Edie and the Eggs
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Edie and the Eggs were a punk
/celebrity-exploitation band featuring Edith Massey
, known for acting in several films by John Waters
. The band's name referred to Massey's character in Pink Flamingos
who had an obsession with eating eggs and romanced an egg delivery man. Massey sometimes wore her bizarre leather costume from Female Trouble
during gigs.
Edie and the Eggs included future The Go-Go's
drummer Gina Schock
and Ann Collier guitar player of Rhumboogie, a well known all-female Rock and Roll band during 1974-78 from Baltimore. Ann Collier is the person who put the group Edith and the Eggs together after being asked to do so by John Waters
.
They performed at CBGB's and Max's Kansas City
in New York City along with a few other engagements. Ann was asked by NuArt Theater in California to bring the act out there for a number of shows. At that time Ann asked Edith, Gina Schock and Suzan Wirth (bass player) if they would like to go to California. The shows were mostly sold out and a hit, however, none of the members ever received any money for their efforts, with NetArt management saying they (the company) had overspent on the engagement. All the members of the group returned to Baltimore. Edith Massey died a few years later, Gina Schock went back to California and joined the Go-Go's, Susan Wirth adopted a child and became a mother.
Ann Collier continued to play Rock and Roll music and still does in Baltimore.
Edith recorded a single in 1982 "Big Girls Don't Cry" backed with "Punks, Get off the Grass".
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
/celebrity-exploitation band featuring Edith Massey
Edith Massey
Edith Massey was an American actress and singer. Massey was best known for her appearances in a series of movies by director John Waters...
, known for acting in several films by John Waters
John Waters (filmmaker)
John Samuel Waters, Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, stand-up comedian, writer, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films...
. The band's name referred to Massey's character in Pink Flamingos
Pink Flamingos
Pink Flamingos is a 1972 transgressive black comedy film written, produced, composed, shot, edited, and directed by John Waters. When the film was initially released, it caused a huge degree of controversy and thus became one of the most notorious cult films ever made. It made an underground star...
who had an obsession with eating eggs and romanced an egg delivery man. Massey sometimes wore her bizarre leather costume from Female Trouble
Female Trouble
Female Trouble is a 1974 dark comedy film co-composed, filmed, co-edited, written, produced, and directed by John Waters starring Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, Michael Potter, Cookie Mueller, and Susan Walsh....
during gigs.
Edie and the Eggs included future The Go-Go's
The Go-Go's
The Go-Go’s are an all-female American rock band formed in 1978. They made history as the first all-female band that both wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to top the Billboard album charts....
drummer Gina Schock
Gina Schock
Gina Schock is best known as the drummer in the all-girl punk/pop band The Go-Go's....
and Ann Collier guitar player of Rhumboogie, a well known all-female Rock and Roll band during 1974-78 from Baltimore. Ann Collier is the person who put the group Edith and the Eggs together after being asked to do so by John Waters
John Waters (filmmaker)
John Samuel Waters, Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, stand-up comedian, writer, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films...
.
They performed at CBGB's and Max's Kansas City
Max's Kansas City
Max's Kansas City was a nightclub and restaurant at 213 Park Avenue South, in New York City, which was a gathering spot for musicians, poets, artists and politicians in the 1960s and 1970s.-Origin of name:...
in New York City along with a few other engagements. Ann was asked by NuArt Theater in California to bring the act out there for a number of shows. At that time Ann asked Edith, Gina Schock and Suzan Wirth (bass player) if they would like to go to California. The shows were mostly sold out and a hit, however, none of the members ever received any money for their efforts, with NetArt management saying they (the company) had overspent on the engagement. All the members of the group returned to Baltimore. Edith Massey died a few years later, Gina Schock went back to California and joined the Go-Go's, Susan Wirth adopted a child and became a mother.
Ann Collier continued to play Rock and Roll music and still does in Baltimore.
Edith recorded a single in 1982 "Big Girls Don't Cry" backed with "Punks, Get off the Grass".