Eggs Over Easy

<a href="spotify:artist:27mrVl7mrBKLCpPkgpzxTo" data-name="Eggs Over Easy">Eggs Over Easy</a> is the American band that invented UK Pub Rock, influenced the careers of <a href="spotify:artist:3BqaUtuQmqIHg7B5Bc7fP7" data-name="Nick Lowe">Nick Lowe</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2OU0OH164ypvP4G3AYynXs" data-name="Huey Lewis">Huey Lewis</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:2BGRfQgtzikz1pzAD0kaEn" data-name="Elvis Costello">Elvis Costello</a>, and laid the groundwork for a grassroots movement that would spawn UK Punk.

With roots stretching back to late 1960s Berkeley, CA, and NYC’s Greenwich Village, songwriters Jack O’Hara, <a href="spotify:artist:16Nu8RDrP4S96UY4ghJiBW" data-name="Austin De Lone">Austin De Lone</a>, and Brien Hopkins would by early 1971 find themselves ensconced in London’s legendary Olympic Studios, under the guidance of <a href="spotify:artist:776Uo845nYHJpNaStv1Ds4" data-name="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a> producer/manager Chas Chandler.

When their impending record deal went bust, the Eggs “did what any American band would do,” Stiff Records co-founder Dave Robinson told a journalist. “They went to the nearest bar and said, ‘Give us your worst night.’” Which is how Eggs Over Easy leapt onto the pages of pop music history.

Joined by <a href="spotify:artist:3ICflSq6ZgYAIrm2CTkfVP" data-name="The Animals">The Animals</a>’ drummer John Steel, they were soon packing North London’s Tally Ho, Pub Rock ground zero. Their residency would become the hub for a network of artists, venues, and music business folks that included back-to-basics groups <a href="spotify:artist:722MDCdw3Ee4SdESC4uy38" data-name="Brinsley Schwarz">Brinsley Schwarz</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0M4IFoE14SkNQbMjRLAnH7" data-name="Ducks Deluxe">Ducks Deluxe</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:25IRTisJjqI6JlkyCVMBsV" data-name="Dr. Feelgood">Dr. Feelgood</a>, DJs <a href="spotify:artist:0yIW7SKB5pS4XuQZd6LQIZ" data-name="John Peel">John Peel</a> and Charlie Gillett, and music business innovators like Jake Riviera and Mr. Robinson.

In 2016, Yep Roc Records released <a href="spotify:album:3evtu6fkWtRT4eArcznsUy" data-name="Good 'N' Cheap: The Eggs Over Easy Story">Good 'N' Cheap: The Eggs Over Easy Story</a>, a box set containing the band&#39;s entire recorded output, including the Chas Chandler-produced London ’71; <a href="spotify:album:1QUq5qx2EjstHNzGEafSs7" data-name="Good 'N' Cheap">Good 'N' Cheap</a>, produced by <a href="spotify:artist:2vQavlZtDA660mnZotYIto" data-name="Link Wray">Link Wray</a> (1972); the 1976 Buffalo single; and <a href="spotify:album:32gYVTcJkZv2QaxWUjqce3" data-name="Fear of Frying">Fear of Frying</a>, produced by <a href="spotify:artist:6f07NU6NNMLQYXIABUv7z3" data-name="Lee Michaels">Lee Michaels</a> (1981).