Andrew Edge


Andrew Edge is a musician from Leeds, England. He moved to London in the late 1970s, and joined the Thompson Twins. After one year Edge left the group and joined Uropa Lula, who released three singles and supported Big Country on a tour of Britain. Edge then joined Savage Progress, who supported the Thompson Twins on a tour of Britain in 1984.
Edge changed to vocals and writing songs after he moved from London to Linz, Austria. He started the group YOYO in 1990, bass/vocals Andreas Raffetseder, guitar/vocals Christoph Raffetseder, guitar Manfred Cellnigg, drums Hans Riener signing with EMI records, before working with Robert Ponger. Edge later released a solo album in 1996; Northern Sky, on BMG records. Edge released a CD in 2011 under the name Drumsing, with percussionist Judy Klausner.

Leeds

Edge took drum lessons from Leeds drummer Doug King, and also Geoff Myers, as Myers was a noted drum teacher in Leeds, and played with the big band Syd Lawrence Orchestra. Edge later worked with musicians from the Leeds College of Music in the group GPO, as well as local Working Men's Club bands, like Street Choir.

The Thompson Twins

The Thompson Twins auditioned for drummers at The Point Studio, 9 Eccleston Street, Victoria, London. Edge played with them for eighteen months.

Uropa Lula

Edge later played drums for Uropa Lula, with David Lloyd, Allan Dias, Pete Fromm Carol Isaacs, and Chester Kamen who is the brother of pop singer Nick Kamen.
Uropa Lula toured with Big Country in June 1983.
Arista Records released two singles by the group:
Our Love Has Just Begun B/W I've Suddenly Remembered Something as Uropa Lula. Fell Upon A Jewel B/W She Appears to Vanish as Uropa Lula.. Arista later dropped the group, and Edge joined Savage Progress.

Savage Progress

Savage Progress signed a contract with 10 Records and released their first single, "My Soul Unwraps Tonight". Their first album was Celebration. Savage Progress joined the Thompson Twins on their "Into The Gap" tour of Britain as support act. In October of the same year they went on a tour of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, to capitalize on the success of their single releases.

Session drummer

Edge also played as a session musician for bands like The Chills Julian Cope and Freur. Edge also worked again with Dodd and Roog from the Thompson Twins in a band called Big View, recording a single called August Grass, which was released on Point Records in 1982. Edge played a two-week tour of France with the Australian group Died Pretty in 1986, as drummer Chris Welsh had broken his foot in London.

Linz

Edge moved to Linz, Austria in the late 1980s, and recorded a piece called Experiment 501 – Investigating the Magic of the Right Steps, in 1989, with interactive artist Sam Auinger, which was presented as an a cappella piece for the Chemie Linz and ÖMV companies. Edge then sang for the Austrian band Camorra, with Peter Androsch Robert Spour Sandy Sonntagbauer and Andreas Luger.

YOYO

Edge later formed the band YOYO in Linz, signing with EMI records in Vienna. They played as the headlining act at the Linz Fest in 1991, and supported The Beach Boys at a concert in Linz.

Solo

Edge later worked with Robert Ponger, who was producer of Falco, and Austrian duo Paper Moon. Ponger arranged for Edge to support Joan Baez at the Arena, Vienna. Edge's collaboration with Ponger lasted three years, but Edge only used two songs for his solo CD on BMG records called, Northern Sky.

Session singer and songwriting

Edge sang backing vocals for LaLa Brooks on her BMG CD LaLa Brooks & Friends in 1994. In 1997, Edge sang Silent Night with Rainhard Fendrich.
Edge has worked with Mojique v2.0, Karli Möstl, Bob Zabek, Edge recorded a CD with Josef 'Judy' Klausner featuring only voice and percussion.