the story of edward gains began back in his hometown of dunedin, one cold winters night, many years ago... a young edward gains was listening to his beloved billy joel records when he suddenly realised that he wanted to be a musician... he too wanted to write songs like ‘goodnight saigon’... it took edward many years (and some pretty drastic changes in his musical taste!!!) to realise this dream, and it wasn’t until 1996 that he released his first solo album ‘shit magnet’, recorded in london after many months travelling through the arizona desert... edward went on to release 7 more records after that, including an anthology of his first 6 albums, edweird, and then onto his last 2005 record ‘bel hevi’, which marked him moving away from his beloved 4-track recorder and onto a computer for the first time... edward gains is currently working on a follow-up to ‘bel hevi’, as well as writing songs for the second demi whores record... edward also has two books to date, ‘the artwork of edward gains’, which showcased his comic and poster art, and his children’s storybook, ‘edward & the tree'... a documentary on edward gains is currently in production, directed by demi whores music video director, orlando stuart, which should be out sometime in 2010...
