The British progressive rock group The Edgar Broughton Band was founded in 1968 in Warwick, England. Songs like "Out Demons Out" and appearances at "free concerts" made them a popular band on the radical fringe. They are sometimes thought of as "punk before it was punk". Their first contract was with the Blackhill Enterprizes agency which at that time also had Pink Floyd under contract and they shared the same manager, Peter Jenner.

Their first single was "Death of an electric citizen" (June 1969). "Out Demons Out" was an adaptation of The Fugs' song "Exorcising The Demons Out Of The Pentagon". Their single "Apache Dropout", combined The Shadows' "Apache" with Captain Beefheart's "Drop Out Boogie" and was played (to astonished and puzzled reactions) on David Jacobs' Juke Box Jury television program.

They were anarchic, anti-establishment and real. Edgar Broughton said their aim was "'subverting what's above". They played OUTSIDE the Isle of Wight festival in 1970 as a protest against the overpricing of the gig. In a song called "Up Yours" they declared they would neither vote left, right or centre but drop out instead.

Lineup

• Edgar Broughton (guit., voc.)
• Steve Broughton (drums)
• Arthur Grant (bass)
• Victor Unitt (guit.,harm) (von Pretty Thing)
• Ian Hammond (guit.)
• Kris Gray (bass) (Replacement for Grant 1994)
• John Thomas (guit.) (Replacement for Unitt 1975)
• Luke Broughton (keyb.) (Edgar Broughton`s Son)

Discography

• Wasa Wasa (1969)
• Sing Brother Sing (1970)
• Edgar Broughton Band (1971)
• Inside Out (1972)
• Oora (1973)
• A Bunch Of 45 (1975) -Compilation-
• Bandages (1975)
• Live Hits Harder (1979)
• Parlez vous English? (1979) (released under the name: "The Broughtons")

• Superchip (1981)
• The Legendary(1984)
• 1969-73(1992) -Compilation-
• The First Supper (1999)
• Demons at the Beeb, Live (2000) -Compilation-

See also: Lewis Taylor

External links

• - Giglist
• A review of an Edgar Broughton Band gig in 1998