Andrew Edge
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Andrew Edge is a musician from Leeds
, England
who has played pop music, dance, synth pop and ballads. After playing in local Leeds jazz-rock bands and Working Men's Club
bands, he moved to London in the late 1970s, and joined the Thompson Twins
. After one year Edge left the group and joined Uropa Lula
, who released three singles (on Arista Records
) and supported Big Country
on a tour of Britain. Edge then joined Savage Progress
, who supported the Thompson Twins on a tour of Britain in 1984, and in the same year embarked on a tour of Germany, Switzerland and Austria, to support their album and single releases there.
Although a percussionist, Edge changed to vocals and writing songs after he moved from London
to Linz
, Austria
. He started the group YOYO in 1990, signing with EMI
records, before working with Robert Ponger
(producer of Falco
). Edge later released a solo album in 1996; Northern Sky, on BMG
records (Austria). Edge released a CD in 2011 by the name of Drumsing
, with percussionist Judy Klausner.
, East Leeds
. He started playing drums at the age of 15; his first professional job being at the East Leeds Working Men's Club (now Seacroft Green Social Club), at weekends for £19 a week, playing every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening for singers, or providing backing musicEdge took drum lessons from Leeds drummer Doug King, and also Geoff Myers, as Myers was a noted drum teacher in Leeds, and played with the Syd Lawrence Orchestra
. Edge later worked with musicians from the Leeds College of Music
in the group GPO (with Dave Cass, who later worked with Jive Bunny), as well as local Working Men's Club bands, like Street Choir. This involved playing as many as seven or eight performances a week, while also having a full-time job.
, Tom Bailey (bass/vocals) Pete Dodd (guitar/vocals) and Jon Roog (guitar) auditioned for drummers at The Point Studio, 9 Eccleston Street, Victoria, London. Dick O'Dell (Disco Dell) the manager of The Pop Group
and the Slits had a window-less office in the same building, next to the studio. Bailey, Dodd and Roog all lived in the south London boroughs of Lambeth and Stockwell (Bailey lived as a squatter in Lillieshall Road) and Edge lived in Marney Road, Clapham. Edge stayed with the Thompson Twins for a year when the band was still a quartet.
(voc/gtr), Allan Dias
(bass), Pete Fromm (kybd) Carol Isaacs (kybd), and Chester Kamen (gtr) who is the brother of pop singer Nick Kamen
. The group played a headlining tour of the Eastern United States for six weeks in early 1983, playing at The Ritz
in New York (1 February 1982), Mudd Club (7 February 1982), and supporting Holly and the Italians
at the Brooklyn Zoo (26 February 1982).
Upon their return to the UK, on 2 June 1982 the group played at the Camden Palace (now called Koko), supported Big Country
at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
(19 June 1982), and John Cale
at the The Venue
, Victoria, London (5 July 1982).
Uropa Lula toured with Big Country in June 1983: 12 June 1983, Swansea Brangwyn Hall
.
13, Bath Pavilion. 14, St Austell Coliseum. 15, Salisbury City Hall. 16, Dunstable Queensway Hall. 17, Poole Arts Centre
. 22, Llandudno Astra Theatre. 23, Redcar Coatham Bowl. 24, Hull City Hall
. 25, Leeds Town Hall
. 26, Oldham Queen Elizabeth. 27, Mansfield Leisure Centre, and 2 July 1983, Leicester De Montfort Hall
.
Edge started using his middle name, Andrew, because the group's manager, Hilde Swendgaard, thought it would be too confusing to have two members of the same group called David.
Arista Records released two singles by the group:
Our Love Has Just Begun B/W I've Suddenly Remembered Something (ARIST476, 1982) as Uropa Lula. (Musicians: Lloyd, Fromm, Dias & Edge) Fell Upon A Jewel B/W She Appears to Vanish (ARIST498, 1983) as Uropa Lula. (Musicians: Lloyd, Dias, Edge, Isaacs and Kamen). Arista later dropped the group, and Edge joined Savage Progress.
) and released their first single, "My Soul Unwraps Tonight". Their first album, Celebration, was partly produced by Paul "Wix" Wickens
, who now plays keyboards for Paul McCartney
.
Savage Progress joined the Thompson Twins on their "Into The Gap" tour of Britain (February, 1984) as support act: 21 February 1984, Goldiggers, Chippenham
/22, Apollo Theatre
, Oxford
/23, The Leisure Centre, Hereford
/24-25, Brighton Conference Centre
, Brighton
/26-27, Colston Hall
, Bristol
/28, Coliseum, St. Austell/29, Arts Centre, Dorchester
/2-3-4-5–6 March 1984, Hammersmith Odeon
, London
/8, Sheffield City Hall
/9, Newcastle City Hall
/10, Glasgow Apollo
, Glasgow
/11-12, Edinburgh Playhouse
/13-14, Royal Concert Hall
, Nottingham
/15, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
/16, Manchester Apollo
/17-18, Birmingham Odeon, Birmingham
/19, De Montfort Hall
, Leicester
/25, Birmingham Odeon/26-27, Hammersmith Palais
.
In October of the same year they went on a tour of Germany
, Austria
and Switzerland
, to capitalize on the success of their single releases. The group also supported Tina Turner
at The Venue
in Victoria, London, in December 1984.
("Pink Frost") Julian Cope
("Lunatic and Fire Pistol
") and Freur
("Doot Doot", which was initially produced at the Point Studio by Alex Burak). Edge also worked again with Dodd and Roog from the Thompson Twins in a band called Big View, recording a single called August Grass, which was released on Point Records (owned by Merton, the Thompson Twins publisher) in 1982. Edge played a two-week tour of France with the Australian group Died Pretty
in 1986, as drummer Chris Welsh had broken his foot in London.
, Austria
, in the late 1980s, and recorded a piece called Experiment 501 – investigating the magic of the right steps, in 1989, with interactive artist Sam Auinger, which was presented as an a cappella
piece for the Chemie Linz (Agrolinz Melamine International) and ÖMV (OMV Aktiengesellschaft) companies. Edge then sang for the Austrian band Camorra, with Peter Androsch (guitar) Robert Spour (keyboards) Sandy Sonntagbauer (bass) and Andreas Luger (drums). Androsch went on to become a well-known opera and classical music composer in Austria, and Spour would compose for the annual Linz Klangwolke (Sound Clouds) festival.
at a concert in Linz. YOYO were played often on the radio in Austria with their cover version of the Joe South
song, "Games People Play".
The song list on the album was: 1. Day After Day 2. Games People Play 3. Here We Go Again 4. So So 5. Big Blue Moon 6. Wind Still Blow 7. L.O.V.E. 8. Wild 9. Enough is Enough 10. House of Love (only available on the CD release) and 11. Fool For You. (CD liner notes).
, and Austrian duo Paper Moon. Ponger arranged for Edge to support Joan Baez
at the Arena, Vienna. Edge's collaboration with Ponger lasted three years, but Edge only used two songs (from 12 demo songs) for his solo CD on BMG records (Austria) called, Northern Sky (1996). The front cover photos of a sunrise and sunset in Leeds were taken by Edge's mother. Edge recorded nearly all of the songs at keyboard player Gerald Landschutzer's home in Gaumberg, Linz, with Manfred Puchner (guitar, who now plays with Hans Söllner
), Kurt Mitterlehner (bass) and Herbie becker (bass). Edge overdubbed live drums and vocals at the X-Art studio in Pinkafeld
, Burgenland, Austria, but credited himself as David Edge/percussive engineering
.
The songs were: 1. Angels in the Orchestra 2. One Year & One Day 3. Save Me 4. Black River White Moon 5. Time Stands Still 6. Lipstick Caress 7. Wichita Lineman
8. Waterfall 9. Take (This Heart of Mine) 10. Run-around 11. Bought and Sold 12. Northern Sky 13. Simple Things 14. Black Sea.
for LaLa Brooks (formerly of The Crystals
) on her BMG (Austria) CD LaLa Brooks & Friends in 1994. In 1997, Edge sang Silent Night (in German) with Rainhard Fendrich
, which has been released every Christmas since then. Edge wrote the lyrics for Manuel Ortega
's Christmas song, "All I Want For Xmas Is You", in 2004, which was only released on the internet.
Edge has worked with Mojique v2.0, Karli Möstl, Bob Zabek, The Big Easy Jive Club, The Royal Drive Affair, and spent a few years writing and recording songs with Thomas Mandel for a project called Mandeledge that would feature vocals, grand piano, double bass and drums, with Wolfgang Bruendlinger on guitar. Early in 2007, Mandel decided that he did not wish to continue and left the project. Edge then started working on a solo CD with Josef 'Judy' Klausner (percussion) featuring only voice and percussion.
Edge taught English at the BFI for four years, (evening classes for students wishing to attain the Matura
, which is the Austrian status for A levels) and taught (part-time) at the MCE company for four years, which is part of the Voestalpine
steel company. He now teaches English Conversation at the BHAK academy in Auhof, Linz.
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
who has played pop music, dance, synth pop and ballads. After playing in local Leeds jazz-rock bands and Working Men's Club
Working Men's Club and Institute Union
The Working Men's Club and Institute Union is a voluntary association of private members' clubs in Great Britain & Northern Ireland, with about 3,000 associate clubs. One club in the Republic of Ireland, the City of Dublin Working Men's Club is also affiliated. Most social clubs are affiliated to...
bands, he moved to London in the late 1970s, and joined the Thompson Twins
Thompson Twins
The Thompson Twins were a British pop group that were formed in April 1977 and disbanded in May 1993. They achieved considerable popularity in the mid 1980s, scoring a string of hits in the United Kingdom, the United States and around the globe. The band was named after the two bumbling detectives...
. After one year Edge left the group and joined Uropa Lula
Uropa Lula
Uropa Lula was a British pop group, consisting of David Lloyd , Allan Dias , Pete Fromm , Andrew Edge , Chester Kamen , and Carol Isaacs ....
, who released three singles (on Arista Records
Arista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...
) and supported Big Country
Big Country
Big Country are a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife in 1981. They were most popular in the early to mid-1980s, but they still release material for a cult following...
on a tour of Britain. Edge then joined Savage Progress
Savage Progress
Savage Progress was a pop group in the 1980s from England that had hits in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The band was founded by Rik Kenton Glynnis Thomas Ned Morant Carol Isaacs and Andrew Edge...
, who supported the Thompson Twins on a tour of Britain in 1984, and in the same year embarked on a tour of Germany, Switzerland and Austria, to support their album and single releases there.
Although a percussionist, Edge changed to vocals and writing songs after he moved from London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
to Linz
Linz
Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. He started the group YOYO in 1990, signing with EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
records, before working with Robert Ponger
Robert Ponger
Robert Ponger is an Austrian songwriter and record producer, most famous for his work with Austrian singer Falco.Ponger produced and shared writing credits on Falco's first two solo albums, 1982's Einzelhaft and 1984's Junge Roemer...
(producer of Falco
Falco (musician)
Johann Hölzel , better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian pop and rock musician and rapper. He had several international hits: "Der Kommissar", "Rock Me Amadeus", "Vienna Calling", "Jeanny", "The Sound of Musik", "Coming Home " and posthumously, "Out Of The Dark"...
). Edge later released a solo album in 1996; Northern Sky, on BMG
BMG
Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...
records (Austria). Edge released a CD in 2011 by the name of Drumsing
Drumsing
Drumsing is a duo of musicians featuring Andrew Edge and Josef 'Judy' Klausner. The duo perform with percussion and vocals, and no other musical instruments. Drumsing was formed in Linz, Austria, in 2008. It took two years to write songs and record their first CD, which was released in Austria, in...
, with percussionist Judy Klausner.
Leeds
Andrew Edge is the fifth child of Joseph Leonard Edge (b. 1926, d. 1986) and Audrey Edge, née Kirkbride (b. 1928), and grew up in SwarcliffeSwarcliffe
Swarcliffe, originally the Swarcliffe Estate, is a district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is east of Leeds city centre, and within the LS14 Leeds postcode area....
, East Leeds
Leeds East (UK Parliament constituency)
Leeds East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
. He started playing drums at the age of 15; his first professional job being at the East Leeds Working Men's Club (now Seacroft Green Social Club), at weekends for £19 a week, playing every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening for singers, or providing backing musicEdge took drum lessons from Leeds drummer Doug King, and also Geoff Myers, as Myers was a noted drum teacher in Leeds, and played with the Syd Lawrence Orchestra
Big band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
. Edge later worked with musicians from the Leeds College of Music
Leeds College of Music
Leeds College of Music, located in Leeds’ Quarry Hill cultural quarter, is the largest music college in the United Kingdom, with over 1,000 full-time and 1,000 part-time students. The college is best known for its leading role in jazz education and started one of the first jazz degrees in Europe...
in the group GPO (with Dave Cass, who later worked with Jive Bunny), as well as local Working Men's Club bands, like Street Choir. This involved playing as many as seven or eight performances a week, while also having a full-time job.
The Thompson Twins
As the Thompson Twins drummer, "Pod" Podgorski, had decided to stay in ChesterfieldChesterfield
Chesterfield is a market town and a borough of Derbyshire, England. It lies north of Derby, on a confluence of the rivers Rother and Hipper. Its population is 70,260 , making it Derbyshire's largest town...
, Tom Bailey (bass/vocals) Pete Dodd (guitar/vocals) and Jon Roog (guitar) auditioned for drummers at The Point Studio, 9 Eccleston Street, Victoria, London. Dick O'Dell (Disco Dell) the manager of The Pop Group
The Pop Group
The Pop Group are a British post-punk band from Bristol, England, formed in 1978, whose dissonant sound spanned punk, free jazz, funk and dub reggae. Their lyrics were often political in nature...
and the Slits had a window-less office in the same building, next to the studio. Bailey, Dodd and Roog all lived in the south London boroughs of Lambeth and Stockwell (Bailey lived as a squatter in Lillieshall Road) and Edge lived in Marney Road, Clapham. Edge stayed with the Thompson Twins for a year when the band was still a quartet.
Uropa Lula
Edge later played drums for Uropa Lula (later called Viva Lula), with David LloydDavid Lloyd (musician)
David Lloyd is an English singer, musician, songwriter, currently living in Newcastle upon Tyne.-Biography:David Lloyd is a multi-media artist/composer/singer from South Shields in the North East of England. Lloyd moved to London in 1976, to study at Central St Martins College of Art...
(voc/gtr), Allan Dias
Members of Public Image Ltd.
Public Image Ltd.'s ever-changing structure allowed a large number of people to pass through its ranks. This listing is based on data found on the website, especially the and sections.-Fulltime members:* John Lydon – vocals and miscellaneous, 1978-92 and 2009-10...
(bass), Pete Fromm (kybd) Carol Isaacs (kybd), and Chester Kamen (gtr) who is the brother of pop singer Nick Kamen
Nick Kamen
Nick Kamen is an English male model, songwriter and musician, and brother of session guitarist Chester Kamen and artist Barry Kamen.-Career:...
. The group played a headlining tour of the Eastern United States for six weeks in early 1983, playing at The Ritz
Ritz (rock club)
-History:The Ritz was founded in 1980 by Jerry Brandt on 11th Street between Third and Fourth Avenues in the East Village neighborhood of New York City. Formerly a ballroom known as Webster Hall, The Ritz still retained some of its previous incarnation's Art Deco style. As a venue, it focused...
in New York (1 February 1982), Mudd Club (7 February 1982), and supporting Holly and the Italians
Holly and the Italians
Holly and the Italians were a short-lived American pop punk band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1978 by Chicago born singer and guitarist Holly Beth Vincent, bassist Mark Sidgwick, and drummer Steve Young...
at the Brooklyn Zoo (26 February 1982).
Upon their return to the UK, on 2 June 1982 the group played at the Camden Palace (now called Koko), supported Big Country
Big Country
Big Country are a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife in 1981. They were most popular in the early to mid-1980s, but they still release material for a cult following...
at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
The Royal Court Theatre is a theatre at 1 Roe Street, Liverpool, England. It was built in 1938 in an Art Deco style.-History:Built in the 12th Century, the site of the current Royal Court Theatre was originally a water well...
(19 June 1982), and John Cale
John Cale
John Davies Cale, OBE is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground....
at the The Venue
The Venue (Victoria Street, London)
The Venue was a Music club at 33 Victoria Street, London, England, owned by Virgin Records. It opened its doors in October 1978. The first act to play there was Graham Parker and The Rumour, followed by the last live performances by Alex Harvey before his death.Other acts that played in the early...
, Victoria, London (5 July 1982).
Uropa Lula toured with Big Country in June 1983: 12 June 1983, Swansea Brangwyn Hall
Brangwyn Hall
The Brangwyn Hall is a concert venue in Swansea. It is named after the artist Frank Brangwyn, whose famous "panels", originally intended for the House of Lords, are displayed there....
.
13, Bath Pavilion. 14, St Austell Coliseum. 15, Salisbury City Hall. 16, Dunstable Queensway Hall. 17, Poole Arts Centre
The Lighthouse (Poole)
The Lighthouse is an arts centre in Poole, Dorset, England. According to the Arts council of England it is the largest arts centre in the United Kingdom outside London....
. 22, Llandudno Astra Theatre. 23, Redcar Coatham Bowl. 24, Hull City Hall
Hull City Hall
Hull City Hall is a Civic Building in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.The City Hall does not perform an administrative function for Hull's council, as this is based in the Guildhall....
. 25, Leeds Town Hall
Leeds Town Hall
Leeds Town Hall was built between 1853 and 1858 on Park Lane , Leeds, West Yorkshire, England to a design by architect Cuthbert Brodrick.-Background:...
. 26, Oldham Queen Elizabeth. 27, Mansfield Leisure Centre, and 2 July 1983, Leicester De Montfort Hall
De Montfort Hall
De Montfort Hall is a music and performance venue in Leicester, England. It is situated adjacent to Victoria Park and is named after Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester.-History:...
.
Edge started using his middle name, Andrew, because the group's manager, Hilde Swendgaard, thought it would be too confusing to have two members of the same group called David.
Arista Records released two singles by the group:
Our Love Has Just Begun B/W I've Suddenly Remembered Something (ARIST476, 1982) as Uropa Lula. (Musicians: Lloyd, Fromm, Dias & Edge) Fell Upon A Jewel B/W She Appears to Vanish (ARIST498, 1983) as Uropa Lula. (Musicians: Lloyd, Dias, Edge, Isaacs and Kamen). Arista later dropped the group, and Edge joined Savage Progress.
Savage Progress
After signing a publishing contract with Rupert Merton's Point Music (the same publishing company as the Thompson Twins) Savage Progress signed a contract with 10 Records (a subsidiary of Virgin RecordsVirgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
) and released their first single, "My Soul Unwraps Tonight". Their first album, Celebration, was partly produced by Paul "Wix" Wickens
Paul Wickens
Paul "Wix" Wickens is a keyboardist and composer from Essex, United Kingdom. Wickens has worked with musicians such as Paul McCartney, Nik Kershaw, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bon Jovi and many other artists. Wickens has been a member of McCartney's touring band since 1989.-Career:Wickens began...
, who now plays keyboards for Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
.
Savage Progress joined the Thompson Twins on their "Into The Gap" tour of Britain (February, 1984) as support act: 21 February 1984, Goldiggers, Chippenham
Chippenham
Chippenham may be:* Chippenham, Wiltshire* Chippenham * Chippenham, Cambridgeshire-See also:* Virginia State Route 150, also known as Chippenham Parkway, USA* Cippenham, Berkshire, UK...
/22, Apollo Theatre
New Theatre Oxford
The New Theatre Oxford is the main commercial theatre in Oxford, England and has a capacity of 1,800 people....
, Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
/23, The Leisure Centre, Hereford
Hereford
Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, southwest of Worcester, and northwest of Gloucester...
/24-25, Brighton Conference Centre
The Brighton Centre
The Brighton Centre is a conference centre located in Brighton, England. The capacity of the main hall for conferences is 4,500 people and 5,100 for standing concerts.It also has smaller rooms for weddings, banquets etc....
, Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
/26-27, Colston Hall
Colston Hall
The Colston Hall is a concert hall and grade II listed building situated on Colston Street, Bristol, England. A popular venue catering for a variety of different entertainers, it seats approximately 2,075 and provides licensed bars, a café and restaurant....
, Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
/28, Coliseum, St. Austell/29, Arts Centre, Dorchester
Dorchester
-England:*Dorchester, Dorset, the county town of Dorset; central to the organisation of the emigration of Puritans to North America during the 17th century*Dorchester, Oxfordshire, also known as Dorchester-on-Thames-Canada:...
/2-3-4-5–6 March 1984, Hammersmith Odeon
Hammersmith Apollo
Hammersmith Apollo is a major entertainment venue located in Hammersmith, London. Designed by Robert Cromie in Art Deco style, it opened in 1932 as the Gaumont Palace cinema, being re-named the Hammersmith Odeon in 1962...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
/8, Sheffield City Hall
Sheffield City Hall
Sheffield City Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Sheffield, England, containing several venues, ranging from the Oval Concert Hall which seats over 2,000 people to a ballroom featuring a sprung dance floor...
/9, Newcastle City Hall
Newcastle City Hall
Newcastle City Hall is a concert hall, located in Newcastle upon Tyne which has hosted many popular music and classical artists throughout the years, as well as standup and comedy acts. Opened in 1927, the City Hall was built as a part of a development which also included the adjacent City Pool...
/10, Glasgow Apollo
The Apollo (Glasgow)
The Apollo was a music venue in Glasgow, Scotland, operating from 1973-1985. It was opened by Unicorn Leisure, in September 1973, after acquiring a lease from the owners George Green Ltd. The venue's debut live performance was by Johnny Cash on 5 September 1973. While in operation, it hosted the...
, Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
/11-12, Edinburgh Playhouse
Edinburgh Playhouse
The Edinburgh Playhouse is a former cinema in Edinburgh, Scotland which now hosts touring musicals and music concerts. Its capacity is 3,059, making it the UK's largest working theatre in terms of audience capacity....
/13-14, Royal Concert Hall
Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
The Royal Concert Hall in the English city of Nottingham, is part of the city's Royal Centre, which also incorporates the Victorian Theatre Royal...
, Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
/15, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
The Royal Court Theatre is a theatre at 1 Roe Street, Liverpool, England. It was built in 1938 in an Art Deco style.-History:Built in the 12th Century, the site of the current Royal Court Theatre was originally a water well...
/16, Manchester Apollo
Manchester Apollo
O2 Apollo Manchester is a concert venue in Manchester, England. Locally known as The Apollo, it is a listed building, with a capacity of 3,500 ....
/17-18, Birmingham Odeon, Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
/19, De Montfort Hall
De Montfort Hall
De Montfort Hall is a music and performance venue in Leicester, England. It is situated adjacent to Victoria Park and is named after Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester.-History:...
, Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
/25, Birmingham Odeon/26-27, Hammersmith Palais
Hammersmith Palais
The Hammersmith Palais de Danse, later simply the Hammersmith Palais, was a ballroom and entertainment venue in London that operated from 1919 until 2007...
.
In October of the same year they went on a tour of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, to capitalize on the success of their single releases. The group also supported Tina Turner
Tina Turner
Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...
at The Venue
Apollo Victoria Theatre
The Apollo Victoria Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Wilton Road near Victoria station in the City of Westminster. Opened as a cinema and variety theatre, the Apollo Victoria became a venue for musical theatre, beginning with The Sound of Music in 1981, and including the long-running...
in Victoria, London, in December 1984.
Session drummer
Edge also played as a session musician for bands like The ChillsThe Chills
The Chills are a guitar and keyboard-based rock band from Dunedin, New Zealand. In the 1980s and 1990s, they were one of the proponents of the Dunedin Sound.- History :...
("Pink Frost") Julian Cope
Julian Cope
Julian Cope is a British rock musician, author, antiquary, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator...
("Lunatic and Fire Pistol
World Shut Your Mouth (album)
World Shut Your Mouth is the debut album solo album by Julian Cope.-Background:World Shut Your Mouth was written during Cope's 1983 retreat to the village of Drayton Bassett , following the breakup of Cope's former band The Teardrop Explodes...
") and Freur
Freur
Freur was a band featuring Karl Hyde and Rick Smith, who went on to found the successful electronic act Underworld. It was their second band, following their art school collaboration, The Screen Gemz.-History:...
("Doot Doot", which was initially produced at the Point Studio by Alex Burak). Edge also worked again with Dodd and Roog from the Thompson Twins in a band called Big View, recording a single called August Grass, which was released on Point Records (owned by Merton, the Thompson Twins publisher) in 1982. Edge played a two-week tour of France with the Australian group Died Pretty
Died Pretty
Died Pretty, sometimes The Died Pretty, were an Australian alternative rock band founded by mainstays, Ron Peno as lead singer and Brett Myers as lead guitarist and backing vocalist, in Sydney in 1983 – briefly as Final Solution. Their music started from a base of early electric Bob Dylan with...
in 1986, as drummer Chris Welsh had broken his foot in London.
Linz
Edge moved to LinzLinz
Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, in the late 1980s, and recorded a piece called Experiment 501 – investigating the magic of the right steps, in 1989, with interactive artist Sam Auinger, which was presented as an a cappella
A cappella
A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...
piece for the Chemie Linz (Agrolinz Melamine International) and ÖMV (OMV Aktiengesellschaft) companies. Edge then sang for the Austrian band Camorra, with Peter Androsch (guitar) Robert Spour (keyboards) Sandy Sonntagbauer (bass) and Andreas Luger (drums). Androsch went on to become a well-known opera and classical music composer in Austria, and Spour would compose for the annual Linz Klangwolke (Sound Clouds) festival.
YOYO
Edge later formed the band YOYO in Linz, with brothers Andreas (bass/vocals) and Christoph Raffetseder (guitar/vocals) Manfred Cellnig (guitar) and Hansi Riener (drums), signing a record contract with EMI records in Vienna. In 1991, the band released a vinyl album, a cassette album, and a CD, which was the last time a band's music was released on all three formats in Austria. They played as the headlining act at the Linz Fest in 1991, and supported The Beach BoysThe Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962...
at a concert in Linz. YOYO were played often on the radio in Austria with their cover version of the Joe South
Joe South
Joe South is a multi-talented American singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Career:...
song, "Games People Play".
The song list on the album was: 1. Day After Day 2. Games People Play 3. Here We Go Again 4. So So 5. Big Blue Moon 6. Wind Still Blow 7. L.O.V.E. 8. Wild 9. Enough is Enough 10. House of Love (only available on the CD release) and 11. Fool For You. (CD liner notes).
Solo
Edge later worked with Robert Ponger, who was producer of FalcoFalco (musician)
Johann Hölzel , better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian pop and rock musician and rapper. He had several international hits: "Der Kommissar", "Rock Me Amadeus", "Vienna Calling", "Jeanny", "The Sound of Musik", "Coming Home " and posthumously, "Out Of The Dark"...
, and Austrian duo Paper Moon. Ponger arranged for Edge to support Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace and environmental justice....
at the Arena, Vienna. Edge's collaboration with Ponger lasted three years, but Edge only used two songs (from 12 demo songs) for his solo CD on BMG records (Austria) called, Northern Sky (1996). The front cover photos of a sunrise and sunset in Leeds were taken by Edge's mother. Edge recorded nearly all of the songs at keyboard player Gerald Landschutzer's home in Gaumberg, Linz, with Manfred Puchner (guitar, who now plays with Hans Söllner
Hans Söllner
Johann Michael Söllner , better known as Hans Söllner, is a German singer-songwriter. Throughout German-speaking countries, especially in Germany and Austria, he is famous for publicly criticizing the German government and political systems in general to a vast extent...
), Kurt Mitterlehner (bass) and Herbie becker (bass). Edge overdubbed live drums and vocals at the X-Art studio in Pinkafeld
Pinkafeld
Pinkafeld is a town in Burgenland in Austria and the second largest city in the district Oberwart. The Hungarian name of the town is Pinkafő.- Geography :...
, Burgenland, Austria, but credited himself as David Edge/percussive engineering
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
.
The songs were: 1. Angels in the Orchestra 2. One Year & One Day 3. Save Me 4. Black River White Moon 5. Time Stands Still 6. Lipstick Caress 7. Wichita Lineman
Wichita Lineman
"Wichita Lineman" is a popular song written by Jimmy Webb in 1968, first recorded by Glen Campbell and widely covered by other artists. Campbell's version, which appeared on his 1968 album of the same name, reached #3 on the U.S. pop chart, remaining in the Top 100 for 15 weeks...
8. Waterfall 9. Take (This Heart of Mine) 10. Run-around 11. Bought and Sold 12. Northern Sky 13. Simple Things 14. Black Sea.
Session singer and songwriting
Edge sang backing vocalsBacking vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
for LaLa Brooks (formerly of The Crystals
The Crystals
The Crystals are an American vocal group based in New York, considered one of the defining acts of the girl group era of the first half of the 1960s. Their 1961–1964 chart hits, including "Uptown", "He's a Rebel", "Da Doo Ron Ron " and "Then He Kissed Me", featured three successive female lead...
) on her BMG (Austria) CD LaLa Brooks & Friends in 1994. In 1997, Edge sang Silent Night (in German) with Rainhard Fendrich
Rainhard Fendrich
Rainhard Jürgen Fendrich is an Austrian singer, composer, entertainer, and actor. He is one of the most successful Austropop musicians. His lyrics are written in Viennese German, and he is very popular in Austria, but less in other German-speaking countries, and by far less known in non-German...
, which has been released every Christmas since then. Edge wrote the lyrics for Manuel Ortega
Manuel Ortega
Manuel Ortega, is an Austrian singer of Spanish parents, born in Steyregg. When he was ten years old, he began his career as a singer. He sang with the Florianer Sängerknaben in one of the oldest choirs from Austria.His love for pop music led to him joining a band called BAFF when he was a...
's Christmas song, "All I Want For Xmas Is You", in 2004, which was only released on the internet.
Edge has worked with Mojique v2.0, Karli Möstl, Bob Zabek, The Big Easy Jive Club, The Royal Drive Affair, and spent a few years writing and recording songs with Thomas Mandel for a project called Mandeledge that would feature vocals, grand piano, double bass and drums, with Wolfgang Bruendlinger on guitar. Early in 2007, Mandel decided that he did not wish to continue and left the project. Edge then started working on a solo CD with Josef 'Judy' Klausner (percussion) featuring only voice and percussion.
Edge taught English at the BFI for four years, (evening classes for students wishing to attain the Matura
Matura
Matura or a similar term is the common name for the high-school leaving exam or "maturity exam" in various countries, including Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia,...
, which is the Austrian status for A levels) and taught (part-time) at the MCE company for four years, which is part of the Voestalpine
Voestalpine
Voestalpine AG is an international steel company based in Linz, Austria. The company is active in steel, automotive, railway systems, profilform and tool steel industries....
steel company. He now teaches English Conversation at the BHAK academy in Auhof, Linz.