Edie Sedgwick
(1999 - present)E.D. Sedgwick: vocals, guitar
Jess Matthews: drums
Kristina Buddenhagen: bass, vocals
Carla Elliott: vocals
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Edie Sedgwick formed in 1999 when El Guapo bassist Justin Moyer and
ex-Panoply Academy Glee Club drummer Ryan Hicks wrote a number of songs about celebrities. After releasing one eponymous record on Mud
Memory Records and recording another, Edie was forced to stop performing in 2001 when Justin was diagnosed with epilepsy and could
no longer drive on tour. (Ryan had no driver's license.)
In 2004, Justin began performing in drag as Edie Sedgwick, the
transgendered reincarnation of a vacuous Andy Warhol Superstar who
died of a barbiturate overdose in 1971. Armed with a video projector,
precious iMovies, and the occasional backing band, Edie traveled
through many dark nights presenting auditory and visual art that
honors the likes of Angelina Jolie, Robert Downey, Jr., Paris Hilton,
Martin Sheen, and other celebrity co-conspirators. After two more
records -- 2005's "Her Love is Real, But She is Not" on Desoto Records
and 2008's "Things are Getting Sinister and Sinisterer" on Dischord --
and playing everywhere from Baltimore to Bulgaria, Edie got pretty
sick of celebs and now just writes songs about whoever and whatever
and reserves the right not to wear a dress in the future.
In April 2011, Edie and songwriting partner A.K. released "Songs for
Isadora," ten songs for children on D.C.'s own Sockets Records. Her
next full length, "Love Gets Lovelier Every Day," will be released by
Dischord sometime in 2011.
Photo: Mike Stoeckle