EATER – LOCK IT UP 12″ – Nr MINT/EXC+ UK  PUNK 1977

Eater – Lock It Up
(The Label Records  1977  TLR004/12)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from the odd light pop/crackle)

Sleeve in Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges, some ringwear & 2 inch split in spine

Eater are an early British punk rock band from North London who took their name from a Marc Bolan lyric.

In October 2001, the band’s second single, “Thinking of the USA” (originally released in June 1977), was included in Mojo magazine’s list of the best punk rock singles of all time. In 1999, the track also appeared on the five-CD Universal Records box set 1-2-3-4 Punk & New Wave 1976-1979.

Their sound has been characterized as “run-of-the-mill dole queue punk rock” and “basic boy-ish punk rock”.

In 2022, Andy Blade collaborated with rock’n’roll band JoJo & The Teeth in a new incarnation of Eater, starting with warm up gigs under the alias Ant.