Edgar Breau

Hamilton, ON

The leader of the psychedelic/proto-punk outfit, Simply Saucer (which also can be heard on NMC) Edgar Breau's solo output is powered by a Grit Laskin acoustic.

Edgar Breau is a singer/songwriter hailing from Hamilton Ontario, Canada. His first experience in the recording studio was with Dan and Bob Lanois in 1974 at the basement studio called Master Sound Studios in Ancaster Ontario where the siblings lived with their mother. At the time Edgar was the singer, lead guitar player and principal writer in the futuristic punk/psyche band Simply Saucer. Founded in 1973, Simply Saucer was playing what could only be described as groundbreaking rock and roll music. Influenced by artists like the Velvet Underground, Syd Barrett, the Stooges and British prog bands like Soft Machine and Hawkwind, Simply Saucer were perhaps the first Canadian band to perform what would later come to be called proto punk music, joining rock pioneering artists like The Modern Lovers, Television and Patti Smith.

The six demos recorded at Master Sound were in a style of music ahead of its time and the major record labels in the country declined to sign the band to a recording contract. It would only be much later that they would see the light of day. In 1989 "Cyborgs Revisited" was independently and belatedly released as a limited edition vinyl recording. It included the or …

Influences

John Cale, John Fahey, Robbie Basho, Syd Barrett, W.B. Yeats

Stats

FANS PLAYLISTED TOTAL PLAYS
1 3 326

Fans of this Artist

Patches of Blue

I'm just about finished the recording end of my new release, Patches of Blue. Mixing is pretty well finished and we're on to mastering the songs. Michael J … READ MORE

Favourites