July 2008


Photo: Daniel Falk

John Moyer from Disturbed
New EBS Pedal Artist!

John Moyer, the bass player of metal giants Disturbed, is now armed with EBS Black Label Pedals. The bands new album entered Billboard at no 1 and they are currently sharing the main stage at the Mayhem Fest along with Slipknot, Mastodon and Dragonforce supporting their latest release, Indestructible. More info about the band at: www.disturbed1.com

 

Lucy LaLoca on
EBS Amps and Cabinets

Tito & Tarantula bassist, Caroline Rippy better known as “Lucy LaLoca,” is rock’n EBS on their latest tour featuring the new album “Back Into The Darkness.” Lucy’s upgrade to her hot EBS rig has only enhanced her heavy, driving sound.

“Now I don’t mind when people say I have a heavy bottom!”
Lucy LaLoca


Lucy use EBS Classic 450 heads and ClassicLine 810 cabinets.

www.myspace.com/lucy_luscious
www.titoandtarantula.com
www.myspace.com/httpwwwmyspacecomtitospace

May 2008
EBS Artist Tal Wilkenfeld wins
Bass Players 'Readers' Poll' Award!

Tal Wilkenfeld had a real breakthrough in 2007 with the release of her solo album "Transformations" and a talked-about tour as the bass player for Jeff Beck. This seems to have made great impact on the bass players scene since she recieved no less than two awards in Bass Player's 'Readers Poll', presented in Bass Players' May issue. Tal Wilkenfeld was entitled "Most Exciting New Player" and "Favorite Non-cover Interview".

Check out Tal at www.myspace.com/talwilkenfeld

 

New EBS Pedal Artists

New EBS Pedal Artists include Argentinian Vivi Rama, the bass player for Will.i.Am (Black Eyed Peas) and Nicole Scherzinger (Pussycat Dolls).

Frank Romano, the guitar player of Rob Thomas and T-pain is also a new EBS Pedal Artist.

Musical Director and bass player for Kayne West, Adam Blackstone is now armed with EBS Pedals.

Legendary George Porter, Jr. of The Meters, recognized as one of the founders of funk, has been using EBS pedals for several years and is now an official EBS Pedal Artist. His credits also including Dr. John, Paul McCartney, Willy DeVille, Robert Palmer, Patti Labelle, Jimmy Buffett, David Byrne, Johnny Adams, Earl King, Tori Amos, and Snooks Eaglin among many others. Photo of George by Danny Clinch.

Read more:
www.myspace.com/vivirama
www.myspace.com/frankromano
www.adamblackstone.com
www.georgeporterjr.com



Peter Iwers of In Flames and brother Anders Iwers of Tiamat.
In Flames hit the charts,
Tiamat ready to take off!

In Flames with EBS Artist Peter Iwers hit the charts with their new album "A Sense Of Purpose". So far they have reached the top spot on the Swedish Album list, no 28 on Billboard 'Top 200', and no 7 on the European Billoard list.
Peter Iwers use EBS Fafner amps and NeoLine cabinets exclusively in Europe.

Tiamat, with EBS Artist Anders Iwers, is ready to take off with the official release of the new album "Amanethes" on May 2nd.

www.inflames.com
myspace.com/tiamat

April 2008
New EBS Pedal Endorsers

Brad Russell, currently on tour with Joe Satriani, and previous work include Pat Travers, Russell Brothers etc. is a new EBS Pedal Artist! myspace.com/bradrussellbass
French Bass Master, Dominique DiPiazza, is a new EBS Pedal Artist. myspace.com/dominiquedipiazza


Keith Duffy - on tour with Boyzone.

EBS Artists on Tour

EBS Artist and bass player Keith Duffy will play on the comeback tour for Boyzone.

EBS Artist Aaron Julison of Kid Rock will do selected festivals around Europe in June, including the huge Rock Am Ring.

EBS Artist Björn Englén is now official member of Yngwie Malmsteen's band and will play festivals around Europe this summer as well as on the coming album.
EBS Artist Kevin Walker is currently touring with Prince sax player Candy Dulfer, after the long tour with Justin Timberlake.

EBS Artist Oscar Kempe of Neverstore will do a Japanese tour along with Sum 41 in April.

 

March 2008


Mike Scott - lead guitar player with Justin Timberlake

Mike Scott - Black Label Pedals & Guitar?!

Mike Scott - lead guitarist with Justin Timberlake - is new EBS Pedal Artist. Mike was introduced to the EBS pedals by a former bandmate while playing with Prince legendary New Power Generation, and fell in love with the BassIQ. We met Mike on tour with Justin Timberlake and introduced him to the whole Black Label Pedal line which resulted in Mike now using EBS BassIQ, OctaBass, TremoLo, UniChorus and MultiComp. So, beware, bass players...your guitarists might want to steal your pedals at the next gig! We say welcome to Mike and encourage guitarists all over the world to follow in his steps and check out the EBS pedals, made for bass but great for guitar (as well)!

 

February 2008


Mike Duda of WASP
Photo by metalpics.ch

W.A.S.P. on tour with EBS !

Mike Duda of W.A.S.P. will do the upcoming US tour with EBS amps and cabinets on stage! Check out the tour dates at www.waspnation.com

 


Alex Grube

Alex Grube on Sarah Brightman
DVD and album!

EBS Artist Alex Grube will do a DVD-Production with Sarah Brightman in Vienna. He is also on her recently released album that entered the billboard-charts on #13, and classical charts on #1. Sarah Brightman is the best sellling artist ever in Germany and the best selling soprano worldwide of all time.

Alex is also doing recordings and live gigs with "Fortenbacher", a new promising act from Germany signed by Warner and
they'll be playing the Grand Prix Eurovision Pre-Challenge for Germany in March

Music and info at: www.myspace.com/alexgrube

 

January 2008


Kid Rock & Aaron Julison. Photo from kidrock.com

Lots of New EBS Artists!

EBS is gaining impact on many markets, and that include a lot of new artists as well. New EBS Artists include Aaron Julison of Kid Rock, Johan Bengtsson of The Sounds, Stig Pedersen of D.A.D., Josh Werner of Matisyahu, Simon Andersson of Pain Of Salvation and Danish bass great Lars 'Larry' Danielsson. New EBS Pedal Artists include Sharlee D'Angelo of Arch Enemy, Gail Ann Dorsey of Gwen Stefani Band, Mr. Hardgroove of Public Enemy, Anders Modd of Wolf/Tad Morose and Chris Childs of British rock band Thunder.

 

October 2007

New Soilwork Album & Tour!

EBS Artist Ola Flink is on the new Soilwork album "Sworn to A Great Divide". The album will be released by Nuclear Blast in Europe on October 19 and USA on October 23, followed by a Eorupean and US tour.


More info at: www.soilwork.net

Listen to the entire album at www.myspace.com/soilwork

 

Jay-Tee official EBS artist!

One of Holland’s trendsetting bass players finally endorses the Swedish quality brand EBS. Jay-Tee is a very active musician and composer and is well known in the studio, on stage and on tv. Moreover, Jay-Tee is one of the most respected bass guitar teachers in Europe! Some students from abroad even fly in every month to join his classes.
Welcome to the EBS family!

Check out some promo videos with Jay-Tee:

www.bmi.nl/download/videos/jaytee.wmv
www.bmi.nl/download/videos/JayTee_testdrive2.wmv


More info at: www.jay-tee.nl


New Porcupine Tree EP & Tour!

Porcupine Tree with bass player Colin Edwin has released a mini-EP of 4 songs recorded during last years sessions for the Fear of A Blank Planet album as well as during the summer of 2007. The opening song has Robert Fripp as guest on guitar. The EP is a "must have" for fans of the band and can be ordered from the bands website www.porcupinetree.com

The band will be on US and European tour through out the fall.

August 2007

Tal Wilkenfeld with Jeff Beck!

EBS Artist and super talented Tal Wilkenfeld is currently on tour with Jeff Beck. Also in the band is legendary drummer Vinnie Colaiuta. The band draw a lot of attention at Eric Clapton´s Crossroads festival in Chicago in front of a 40.000 people crowd and numerous viewers on the MSN Live broadcast. A video clip from the show can be viewed here (choose "Jeff Beck" from the list of available clips).
And hopefully a DVD from the show later on...?

 

Check out Tal at www.myspace.com/talwilkenfeld

July 2007
Rinus Gerritsen from
Golden Earring new EBS Artist!

It only took Rinus a few hours of testing and experimenting with various EBS products, to figure out that EBS is just what he needed to upgrade his bass sound. Rinus was challenged to compare EBS with his current setup, convinced of the outcome: 1-0 EBS! Rinus will perform on stage with his brand new EBS gear in the new touring season, starting in fall 2007.
Read more at www.golden-earring.nl or visit our Dutch distributor www.bmi.nl

June 2007

Tyson Ritter from
the All-American Rejects joins EBS

EBS is proud to welcome The All-American Rejects front man and bassist extraordinaire Tyson Ritter to our family of artists. 2007 has been a big year for AAR, between the multi-platinum success of their latest release, Move Along, winning the MTV Music Award for Best Band Video and several successful concert and television appearances, Tyson found time to try out some EBS rigs. After careful consideration, we are pleased to announce he has selected a Proline 810 cab with a Proline 412 cab powered by two TD650 heads as his touring rig. We look forward to a long and prosperous relationship with Tyson!

 

More info about the band at:
www.allamericanrejects.com

 


Oscar - Neverstore
More New EBS Artists

Chris Chew from Grammy Awarded band the North Mississippi Allstars and Pete Griffin from the “Zappa plays Zappa” band (with Steve Vai and Dweezil Zappa) are new EBS Artists. Another new EBS Artist is Oscar Kempe from Swedish punk/rock band Neverstore.

Tal Wilkenfeld Releases Debut Solo Album
21 year old bass "queen" Tal Wilkenfeld has performed with artists like The Allman Brothers Band and Kenwood Dennard and resently toured with Chick Corea as well as her own trio feat Vinnie Colaiuta! Her phenomenal debut album "Transformations" features Wayne Krantz, Keith Carlock, Geoffrey Keezer and Seamus Blake.
More info at: www.talwilkenfeld.com
April 2007


John Marcus from Tim McGraw Band!

John has been with Tim McGraw Band for over 14 years and has recently switched over to EBS amps and cabinets. John will be using a Fafner head with a 212 and a 210 Evolution Proline cab for the "Soul to Soul II" tour in the US with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. Last years "Soul To Soul" was the third largest tour in the US, and the most successful country music tour ever. We are proud and happy to have John on EBS.

Welcome to the family!

Read more at www.timmcgraw.com

 

March 2007
Michael Choi on tour with MIKA!

EBS Artist Michael Choi is on the new MIKA album and tour. MIKA is on the top of the charts in several countries in Europe and with the current US tour he has started to climb on the Billboard charts as well. Find out more about the band at www.mikasounds.com

 

 

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