new stuff, Toads Place Sat. June 19th looks to be like one of the biggest shows yet for Big ED, so make sure you get your tix or ask one of us for some. Big ED hats are now in and the shirts should be soon to follow. Lots of new videos on the Games page and also a new, really addicting Golf game! We plan on making this an awesome summer for all, so if you have any suggestions, comments or just want to say hi, leave a message on the message board...C'mon don't be shy ..hehheh. Thanks for all the support and we'll see you at the shows( or bars..whatever happens first!) Up the EDs!
May 22th, 2004
Thanks to everybody that came to the Webster show!!! Special thanks to Z, Jimmy D, Eddie, Sue, Gina, the North Branford crew, Laurel, Lisa, and our soundwoman. Lisa, once again, took some incredible pictures. Check them out here. After the show we went over to Up or on the Rocks. John Bonham was issuing wrestling challenges claiming he has a move to block the Big Elbow. I think it was the alcohol talking. Jimmy D was asked to leave and now has another bouncer he doesn't get along with. Speaking of Up or on the Rocks, we'll be playing there this Wednesday May 26th in the Battle of the Bands. The winner of the battle will open for a national act at either the Meadows or the Oakdale. Hope to see you there. After that we're back at the Corner Pocket for Masters of Metal 2 with our good friends Nasty Disaster and Remedy. Check out pics from the first Masters of Metal. Check-out the gig list to see where we'll be next. And this just in, pics from Big ED's Babe of the Month contest have made it on to Drunks.com! Thanks to Kev for coming and checking out the show. As always, thanks for the support! Up the EDs!!!
May 12th, 2004
Big ED is back after a 2-week hiatus!! Thanks to everybody that came to Alchemy on April 21st. It was great jamming with our good friends Soul Speak that night. Check out the pics here. And thanks to everybody that came to Sidestreet last Friday for Babe of the Month 3! The pics from that are up. It was a helluva night! We have 2 new Babes of the Month. Maybe triplets next month? Let's keep our fingers crossed! Thanks to Lisa for continuing to take unbelievable pics!!! What's up next for Big ED? We're making our first appearance at the Webster Theatre on Friday May 21st at 9 PM. We'll be headlining the second stage. If anybody needs tickets, drop us an e-mail. Then get ready for Master's of Metal 2 at the Corner Pocket on June 4th. If the first one was any indication, it should be a great night! That's it for now; hope everyone is well and ready to have a kick-ass summer with bigger and better shows. As always, thanks for all your support. Up the EDs!!!!
May 2nd , 2004
Clifford , our fearless frontman is still in Cali. putting wraps on what's shaping up to be Lucky Penny 2 ( The highest numbered Lucky Penny yet ..Thanks South Park.. lol ). John and Gina Bonham are hopefully feeling better , they've been really rundown , but will be back w/a vengence this Fri. @ Side St. Mike D , Master P , and Randy have been working harder than William Hung at a vocal lesson ... HI-OH !!! ( that one was for you Dubbage ! ) And our ever faithful manager Laurel and her longtime groom Mike have been catching some rays in Hawaii ... Aloha ! Some of our other friends have also been busy this week. Nasty Disaster ( Nasty Disaster.com ) were Fightin' For Metal @ The Corner Pocket on Fri. and some new friends of ours The Cryptones ( Cryptones.com ) we're kicking ass at the Alchemy last weds. And our buddies in INK just finished their new website , check it out @ Inkmusic.net or just link from our links page. We're gearing up for our Big ED / Side St. Babe of the Month contest this Fri... Our friends the Cryptones will be on hand to rock your world as well ! This is a show you DON'T want to miss ( For many reasons ... hehheh ) so make sure you're on hand for this Big EDstravaganza !! As usual , thanks for all your support , you guys rock !
April 21st, 2004
Jimmy D. stepped up to the plate and drank breast milk with Opus on the CT UltraRadio interview. Cliff, literally made an ass of himself and it was broadcast all over the internet. I wish I could say it was the first time that's happened. Many thanks to Opus for having us on the show!
April 18th, 2004
Big ED will be on the air live with Opus from G-Soul this Tuesday at 10:30 PM on CT UltraRadio. Click here to listen. We'll also be returning to Alchemy this Wednesday with our good friends Soul Speak. Come check it out. It's always a good time there. After a 2 week hiatus, Big ED returns to Side Street in Hamden May 7th for the Babe of the Month Contest!! There's a new "Games" button on the website. Look to your left and you'll see it. Many thanks to Jeffrey "Styles" Winston for taking care of that. Check out the Games page for 2 new links. One is this cool site that has lots of ways to kill time during the day and the second is a link to the "Gore Version" of the Penquin Game. Enjoy! That's it for now. See ya at Alchemy.
April 10th, 2004
Thank-you to everybody that came out to Toad's Place last night!! You guys were awesome and brought so much energy to the show. We had a blast. The pics from the show are up. Thanks to Lisa for taking them, they kick-ass as usual! Thanks to Laurel for setting everything up for the show, the promotion, and for taking care of all the details. Thanks to Mike and Donna for handing out tickets!! And special thanks to Matt B. our man on the streets, for all his tireless promotion. Shirts and hats coming your way buddy once they come in. The next show is at Alchemy, Wednesday April 21st with our good friends SoulSpeak. Hope to see you there!!!! Up the EDs!!!
April 3rd, 2004
Big ED is back!!! "We're getting the band back together!" says banner master Jimmy D. After reconciling their differences, the band is back and stronger than ever. "I don't know what the hell we were thinking." said lead guitarist/songwriter Randy "Pops" Massey. "But we're back and we're going to rock Toad's Place this Friday! Thanks to everybody that stuck with us through these trying times. Hope to see you all this Friday for the Big ED Reunion show. Up the EDs!!!!!"

April 1st, 2004
Big ED is no more. After numerous creative differences, the band has decided to go it's separate ways.

"These guys suck" lead guitarist/songwriter Randy "Pops" Massey said about his former band mates. "They couldn't play lotto with a dollar and six numbers." Randy plans to release an acoustic album in July and to "dedicate more time to my garden" this summer.

Dr. Phil "Master P" Jacobs had had enough too. "Could we play any slower?" he asked sarcastically. "Bunch of sissies." But today is definitely yesterday's tomorrow for The Captain. He's currently working on his new book "I'm ok. You're ugly."

Mike "Teen Appeal" D. has started his own hip-hop band. He was recently quoted in Tiger Beat magazine as saying "What up cuz? It's tha Mike D-O-double Gizzle in the hizzle. Send me your trickass lyrics and I'll traaanslate it from the shizzle to da shiznot and lay down some fine ass tracks, know what I'm sayin?" No we don't Mike, but good luck.

Matt "John Bonham" Getzewich has gone back to Culinary School. "Cooking is what I was born to do. Well that, and golfing. This band thing was just in the way. They were all just anchors holding me to the bottom of the sea of mediocrity." Matt currently has a cooking show with his wife Gina on MNN Channel 56 in New York called "Let's get Cookin'!"

Cliff "There's a band behind me?" Cronan has decided to pursue his solo career. "To be honest with you, I never even knew there was a band behind me. I bumped into Randy on stage at Corner Pocket one night and it scared the shit out of me!! I was like, 'Dude, what are you doing here?'" He plans to release an album of ballads by Christmas entitled "Love Songs - A Lifetime of Aching" "I'm dedicating it to all the bitches" he said.

Jimmy "What's up F**kers?" D. plans on keeping the Big ED name alive. "At the end there, I was the only one showing up for practices. Big ED quit with a bunch of commitments to play places and I plan on honoring those commitments." When asked how he plans to do that he was quoted as saying, "What do mean, how am I going to do it? I'm Jimmy D bitch!!"

Laurel "Everybody get naked" Caprio plans on using the Big ED name for merchandising. "I'm knee-deep in Big ED thongs over here!" she was quoted as saying. Laurel wisely had Big ED sign all merchandising/song rights over to her at a drunken Toad's show one night. "I kept telling them to copyright those songs. Maybe now they'll listen!"

The band would like to thank everybody who supported them and this website.

March 23, 2004
The Remy's show in Milford has been cancelled due to the inept and incompetent behaivor of the manager there. Jeanne, the business genius, left a voice mail cancelling the show 5 days before. When attempts were made to reach her to discuss the matter, she refused to answer the phone. This show was booked for over a month and a lot of time by Big ED and Nasty Disaster was spent promoting it. Ron Zombie from Nasty Disaster promoted it on WCCC, 100's of flyers were handed out at the ACW Wrestling event in New Britain on Sunday, internet promotion, word of mouth...etc. A lot of people were going to this bar in Milford that they most likely would have never went to. So not only was it bad business and rude, it was just plain stupid. Feel free to boycott them. Or call them at (203)783-3906 and let them know how you feel. I'm sure they would love to hear from you! Remys bar in Milford, CT sucks! Up the EDs!!!
March 22, 2004
Hello, and welcome to the News!! Big ED has a huge show this Saturday at Remy's in Milford. We'll be playing with our good friends, The World's Heaviest Metal Band, Nasty Disaster. Also, the Big ED Babe of the Month Contest 3 will be going on. Check out pics from the last one here. Click here for details about the show. Pics are finally in from Side Street, the 3/12 Corner Pocket show, and the St. Patrick's Day show. Click here to check them out. Huge thanks to Lisa for taking all the pics. You are the best. And thanks to Kim C. for taking some of the Side Street pics. That's all for now, thanks to everybody for you support!!
March 16, 2004
Ross Byron of Kaos from Order invited us to perform on “Ross Byron Red Rollers," a New York City LIVE call in show last Thursday. We played 4 songs (Wake-up, Bystander Suicide, Song, and Band of Brothers) and took phone calls. Luckily, every caller liked the band and we didn't have to send Jimmy D after them. Watch for video clips from the show. We'll get them up soon. New pics from Remy's are up. Pics from the Side Street "Babe of the Month" contest will be up soon as well as pics from last week's Corner Pocket Show with Prezens. New Merchandise is IN! Check out the embroidered ladies THONGS! Buy one before they sell out. Big ED will PROUDLY put your picture on its upcoming “SHOW US YOUR BIG ED” page! New T’s coming in at the end of the month and will be for sale at shows and on this site. Hope to see everybody on St. Patrick’s Day!!! Big ED – PREZENS – OHMYGAH all in ONE NIGHT this Wednesday March 17th. We're going on at 9:30. Nasty Disaster will perform with Big ED for a HUGE night at REMY’s in Milford, Saturday March 27. Ron Zombie is BACK and ready to rock with Nasty Disaster. See Ron this SUNDAY March 21st at Club Arkadia in New Britain as he defends his newly won ACW Heavyweight championship. Up the ED's!!!
March 6, 2004
There's a new Babe of the Month!!! Congrats to Karen on winning Babe of the Month with some unbelievable competition. Michelle, Lisa, and Melanie you all were awesome!!! Thanks for being so cool and making the whole thing so much fun. Major props to Greg and Frank from Soul Speak. Frank, you did an awesome job with the sound. We've heard nothing but great feedback about it. And Greg as always, you kicked major ass. The energy you bring to those Skynyrd songs would make Ronnie VanZant himself proud. Thanks for jamming with us. Thanks to Mugshot Miltia for helping to rock the house at Side Street. You guys kicked ass, we'll see you at the Pocket. Thanks to Lisa and Kim for taking pictures. You guys are the best. The pics will be up soon. And thanks to everybody that came to Side Street, we hope you had as much fun as we had!! There are some new videos on the Games Page. There are new pics from Corner Pocket and from Playbook. Pics from Remy's will be up really soon. Happy Birthday's to Lisa, Gina and Melanie. Hope to see everybody this Friday 3/12 at the Pocket as we inflict more punishment on our livers partying with Prezens! Up the ED's!!
February 22, 2004
Thanks to everybody that came down to Toad's on Saturday and stuck with us until 2 AM!! You guys rock and we appreciate it. So much so, that we're having Fan Appreciation Night this Saturday 2/28 at Remy's in Milford. This is a very cool bar we just found with a great atmosphere and very reasonable drink prices. It's definitely worth checking out. Check out the Toad's pics here. We're playing this Thursday 2/26 at the Corner Pocket at 9 PM for College Night. And on Friday 2/27, we're playing the Playbook Sports Bar & Grille in North Haven with our good friends Soul Speak. We've been working with Greg, who is the guitar player from Soul Speak and we have worked up a ripping rendition of a classic song that you have to see to believe. We've also been working on two new songs. One of them, "Bystander Suicide" will be unveiled Saturday at Remy's. Jimmy D. and Emily joined Cubby for the Penguin Plunge on Saturday. They jumped into Long Island Sound where the temperature was a balmy 34.5 degrees to raise money for the Special Olympics. Nice work guys, we're proud of you. Check out the pics here. There are some additional pics and a video of the Penguin Plunge on JeffWinston.com. Happy belated birthdays to Joey T. from 'Staven and Killer Kev! And last but not least, there is a new Games Page on the website. Thanks for all your support!! Up the Eds!!!
February 16, 2004
Congratulations to Ron Zombie on becoming the new ACW World Heavyweight Champion. In a vicious match with "Sudden Impact" Dylan Kage, Zombie emerged victorius after hitting Kage with the "Soul Crusher" spike DDT. Zombo has also rejoined "The World's Heaviest Metal Band" Nasty Disaster. May God have mercy on our souls. Congratulations to Laurel for her wonderful art show at York Square last night. Everybody had a great time and she got an article in the Yale Daily News with some good quotes from Dr. Phil. And finally the pictures from the Masters of Metal show are in. Thank you again Lisa, you did a great job on the pics. You are a goddess with a camera! We'll see everybody Friday at Toad's Place!!!!
February 13, 2004
Happy Friday the 13th! Thanks to everybody that came to the Masters of Metal show at the Corner Pocket last week. We had a really great time and we hope you did as well. Special thanks to Nasty Disaster, Inertia Inc. and Room 237. You guys rocked!! Pics will be up very soon. There are pics from the Tuxedo Junction show. Big ED rocked Danbury and picked up some new Brazilian fans from the neighborhood Brazilian bar Copa Cabanas Thursday night! There are Side Street After-Party Pictures up and even Side Street After-Party Videos. Master P has a new "Quote of the Week!" There is actually some merchandise on the Merchandise Page now. Big ED was in the paper again. Check it out. We have a big Toad's place show next Friday, February 20th. We're recording a music video so we need you down there for the video. Also don't forget to see Laurel's art show this Sunday, February 15th at York Square Cinema Gallery, 61 Broadway, New Haven, CT at 4PM. And then go see Ron Zombie at Assault Championship Wrestling in New Britain at Club Arkadia 16 Broad St New Britain. Bell time is 3:00. Come see Ron Zombie go for the Gold vs. ACW Champ Sudden Impact Dylan Kage. Check AssaultWrestling.com for more info. And then go take a nap because it's Sunday night and you need your rest for the Big ED show at Toad's on Friday!! Up the ED's!
February 6, 2004
Hello and welcome to the news! So what's been going on? Well the Masters of Metal show is this Saturday, February 7th at the Corner Pocket. Nasty Disaster and Inertia Inc. will be joining Big ED that night. Should be a lot of fun! There is a new advice column on the website. Ask Dr. Phil? has been fielding questions and helping the uninformed and misguided. He'll answer questions on anything. There are new pics! The Alchemy show pics are in. The Toad's Place show and the after-party pics are in and can be seen here.