The Reed Trilogy – York, Drella and Loss

by Edgar Rider &mnsp; Imagine being a young 19 year old being exposed to a rock star who had a pretension for creating literary rock albums. Most of my childhood during the eighties, I was exposed to New Wave bands, Hair metal, Shock rock and other eighties pop music. There was a certain amount of … Read more

Electroshock Blues

by Leah Della Croce   Although his childhood years had been relatively tame, his young adulthood would soon prove to anything but, and this profound love of music would be his sole anchor in a life gone hopelessly awry. In 1982, just shy of his twentieth birthday, E had experienced the death of his brilliant … Read more

Beautiful Freak

by Leah Della Croce   The mid 1990s marked the rise of E’s star. After the modest reception of his solo albums, he decided that he would no longer be a one-man show. He quickly assembled a motley group, consisting of himself, as vocalist, bassist Tommy Walter and drummer Jonathan “Butch” Norton, who would become … Read more

A Man Called E

by Leah Della Croce   As E reached his young adulthood, his proficiency for music strengthened. It became clear to his family and friends that he had great talent. By the age of 20, he migrated from his home in Virginia to California, where he hoped to forge a career for himself in the music … Read more