Max Eider


Peter Millson, better known as Max Eider, was an English guitarist and songwriter.

Life and career

Eider studied English literature at University College, Oxford, graduating in Trinity Term 1980. He played guitar with Pat Fish from June 1982 until 27 November 1986 when, after an alcohol-fuelled altercation with Fish, he left the band. He went on to record a solo album, The Best Kisser in the World, which mixes up-tempo indie pop numbers with songs in a moodier jazz-influenced style. He also played on recordings by others, including Songs from Another Season by David J. He used the name "Michael Barrere" on a release by the Plymouth Fastbucks.
Elder rejoined Jazz Butcher for what was billed as the last ever Jazz Butcher gig on 21 December 1995. He performed and recorded with Fish since then on the live album Glorious and Idiotic and the studio album Rotten Soul. In 2002 he released a second solo album, Hotel Figueroa, and a third, Max Eider III, in 2007. In 2010, Eider released his fourth solo album, Disaffection, on Tundraducks Records.
On 17 December 2025, it was announced that Eider had died.

Solo discography

  • The Best Kisser in the World
  • Hotel Figueroa
  • Back In The Bedroom
  • Disaffection
  • ''Duckdance''