Eddy Band News Bob's new solo release, "Bitter Solo Album," is now available. Buy it at CDBaby.com. The fellas spent time in Nasvhille in June 2008 and June 2009 to work on their first CD since 1996's "Bad in My Car." There are a number of band videos you can check out here and here. Click here to check out Bob's MySpace page where the most recent demos are. Click here to see some photos from Nashville 2008 & 2009. The Eddy Band documentary, 45 minutes of amazing stuff, archival video and photos from the Dallas days, and new interviews and studio footage from 2008, is available for $9. Send Bob an email and he'll get your address from you. Email Us. Band History The Eddy Band lived a short life in Dallas, Texas in the mid 90s. The members all led "real world" lives and also played in a variety of other bands at the same time. But they came together to play the Eddy music as often as possible to a loyal but tiny audience. A number of folks moved in and out of the lineup over time, and some members played one or two gigs and then never were heard from again. The band made one CD together in 1995, the hard to find (but easy to love) "Bad in my Car." A few of them even joined frontman Bob Hate on his 2 solo CDs, made after the band had stopped playing live. But then came the break. Some members left Texas altogether, never to return. Some got married, most had kids. Everyone worked a day gig, and, for most, music became something they "used to do." But the Eddy Band lives again. Starting at the end of 2007, Stephen, Chet and Bob began writing again, and in each of the past two summers the fellas took these new songs into a studio in Nashville to work on a new CD called "Reckoning Time," which should be available by October 2009. Band Trivia Bob and Chet played on stage for the first time in Hattiesburg MS in 1986. They did "All Along the Watchtower." There is an actual Bob Hate song called "Eddy." The Eddy Band's original name was "Blue Hotel," and they played in Dallas in 1987-1988. Very early on, Chet moved to Texas and replaced the original Blue Hotel bass player, a dental student who owned a $5000 amp. The first time The Eddy Band played under that name was September 1993. The first Eddy drummer ran a vending route. We don't know where he is, but he was a good guy. Stephen first played with Bob and Chet in "Nod," a band fronted by 2 girl singers. Dave's first gig with Eddy was in January of 1994 at Trees, a gig that featured 2 other members who never played with the band again. Bob, Chet & Stephen played together in "King Hell," the first of their numerous bad cover bands. During the mid 1990s, everyone pictured above served sentences in these bands. Dave and Chet's last Eddy gig was September 1995. During 1995, the fellas recorded the only Eddy Band CD, "Bad in My Car." Chet left to play bass in Cricket Taylor's band, and Bob joined Stephen's original band "True Story" on bass. After Bob quit "True Story," Buck replaced him. That son-of-a-bitch. Dave moved to Nashville. That son-of-a-bitch. In June of 1996, Buck and a new drummer joined Bob and Stephen in the new Eddy band. Bob and Buck ended up playing tons of bad cover gigs in the late 90s. On December 20, 1996, Eddy played its final show, a Saturday night at Club Dada. Chet drove in from Mississippi to play bass and sing on the Eddy classic, "Shreveport." In 2008, they reunited in Nashville to their first recording in a dozen years. They discovered that only Chet had remained the same weight, and only Bob was still handsome. The 2009 reunion allowed them to work out all of their "minor key gravitas" and nurse several beverages on the patio of the Aloft Hotel.

BOB HATE "If it weren't for low salt ketchup, I'd be dead already." DAVE LEMONDS "Of all the great bands I've ever been in, THIS is the one that reunites?" BUCK RUDO "Nah, I'd like to be 48 years old like all the other guys, but then I'd have to grow up." STEPHEN THOMAS "I guess I could be hunting javelinas, but then I'd have no reason to put on these cool cans." CHET HIX "Steve McQueen was right. Not about any one particular thing. Just the whole schmear."