Every Day Life
Long Beach, California8 reviews across 3 releases
Every Day Life was a Southern California Christian rapcore band formed in 1992 and later shortened to EDL. Its music joined punk-seasoned metal to rapid rap, with Tedd Cookerly's delivery moving between clipped verses and harsh screams. The 1996 debut Disgruntled treated Los Angeles as a setting for social decay, presenting anger as both protest and warning. American Standard expanded that approach in 1997, addressing abuse, racism, Native American dispossession and church politics while adding a thicker hardcore attack. The band's most distinctive trait was its willingness to make Christian music confront subjects usually avoided by the market, including suicide and the destruction caused by religious institutions. By Moment of Clarity in 1999, the guitars and beats had cleaner production, more melodic writing and a stronger pop-rock pull, though the furious rapcore remained.
After Moment of Clarity, EDL was courted by major labels and signed to a Universal imprint, but the agreement collapsed when Universal restructured and eliminated the subsidiary. The band returned to KMG's revived Fashion Pop operation for a self-titled album in 2001. Its public activity then diminished, with no further widely documented release from the original run. Members continued into other work; Carl Weaver and Eric Wilkins later played with Klank, while Cookerly remained associated with EDL. The group reunited for shows in 2017.
3 releases reviewed
American Standard
Disgruntled