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Edison’s Children are a British and U.S.-based rock duo, formed in Aylesbury, England and Sugar Loaf, New York by Pete Trewavas of Marillion and Transatlantic and Eric Blackwood in 2011. They released a concept album, ''In The Last Waking Moments…'', in 2011. Their song "A Million Miles Away (I Wish I Had A Time Machine)" was released as a single in June 2012 and reached the FMQB Top 40 for 10 weeks total, peaking on October 18, 2012 at #32 for most played song on United States Commercial Radio. Pete Trewavas and Eric Blackwood wrote, produced, and engineered their album and played nearly every instrument on the album, except for the special guest appearances: Steve Rothery of Marillion; Steve Hogarth of Marillion; Ian Mosley of Marillion; Mark Kelly of Marillion; Robin Boult (Guitarist for Fish); and, Andy Ditchfield of DeeExpus. Edison's Children's "In The Last Waking Moments..." marks the only time that all of Marillion have performed on the same album, that wasn't an actual "Marillion" release. A new haunting concept album was released in December of 2013 called "The Final Breath Before November". The "edge of midnight on Halloween" theme provided a dark canvas and a step away from the more "commercial" sounding In the Last Waking Moments... The album was based on an actual "ghostly" encounter between Eric Blackwood and a young teenage suicide which Eric reported as being the most horrific thing he's ever experienced... as he exhibited "A morbidity equal to that of coming upon a plane crash". The album again featured Eric Blackwood and Pete Trewavas as songwriters but also a prominent role by drummer Henry Rogers of Touchstone and DeeExpus. Nineteen-year-old Henry Rogers had won recently the awards for "World's Best Drummer" by England's "Classic Rock Society" for 2 years in a row, beating out Dream Theater/Transatlantic's Mike Portnoy who had long held the honor. 1st Man on the Moon and Mission Commander Neil Armstrong's son Rick Armstrong, joined the band as their live "2nd lead and synth guitarist" after guesting on stage with Edison's Children in Montreal and is expected to be a major part of the band's live show and possibly some studio work going forward. ==History== ''In The Last Waking Moments...'' was written and recorded in and around Pete Trewavas' recording and touring sessions with Transatlantic and Marillion and was recorded during 3 major sessions: * March 2010 at Sugar Loaf, New York at Black Dirt Studios (leased from Brad Morrison who founded the band Phish), in between the Atlantic and European legs of Transatlantic's Whilwind Tour. * March 2011 at Saint-Sauveur, Quebec and Montreal, Quebec at "Le Chateau" in the weeks before and after the Marillion Montreal Convention of 2011. * August 2011 at two separate beach houses in Ocean City, Maryland. Between March 2010 and March 2011, Eric Blackwood and Pete Trewavas had already written nearly an entire album's worth of material, including the 25 minute "Silhouette" but writing sessions became so prolific during the Mont Saint-Sauveur sessions, that previously written songs (except for "Dusk") were left off the album. 50 other songs were written and recorded as well, as movie soundtracks for the Hudson Film Group's upcoming projects: Purgatory, DeStressed, Jammed Up and Harvest Moon. The additional musicians make Edison's Children very much a Marillion-related project. Apart from Trewavas, all current members of Marillion appear on at least one track; the track "The Awakening" includes four out of five Marillion musicians. Additionally, there is an appearance by Trewavas' childhood friend Robin Boult, who had stepped in for Steve Rothery for one Marillion show in 1986 and was a permanent member of ex-Marillion singer Fish's lineup for several years. Edison's Children opened for Marillion's prestigious "Brave" show at the Marillion Weekends in Port Zeilande Netherlands, Montreal Quebec and Wolverhampton England from March til April 2013 and played a 2 hour show in Montreal in addition to the evening show on the main stage.〔http://www.setlist.fm/search?query=Edison%27s+Children〕 All three shows were recorded and the Montreal show has been released on the "In The Last Waking Moments..." (SINGLE ) CD 〔http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/edisonschildren4〕 Edison's Children has announced that a new full length album "The Final Breath Before November" is expected to be released by January 1, 2014 〔http://edisonschildren.com/Album2.html〕 featuring Pete Trewavas / Eric Blackwood and Henry Rogers on Drums. The album features only 3 songs but at 79:28 long, it just fits onto a single CD. Edison's Children has also signed Rick Armstrong (of Astronaut Neil Armstrong ) on Guitar / Bass / Keyboards and Lisa Nojaim Drums/Percussion for live performances along with Henry Rogers - Drums 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edison's Children」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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