Eleventh Dream Day is a rock band from Chicago, Illinois in the United States. History The band was founded by guitarists Rick Rizzo and Janet Beveridge Bean, who met at the University of Kentucky. After moving to Chicago, Bean and Rizzo joined with guitarist Baird Figi and bassist Douglas McCombs, with Bean soon switching over to drums. Their first record, "Eleventh Dream Day" (1987), introduced the hallmarks of EDD's sound- Neil Young-inspired electric guitar workouts mixed with punk energy. The band's full-length follow-up, "Prairie School Freakout" (1988), won critical praise and the attention of major labels; the band soon signed with Atlantic Records. Followups "Beet" (1989) and "Lived To Tell" (1991) won more rave reviews but didn't sell many copies; Figi left during the "Lived To Tell" tour and was replaced by Matthew "Wink" O'Bannon. The band made a stab for commercial success with 1993's "El Moodio," but the effort

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