Ed Graham
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| Birth name | Edwin James Graham |
| Also known as | Badger |
| Born | February 20, 1977 |
| Genre(s) | Rock |
| Years active | 2000 - present |
| Label(s) | Atlantic Records Must Destroy |
| Associated acts | Stone Gods The Darkness Superfuzz Bigmuff Q*Sling |
| Website | The Official The Darkness Website |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| Drum Workshop Maple Series Zildjian cymbals |
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Ed Graham (full name Edwin James Graham) was the drummer in the English rock band The Darkness and currently in their successor band Stone Gods.
Ed was born on 20 February 1977, in Great Yarmouth, England, being one of four children. As a youth, he attended Kirkley High School with Dan Hawkins and Justin Hawkins, later The Darkness bandmates.
Before joining The Darkness, Ed had been in bands such as Superfuzz Bigmuff and Q*Sling, but left the latter when he heard that his already friends Justin Hawkins and Dan Hawkins were forming a band. He co-founded The Darkness with them in 2000.
One of the first gigs that The Darkness ever played was at a memorial service commemorating the life of Ed's previous bandmate from Q*Sling, who was called Sam.
On June 9, 2008 It was announced on The Stone Gods Blog that due to a serious injury, Ed would be unable to join the band on tour, and a presumably temporary replacement was being sought after.[1]
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[edit] Equipment
Ed plays a Drum Workshop Maple Series with 12" and 14" toms and 16" and 18" floor toms with Remo Clear Pinstripe heads and a 24" bass drum with a Remo Clear Triple Power Stroke head. His snare is a 14" Ludwig Black Beauty with a Remo Coated Ambassador CS head.
The cymbals that Ed uses are Zildjian 14" A Mastersound Hi-hats, 17", 18" and 19" Custom A Crashes, a 19" A Medium Thin Dark Crash and a 20" A Ping Ride. Ed uses Vic Firth American Classic 5B wood tip drum sticks and his hardware is from DW's 5000 series. [1]
[edit] Trivia
- Ed completed an HND at Salisbury University.
- He has the nickname of Badger, because of a patch of white hair on his left eyebrow.
[edit] External links
- Ed's profile at thedarknessrock.com
- Ed's equipment at thedarknessrock.com
- Interview with Ed at drums.com
- Interview with Ed at undercover.com.au
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