Ed Graham

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Image:Ed graham.jpgEd Graham (full name Edwin James Graham) is the drummer in the English rock band The Darkness.

Ed was born on 20 February 1976, in Great Yarmouth, England, being one of four children. As a youth, he attended Kirkley High School with Dan Hawkins and Justin Hawkins, later The Darkness bandmates.

Before joining The Darkness, Ed had been in bands such as Superfuzz Bigmuff and Q*Sling, but left the latter when he heard that his already friends Justin Hawkins and Dan Hawkins were forming a band. He co-founded The Darkness with them in 2000.

One of the first gigs that The Darkness ever played was at a memorial service commemorating the life of Ed's previous bandmate from Q*Sling, who was called Sam.

[edit] Equipment

Ed plays a Drum Workshop Maple Series with 12" and 14" toms and 16" and 18" floor toms with Remo Clear Pinstripe heads and a 24" bass drum with a Remo Clear Triple Power Stroke head. His snare is a 14" Ludwig Black Beauty with a Remo Coated Ambassador CS head.

The cymbals that Ed uses are Zildjian 14" A Mastersound Hi-hats, 17", 18" and 19" Custom A Crashes, a 19" A Medium Thin Dark Crash and a 20" A Ping Ride. Ed uses Vic Firth American Classic 5B wood tip drum sticks and his hardware is from DW's 5000 series. [1]