Charles Edward Sloan, born in Columbia, South Carolina, better known as Ed Sloan, is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist of the post-grunge/hard rock band Crossfade. He plays a Schecter C-7 Blackjack seven-string guitar.
At the age of eight, he started playing piano and soon thereafter started playing the guitar. He joined his first band, Darkchilde, in middle school<ref name="sloanallmusic" /> and went to college at the University of South Carolina, majoring in computer programming.<ref name="sloanallmusic" /> In the late 90's, he, Mitch James, and Brian Geiger started a band called The Nothing, later renamed Sugardaddy Superstar.<ref name="sloanallmusic" /> Soon after, Sugardaddy Superstar began to record their own music in a studio (which the band called Sugarstar Studios) built in Sloan's home. The group was signed by Columbia Records and changed their name to Crossfade. They released the platinum selling album Crossfade in 2004. Two years later, Crossfade released another album called Falling Away which sold over 200,000 copies. In 2007 Crossfade were cut from Columbia Records roster, resulting in an extended hiatus for the band. In 2010, Crossfade signed with rock-label Eleven Seven Music and announced their third album entitled We All Bleed, set to be released in April 2011.
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