Merv Pepler used to play drums and ethnic percussion in Ozric Tentacles, England's premier psychedelic-trance-rock jam band, alongside percussionist Paul Hankin. Pepler joined the band to replace previous sticksman Nick van Gelder.



After his departure from Ozric Tentacles Merv Pepler showed up in Eat Static, also featuring Ozric Tentacles keyboard player Joie Hinton.



Pepler was followed up by new sticksman Conrad Prince, best known as Rad.



As , Pepler and Hinton were drawn towards the rave-oriented dance music. Merv explained: "There we were in Ozrics doing all this technically impressive, weird music with mad timings, and getting really involved with it, and this experiment that became Eat Static was a good excuse to ignore all that, get the synths out, and be as stupid as we could!" Despite the quote, Eat Static are also notable within dance music for their frequent use of time signatures other than 4/4.



Merv Pepler also released a breakbeat/drum and bass solo project album under the name 'Dendron'. The album was called 'Supernatural Jazz' and was released on their own Mesmobeat label. Pepler also teamed up with Steve Jolliffe of Tangerine Dream to form 'Hi Fi Companions' and released the 2004 album 'Swingers In Paradise' on Twisted Records. This project is often classed under lounge music and has a 1950's feel mixed with modern electronica.



In 2005 Merv Pepler's collabration with Will White of the Propellerheads, called 'Flexitones', released their debut album 'Joyrider' again through Twisted Records.



Merv and Will had previously released tracks under the name Champaigne Charlie. Merv has also teamed up with Shane Thomson and Jamie Nott to from Cosmic Journey Project, and In 2006 Merv's project with Simon Posford (Hallucinogen, Shpongle) called 'Metal Sharon' will release an album once again through Twisted Records.