E.F. Band was a Swedish band that sometimes were mixed up with the New wave of British heavy metal movement, even though they were Swedish. The band was formed in 1978 by bassist/vocalist Pär Ericsson and guitarist Bengt Fischer,[1] two former members of the progressive rock band Epizootic, who were initially joined by Tommy Lager on drums. The "E.F." portion of the band's name was derived from the first letter of Ericsson and Fischer's last names. After recording their first (split) single, the band hired British drummer Dave Dufort, who had played with Mike Oldfield and Screaming Lord Sutch to solidify the line-up.
Dufort would record the "Self Made Suicide" and "Devil's Eye' singles and the Metal For Muthas, Vol. 1 contribution "Fighting For Rock And Roll",[1] with the band but left before the first album, Last Laugh Is On You,[1] produced by Derek Lawrence of Deep Purple fame. Dufort was replaced by Dag Eliason, thereby making the band an all-Swedish trio once again. E.F. Band supported the album by touring as openers for Rainbow on their European tour.[1] Coming off the road, the band decided to expand to a four-piece adding Dutchman John Ridge as lead vocalist in 1982 who would feature on the second album, Deep Cut.[1] Again the band hit the road, this time as support for Saxon on their European tour in addition to headlining their own shows. Tony Borg (Alien), was added as extra guitarist but he did not stay for long. Although things seemed to be going well, Ridge announced his departure from the band and was replaced by London-based Roger Marsden (ex-Deep Machine, Angel Witch) in 1983. The band also decided to add a second guitarist and eventually brought in future King Diamond guitarist Andy LaRocque, then known as Anders Allhage, to strengthen their sound. With Marsden and Allhage on board, the band recorded what would be their third and final studio album, One Night Stand, released in 1985.[1] After playing a few scattered shows to promote the record, E.F. Band broke up in 1986.[2]
2003 saw the release of the two-disc retrospective Their Finest Hours, which contained all three of the band's studio albums, the "Self Made Suicide" and "Devil's Eye" singles, and several unreleased studio and live bonus tracks. The album's final track, "Remembering You", is a tribute to E.F. Band co-founder Bengt Fischer, who succumbed to cancer on 5 April 2001, written and performed by John Boutkam, aka John Ridge.
A live album, Live At The Mudd Club In Gothenburg 1983, recorded by the Deep Cut line-up with John Ridge on vocals, was issued in 2005. Ridge died on 4 March 2003 after a lengthy battle with brain cancer.[3] After his time with the E.F. Band, Ridge had been working in radio, as a presenter at OK Radio in Hamburg, Germany, calling himself John de Graaf, and at Radio Caroline where he hosted the "New Americana" program under his real name, John Boutkam.[4][5]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources E F Band news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message E F Band was a Swedish band that sometimes were mixed up with the New wave of British heavy metal movement even though they were Swedish The band was formed in 1978 by bassist vocalist Par Ericsson and guitarist Bengt Fischer 1 two former members of the progressive rock band Epizootic who were initially joined by Tommy Lager on drums The E F portion of the band s name was derived from the first letter of Ericsson and Fischer s last names After recording their first split single the band hired British drummer Dave Dufort who had played with Mike Oldfield and Screaming Lord Sutch to solidify the line up E F BandOriginGothenburg SwedenGenresHeavy metalYears active1978 1986LabelsMercury Ewita MausoleumMembersPar EricssonBengt FischerDag EliasonPast membersTommy LagerDave DufortJohn RidgeRoger MarsdenAndy LaRocqueTony BorgDufort would record the Self Made Suicide and Devil s Eye singles and the Metal For Muthas Vol 1 contribution Fighting For Rock And Roll 1 with the band but left before the first album Last Laugh Is On You 1 produced by Derek Lawrence of Deep Purple fame Dufort was replaced by Dag Eliason thereby making the band an all Swedish trio once again E F Band supported the album by touring as openers for Rainbow on their European tour 1 Coming off the road the band decided to expand to a four piece adding Dutchman John Ridge as lead vocalist in 1982 who would feature on the second album Deep Cut 1 Again the band hit the road this time as support for Saxon on their European tour in addition to headlining their own shows Tony Borg Alien was added as extra guitarist but he did not stay for long Although things seemed to be going well Ridge announced his departure from the band and was replaced by London based Roger Marsden ex Deep Machine Angel Witch in 1983 The band also decided to add a second guitarist and eventually brought in future King Diamond guitarist Andy LaRocque then known as Anders Allhage to strengthen their sound With Marsden and Allhage on board the band recorded what would be their third and final studio album One Night Stand released in 1985 1 After playing a few scattered shows to promote the record E F Band broke up in 1986 2 2003 saw the release of the two disc retrospective Their Finest Hours which contained all three of the band s studio albums the Self Made Suicide and Devil s Eye singles and several unreleased studio and live bonus tracks The album s final track Remembering You is a tribute to E F Band co founder Bengt Fischer who succumbed to cancer on 5 April 2001 written and performed by John Boutkam aka John Ridge A live album Live At The Mudd Club In Gothenburg 1983 recorded by the Deep Cut line up with John Ridge on vocals was issued in 2005 Ridge died on 4 March 2003 after a lengthy battle with brain cancer 3 After his time with the E F Band Ridge had been working in radio as a presenter at OK Radio in Hamburg Germany calling himself John de Graaf and at Radio Caroline where he hosted the New Americana program under his real name John Boutkam 4 5 Contents 1 Discography 1 1 Singles 1 2 Albums 1 3 Compilations 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksDiscography editSingles edit October Friday Synchromesh b w Another Day Gone E F Band 7 split single Rok 1979 Self Made Suicide b w Sister Syne 7 Redball 1980 Devil s Eye b w Comprende Redball 1980 Mercury Sweden 1980 Night Angel b w Another Day Gone 7 Aerco 1980 Albums edit Last Laugh Is on You Mercury 1981 1 Deep Cut Ewita 1982 1 One Night Stand Mausoleum 1985 6 Their Finest Hours Sweden Rock 2003 Live at the Mudd Club in Gothenburg 1983 TPL 2005 Compilations edit Metal for Muthas Vol 1 Fighting for Rock and Roll EMI 1980 1 Total Metal Attack Hard Hot amp Heavy Old School 2004 See also editList of new wave of British heavy metal bandsReferences edit a b c d e f g h i Colin Larkin ed 1999 The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock First ed Virgin Books p 145 ISBN 0 7535 0257 7 E F Band Encyclopaedia Metallum The Metal Archives Metal archives com Retrieved 5 October 2020 Former EF Band Singer Dies Of Cancer Blabbermouth net March 22 2003 New Americana Radio in Europe Get your music played Indie music com October 31 2001 Archived from the original on January 26 2017 Retrieved August 14 2016 Caroline Searchlight Friday April 4th 2003 RadioCaroline de April 4 2003 E F Band One Night Stand Encyclopaedia Metallum The Metal Archives Metal archives com Retrieved 5 October 2020 External links editOfficial E F Band website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title E F Band amp oldid 1111103245, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
