Eggs Over Easy is the American band that invented UK Pub Rock, influenced the careers of Nick Lowe, Huey Lewis, and Elvis Costello, and laid the groundwork for a grassroots movement that would spawn UK Punk. With roots stretching back to late 1960s Berkeley, CA, and NYC’s Greenwich Village, songwriters Jack O’Hara, Austin De Lone, and Brien Hopkins would by early 1971 find themselves ensconced in London’s legendary Olympic Studios, under the guidance of Jimi Hendrix producer/manager Chas Chandler. When their impending record deal went bust, the Eggs “did what any American band would do,” Stiff Records co-founder Dave Robinson told a journalist. “They went to the nearest bar and said, ‘Give us your worst night.’” Which is how Eggs Over Easy leapt onto the pages of pop music history. Joined by The Animals’ drummer John Steel, they were soon packing North London’s Tally Ho, Pub Rock ground zero. Their residency would become the hub for a network of artists, venues, and music business folks that included back-to-basics groups Brinsley Schwarz, Ducks Deluxe, and Dr. Feelgood, DJs John Peel and Charlie Gillett, and music business innovators like Jake Riviera and Mr. Robinson. In 2016, Yep Roc Records released Good 'N' Cheap: The Eggs Over Easy Story, a box set containing the band's entire recorded output, including the Chas Chandler-produced London ’71; Good 'N' Cheap, produced by Link Wray (1972); the 1976 Buffalo single; and Fear of Frying, produced by Lee Michaels (1981).