Ed Hall

ED HALL emerged from Austin, Texas' sicko Dong Hong music scene in 1987. The Dong was a Vietnamese restaurant that never had anything on the menu, and when you ordered a beer they went across the street to a 7-11 to get a six-pack of Bud. On the weekends Phong would let loud, obnoxious bands play at her place for loud, intoxicated fans. these were bands that were too gross and unknown to play at the established clubs, but with Phong's help, the "Dong bands" quickly developed loyal followings. People would cram in on the weedends to check out the Scratch Asshole Surfers, the IV League and everyone's new favorites, ED HALL.

There was never an ED in the band. If you asked them who ED was, you'd get a different answer each time and it was always correct. their songs were dense and twisted, with scrambled vocals floating over hideous, yet somehow pop, guitar noise. They soon began attracting a lot of local and regional attention. They placed top ten in four different catagories in the Austin Music Awards poll, and in 1989, they released their first album, ALBERT, on Berkeley, CA's fine label, Boner. They toured North America several times, received the obligatory rave reviews from obscure publications like Option on up to Vicious Hippies From Panda Hell. They established legions of loyal fans nationwide who chant their name pathetically and incessantly year round.

In 1990 they released their second album, LOVE POKE HERE, on Boner. Again the ecstatic reviews came in from the obscure (Alternative Press) to the famous (Ben Is Dead), showering the band with the loving accolades they so rightly deserve. In 1991 the Butthole Surfers invited them as their support act on their North American tour, recruiting even more followers into the massive ED HALL Army. ED HALL have also appeared on three 7inch's on the TRANCE SYNDICATE label. They contributed cuts to "Love and Napalm," Volumes 1-2, (TR02 and TR08), and also put out the most twisted song to ever contain cellos in a Kiss cover-tune, the wonderful "Deth" (TR07).