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Wed May 25 2005
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Big Ed ready to lay one at Toad's Place
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| By: Nick R. Scalia |
05/25/2005 |
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Ed-heads rejoice — the North
Branford-based Twinkie-loving rockers in Big Ed are kicking off
their summer with their first-ever headlining gig at Toad's and the
release of their debut album Eggs.
Headed up by frontman Cliff Cronan, Big Ed's been a
PLAY favorite for a while now, based on their wild-ass onstage
antics and their repertoire of rocking covers and originals - but
now, we and the masses of other band devotees can take Big Ed with
us while driving to work, hosting a backyard barbeque, or getting
intimate with our significant others.
Opening with an
emphatic "What's up, f--ers!" from Cronan, Eggs has a dozen tracks
(not including a hilarious hidden song), ranging from the downtuned
riffage of Scatter to the acoustic-driven balladry of This Night.
The songs basically throw together influences from the last three
decades of rock, with a little bit of grunge, a little bit of
big-80s arena rock, and a little bit of heavy metal bombast adding
up to a pretty complete and entertaining package of tunes. Fun as
the band can be though, Eggs isn't some half-assed joke record - in
fact, it stands a pretty good chance of expanding Big Ed's
already-impressive fanbase (their website's scored over 60,000 hits,
and we're sure that's not just because of the hot babes).
Big
Ed takes the Toad's stage Saturday at 11 p.m., and they'll be
supported by friends Sick Ticket, Nasty Disaster, Spicy White
Chicken, and Kaos From Order (doors open at 8). The first 250 folks
who purchase the album at the show will receive a limited-edition
copy signed by the entire band (sure to be worth some serious fat
cash sometime in the near future), and for the wardrobe-challenged,
the band will also be offering a brand new Big Ed t-shirt that
should surely make you irresistible to the opposite sex.
Grab
your favorite cream-filled Hostess product — and a little extra cash
for cds, shirts, and beer — and head on down.
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New Haven's Arts & Entertainment Weekly. 2005
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