Ed Graham
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Ed Graham is the drummer in the rock band The Darkness.
Ed Graham's full name is Edwin James Graham, and he 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 was in a band called Q*Sling for 6 months, but left when he heard that his already friends Justin and Dan were forming a band. He co-founded The Darkness with them in 2000.
He was also in the band Superfuzz Bigmuff, with Dan Hawkins.
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.
Ed Completed his HND at Salisbury University.
He has the nickname of Badger, because of a patch of white hair on his left eyebrow.
[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]
