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Eat Static Crash And Burn!Eat Static was formed in 1990 by Merv Pepler and Joie Hinton as a creative outlet for the diverse range of electronic music that the pair were writing. Always intended as a live band, Eat Static can legitimately claim to be one of the UK's first live techno outfits, cutting their teeth at many of the 'orbital' raves of the early 90's. They appeared 3 times at the legendary Rage nights playing alongside names such as Carl Cox, Fabio and Grooverider as well as playing at an early incarnation of Universe. Playing many of their formative gigs at hardcore raves around the UK, Eat Static quickly developed a spectacular live show that would effectively compete with and often blow off stage the hardest of hardcore DJ's at a time when live performances by other bands were often mimed PA's. Since that time Eat Static have played hundreds of gigs in the UK, Europe and more recently the USA. These shows included a number of appearances at The Eclipse, the opening night of the long running London techno club Eurobeat 2000 and appearances at all the big UK and European festivals including Glastonbury and Dance Valley in Amsterdam. In 1991 Eat Static released three singles and the cassette album 'Prepare Your Spirit' on their own Alien Records label before signing to Planet Dog Records in 1993. The album 'Abduction' was Eat Static's first release for Planet Dog in 1993 and Eat Static ended the year on a high note when the 'Lost In Time' EP was voted Single of the Week in the UK's Melody Maker magazine and when they were voted Best Dance Act in the NME readers poll. Eat Static'+s second album 'Implant' was released in 1994 and, combined with a furious touring schedule, made more and more people very aware of the band. The 'Epsylon EP' was released in 1995 and again saw Eat Static headline both dance stages at the UK's Phoenix and Giastonbury festivals as well as headlining the sell-out 'Decadog' Megadog's two day tenth anniversary show at London's Brixton Academy. In 1996 'Bony Incus' was released and proved so popular that it should have entered the UK's Top 40 had not a quirk of fate occurred that saw the single enter the UK single charts AND album charts at the same time. 1997 saw the release of 'Hybrid' - their most popular single release so far featuring remixes by PFM, Davy Angel, The Infinity Project and Yum Yum.'Hybrid' reached 41 in the UK singles chart missing that elusive Top 40 place by 60 sales. After a summer of festivals and recording and a visit to the USA, Eat Static released the single 'Interceptor' on an unsuspecting public. Much more of an outlandish drum and bass excursion, the video for 'Interceptor' features footage from the 'Conquest Earth' computer game which Eat Static have provided the soundtrack for. 'Interceptor' was the first single from the third album 'Science of the Gods' which was released in mid October 1997. CRASH AND BURN! Now fresh from celebrating their 10 year anniversary. Eat Static are back with their first studio album in over 2 years! CRASH AND BURN! is their 8th album and marks a different direction for Static, featuring more live instrumentation and guest collaborations with Will "Propellerheads" White and Steve "Tangerine Dream" Jolliffe, thus culminating in a fresh new sound, mixing in more traditional instruments (like guitars and sax!), resulting in the catchiest tunes they have written to date! CRASH AND BURN! is the third album released on their own label MESMOBEAT, and they plan to feature other artists on the label in the coming year... There is also a fresh project underway, CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE, a joint collaboration with Will White, involving original music as well as remixes for other artists and labels which are already underway. EAT STATIC will be upholding their legendary live status with an eight-date UK tour to promote the new album, building up to a new single release "MONf~O-A-GOGO" at the end of March (rumoured to be the perfect cross between Ricky Martin and Pulp Fiction!) www.eatStatic.com MESMOBEAT RECORDS LTD.PO BOX 5520. BISHOPS STORTFORD.HERTS. CM23 3WH
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