Eater with Andy Blade or Ashruf Radwan

<p>Eater with Andy Blade or Ashruf Radwan in conversation with David Eastaugh</p> <p> </p> <p>Eater were known for being one of the youngest bands, if not the youngest band, in the punk scene. They were 14–17 years old when they formed the group.</p> <p>Despite originating in London, the band made its first public performance on 20 September 1976 at <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester'>Manchester</a>'s Holdsworth Hall, featuring <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzcocks'>Buzzcocks</a> as their support act. The band did not yet have a permanent bassist and rented a local musician for the show.<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eater_(band)#cite_note-10'>[10]</a> Lutfi Radwan was soon replaced by drummer Dee Generate (real name: Roger Bullen), and by November 1976, they had recruited bassist Ian Woodcock in time to play their first London gig.</p> <p>Eater became one of the pioneering punk bands that played live in the first few months of the now-legendary <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roxy_(Covent_Garden)'>Roxy Club</a>. They topped the bill twice in January 1977; the second time they were supported by <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Damned_(band)'>the Damned</a>. They headlined again in February, this time supported by <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Moped'>Johnny Moped</a>, and twice more in March, supported first by <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lurkers'>the Lurkers</a> and then by <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sham_69'>Sham 69</a>. They also supplied two of their tracks, "15" (a version of "<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Eighteen'>I'm Eighteen</a>" by <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Cooper'>Alice Cooper</a>) and "Don't Need It", to the seminal live compilation album <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roxy_London_WC2'>The Roxy London WC2</a>, released on 24 June 1977</p>