Group
Edison’s Children
- From
- Aylesbury, United States
- Since
- 2005–present
- Releases
- 8
- neo-progressive rock
- art rock
- crossover prog
- dark ambient
- downtempo
- industrial
- industrial rock
- neo-psychedelia
About
Edison's Children is a science fiction-oriented progressive rock trio known for writing "epic Concept albums" with supernatural, apocalyptic and extra-terrestrial themes. It features Rick Armstrong (the son of astronaut Neil Armstrong), Pete Trewavas (Marillion and Transatlantic) and Eric Blackwood (on-set special FX artist for over 150 Major Motion Pictures & Television Shows (IATSE Local 52) who performed as a musician for Sunblister & Blackwood and Foti). Their CDs include visual accompaniments in the form of 20 page "lyrics and images" insert booklets by photographer Wendy Darling Blackwood.
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Edison's Children's music is a blend of neo-prog and industrial rock, drawing progressive influences from Pink Floyd, Marillion, Porcupine Tree, Genesis, and Rush and combining them with the sub-bass style of music by bands like Tool, Deftones, The Cure, Chevelle, Puscifer and A Perfect Circle, due to Blackwood's work as a 5-string (Low-B) bassist with NYC's hard industrial alt-rockers Sunblister (1998-2005). With Trewavas' experiences with Marillion and Transatlantic, Rick Armstrong's influences serving on panels about space and the universe, and Blackwood's history in Hollywood and appreciation for the modern darker scoring of Max Richter, Clint Mansell and Carter Burwell, Edison's Children combined influences to create "epic concept albums" based on extraterrestrial, supernatural, and apocalyptical themes, many of which Blackwood claims to have "personally experienced" in his life.
Edison's Children is an official side-project of the rock band Marillion, who began in 1979 and have sold over 15 million albums worldwide. Edison's Children's first album In the Last Waking Moments... features all of the members of Marillion.
Members
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Eric Blackwood principal
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Pete Trewavas principal
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Rick Armstrong principal
Discography
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Also known as
Band that Neil Armstrong's Son is in · Band that Neil Armstrong's son · Bands Associated With Marillion · Bands That Write About The Supernatural Extraterrestrial · Bands That Write Haunting Songs about Ghosts · Bands that write music about UFOs Alien Abductions & ExtraTerrestrials · Children of Edison · Edion’s Children · Edison Children · Edison%27s Children · Edison%27sChildren · Edison%27s_Children · EdisonChildren · Edisons Children · Edisonschildren · Family of 1st Man on the Moon · Family of Neil armstrong · Marillion · Marillion Side Projects · Marillion Spinoff · Neil Armstrong's Son · Rick Armstrong · Son of Neil Armstrong · Transatlantic Side Project · What happened to Neil Armstrong's Sons · Where bands do the members of Transatlantic · does edison's children have any of Thomas Edison's actual family · edison%27s+children · edisons_children · rick armstrong's band
Tags
- alan parsons opening band at nasa
- aliens
- apocalyptic music
- bands that make sad sounding songs
- bands that sound like deftones
- bands that sound like marillion
- bands that sound like pink floyd
- bands that sound like tool
- ecological
- ecological disaster music
- edison%27s children
- edison%27s+children
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- ed45aab2-1e60-4391-877f-dcc24170d1e1
- ISNI
- 0000000470559336
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 14 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.