In April 2023 Eddie and the Hot Rods unleash their first studio album in 16 years via US labels Renaissance Records and Outro Records.
‘Guardians Of The Legacy’ is the outstanding new album by one of the UK’s most enduring and influential bands. Twelve tracks of Punk tinged Rock’n’Roll and ear worm Pop sensibilities will leave you humming track after track.
Title track, ‘Guardians Of The Legacy’ was released as a single in April 2022 and hit Number Two on the Heritage Music Chart. A follow up single ‘New Frontier’ also made Number Two on the worldwide Legacy Music Chart whilst their third single, ‘Paradise’ hit the top spot on the worldwide Legacy Chart.
Formed back in Essex in 1975 by Barrie Masters and Steve Nicol, Eddie and the Hot Rods quickly established themselves as one of the most energetic, hard hitting live bands around. ‘Teenage Depression’ and ‘I Might Be Lying’ proved that they could cut it on record too but it was their Top 10 single ‘Do Anything You Wanna Do’, that cemented their legendary status and still features on compilations to this very day.They ushered in the UK punk rock scene and inspired a generation of teenagers to form a band.
The band split in 1981 but appeared together on occasions over the years and recorded the album ‘Gasoline Days’ in 1996
With the arrival of the Millennium, Eddie and the Hot Rods were invited to be on the Naughty Rhythms Tour which featured Dr Feelgood , John Otway and The Hamsters, this cemented a new fresh line up of musicians that included Simon Bowley (nephew of original drummer Steve Nicol) on drums, Ian ‘Dipster’Dean on bass, Richard Holgarth (John Otway) on guitar and original frontman Barrie Masters on vocals while Chris Taylor would join as second guitarist in 2002.
Over the years the band worked hard to establish themselves once again as one of the UK’s best live bands, heavy touring schedules saw them playing shows across Europe, Scandinavia and USA where they rubbed shoulders with members of Green Day and breaking new ground in Russia and Japan as well as becoming firm favourites on the festival circuit. They opened for Status Quo on their 2012 winter tour that finished with a show at London’s 02 Arena. The band also recorded a couple of well received albums ‘Better Late Than Never’ and ‘Been There Done That’ in the mid 2000`s.
In early September 2019 it was clear that singer Barrie Masters long term health issues were making it impossible for him to carry on performing and with dates still to
play opening for Stiff Little Fingers he gave the band his blessing to carry on without him and long-time bassist Ian ‘Dipster’ Dean took on vocal duties.
Sadly, Barrie Masters died a month later and the remaining members took time out to grieve.
As the weeks turned to months and the Covid 19 pandemic took hold the remaining band members were constantly reminded by fans and promoters that they had all been Eddie and the Hot Rods for over 20 years and encouraged them to keep the legacy of both the band and of Barrie alive, this got them thinking ….” could we?should we??”
During those months of Covid lock down, Chords UK bassist Mic Stoner joined in place of Ian ‘Dipster’ Dean who became the permanent lead singer.
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Acapela Studio provides pre-concert dining between 6.00pm and 7.30pm from our pizza oven. To view the current menu visit here.
Please purchase your concert tickets first before booking a table. We will not accept any table bookings that do not have a corresponding ticket purchase.
Then return to the event page to book your table, by selecting the date of your event, number of diners and time you require table. The times shown are the only vacancies left. Please complete your email and phone number as this is required to ensure your table is allocated. You will receive confirmation of your booking by email and text.
If on the date you have chosen no tables are available - no times will be shown and the booking system will revert you back to todays date - PLEASE ENSURE YOU BOOK THE CORRECT DATE!
PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE RELIES ON THE INCOME FROM DINING TO ENSURE WE CAN BOOK ALL THE GREAT ACTS PERFORMING.
Income from the provision of pizzas is very important to the venue and if you have booked a table it is a requirement that all people sat at tables order food - a salad alternative is available to pizzas. Please do ensure that all individuals will be ordering on your table - if this is not the case please cancel your table so others who are looking to dine can do so. Our apologies to raise this but recently we have had many tables (some very large) where less than 50% of those sat at tables have ordered food. Financially this is a real problem to the sustainability of the venue.
- All seating at tables must purchase a pizza - so please do not book a table if everyone is not eating.
- Please ensure that you arrive 10 minutes before the time slot allocated to order your pizzas prior to your booking time.
- Tables not seated within 15 minutes of the allocated time may be lost and allocated to other audience members wishing to order pizzas.
- If you wish to book a table for 6 or more please email info@acapela.co.uk
Please note that all of our pizzas are made fresh to order and cooked in an authentic wood-fired oven. It may take up to 45 minutes to be served during busy periods.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO BOOK A TABLE YOU CAN STILL ORDER PIZZAS ON THE NIGHT (USUALLY ON BUSY NIGHTS NO LATER THAN 7.15PM) AND WE WILL SERVE THEM TO YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE SAT IN THE VENUE - IN A PIZZA BOX.