Eddie and the Hot Rods is a pub rock band from Essex founded in 1975. Allmusic states "Arriving during the waning days of pub rock, Eddie and the Hot Rods helped usher in punk rock in the United Kingdom. Working from the same bluesy, Stonesy three-chord foundation as contemporaries like Dr. Feelgood, the Hot Rods were faster, tougher, wilder and louder than any other pub rock band. They also celebrated adolescent abandon, unlike their peers, who usually concentrated on working-class subjects.