Editing Eat Static (section)

==History==
Merv Pepler and Joie Hinton met as [[drummer]] and [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]] player (respectively) for [[Ozric Tentacles]], a long-standing [[psychedelic rock]] band from Somerset.<ref name="AMG"/> Although Ozric Tentacles incorporated elements of electronic music, Pepler and Hinton were drawn towards the [[rave]]-oriented dance music. In 1988 they collaborated on a project under the name of Wooden Baby which hinted at early rave and [[acid house]] sounds as well as numerous other styles, and by 1990, the project had evolved into Eat Static.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://psychedelicmagazine.org/interviews/eat-static-interview/|title=Eat Static interview - Psychedelic Magazine|year=2014}}</ref> Pepler explained: "There we were in Ozrics doing all this technically impressive, weird music with mad timings, and getting really involved with it, and this experiment that became Eat Static was a good excuse to ignore all that, get the synths out, and be as stupid as we could!"<ref>{{cite web
  | title = Eat the Beat. 
  | url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/jan97/eatstatic.html
  | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521064928/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/jan97/eatstatic.html
  | archivedate=21 May 2007
  | publisher=Sound on Sound Magazine
  | access-date = 2006-09-13 }}</ref> The [[duet (music)|duo]] [[concert tour|toured]] in parallel with Ozric Tentacles for several years until 1994, when they left the band to pursue Eat Static full-time.<ref name="AMG"/> Pepler and Hinton are often joined in the [[recording studio|studio]] by Eat Static's third member Steve Everitt. Pepler is featured on the 2006 Ozric Tentacles [[album]] ''[[The Floor's Too Far Away]]'', playing [[percussion instrument|percussion]] on the track "Armchair Journey".

Their first album release, ''Abduction'', immediately established the [[Extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial]]/[[U.F.O.]] theme which is a running motif in their [[sampling (music)|samples]], track and album titles, and release artwork.<ref name="AMG"/> The band's name is taken from a sample (as found on the track "Eat Static") from ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]''.

On 6 February 2008, Pepler announced on the Eat Static [[website]] that Hinton was leaving as "he has had enough of all the travelling and being away from home and family". However, Pepler stated that he would continue to perform and produce under the Eat Static name as a solo project. He also hinted that there would be more scope for collaborations in the future.