EBS Artist Appearances Contributed to the NAMM experience!

 

We had a great time at the NAMM Show and are very greatful for the appearaces by our excellent artists that shared their time with us for various appearances and signings. Also a big thank you to all the artists visiting just to hang out and have a good time with the EBS Family. Full report with videos and pictures at the EBS NAMM Blogg: http://ebssweden.wordpress.com

 

EBS Artist Tal Wilkenfeld signed for nearly two hours straight (!) at the booth on Friday.

 

Victor Bailey are back with EBS and appeared at the booth for demo and meet-and-greet. At the end of the session he was joined by another legend - EBS Pedal Artist Stanley Clarke.

 

EBS Pedal Artist John Moyer from Disturbed showed up for a signing on Saturday. John is the main inspiration behind the new EBS MetalDrive pedal.

 

Alex Al - Michael Jackson's bass player from 'This Is It' performed at the booth on Saturday along with his friends, guitarist Michael Angel (that proved that the EBS Session 60 and a couple of EBS Pedals is an excellent little guitar rig too!) and saxophone player and recording artist Jessy J.

 

EBS Artist Etienne Mbappé (right) played at the booth on occations all days of the show. Here jamming together with EBS Pedal Artists Chico Willcox and Fred Schneider.

New EBS Artists:Her Bright Skies, Paul Randolph and more...

Joakim Karlsson of new promising Swedish rockband Her Bright Skies is new EBS Artist. The band is currently on tour in Europe along with Adept and are releasing a new album in March. Joakim play EBS Fafner amps and ProLine cabs, and a MicroBass II pedal. www.herbrightskies.com

 

Paul Randolph is new EBS Artist. He is NYC based solo bass Artist as well as touring bassist for Jazzanova, Amp Fiddler, Innerzone Orchestra, and Josh White Jr. Paul plays EBS TD650 heads and NeoLine cabinets.

 

Jonathan Harvey is new EBS Artist. He is one of the UK's finest young bass players. Performing a broad range of music around the globe, Jonathan is building his reputation as a respected musician playing with an individual sound and soulful touch. Jonathan play EBS HD350 heads, NeoLine cabs and EBS Pedals.  www.myspace.com/jharveymusic

 

Swedish young fusion bassist Johannes Zetterberg whose solo debut album feature keyboard wizard Jay Oliver and saxophonist Eric Marienthal is new EBS Artist. www.myspace.com/johanneszetterberg Swedish hardcore band Ape Rape Escape's bassist Niklas Lennartsson is new EBS Artist. www.myspace.com/aperapeescape

Hungarian bass player Temesi Berci is new EBS Artist. www.berci.hu

 

EBS Artist Fernando Mainer on Jorge Salan's new DVD

Check out the trailer here:

 

EBS Artist Jay-Tee Teterissa Video from Strings & Things Clinic

 

EBS Artist Jay-Tee Teterissa did a clinic at Strings & Things, Netherlands recently. Check out this video from the event!

 

 

 

New EBS Artist: Morrissey's bass player Solomon Walker!

Solomon Walker has played bass with the great Morrissey since 2007. Prior to that he spent twenty years playing in bands such as The Joy Circuit, Year of the Rabbit, German Shepherds, Cupcakes, the Cremations, and Blood on the Badge. 

 

Solomon, who has always favored vintage tube amps, was blown away by his new EBS Classic 450 Bass Head. According to Solomon, "It looks vintage and it sounds vintage. The amp produces tons of powerful low end with a vicious growl. The only difference is that I don't have to worry about it breaking down every night."

 

Solomon is currently on tour with Morrissey in support of the album Swords.
In his spare time, Solomon enjoys lifting weights.

 

www.myspace.com/morrissey

New EBS Artist: Dan Nyby - Prima Donna

Dan Nyby is currently on tour with his band Prima Donna, opening up for Green Day on stadium size arenas all over Europe. The band pick's up a cool vibe from old bands like The Ramones and Rolling Stones and put in plenty of energy and attitude and deliver pure punk rock'n roll for a new generation! Dan uses Fafner amps and ClassicLine cabs. Check them out at www.myspace.com/primadonna

 

 

Meshuggah bass player Dick Lövgren updated with EBS Pedals

Dick Lövgren, bass player of one of the most influential metal bands in modern time, Meshuggah, has added some EBS Pedals to his arsenal of sounds and is now armed with EBS DynaVerb, UniChorus, OctaBass and WahOne. Read about the band at www.meshuggah.net

 

 

Tom Witt from The Brian McKnight Show new EBS Pedal Artist!

Tom Witt is the bass player of the band in the Brian McKnight Show - the latest nationwidebroadcasted late night TV-show in USA. The band back up some of the finest artists in R'nB and pop music at the show, that includes at least three music performances per episode. Tom added the EBS Black Label Pedal line to be able to change his sound to all possible situations that will occur playing with such wide variety of artists. www.tomwittonline.com / www.brianmcknightshow.com

EBS Artists: Albums, tours and news in short...

 

EBS Artist Jonas Reingold has a new fusion album out with a constellation named 3rd World Electric featuring drummer Dave Weckl and guitarist Roine Stolt (Flower Kings / Transatlantic). The album shows an amazing musicianship in the tradition of Weather Report, Chick Corea´s Return to forever. Listen to and order the album here.

 

Hellfueled with EBS Artist Henke Lönn, is back with a new album called  'Emission of Sins'. Release in Sweden on November 27 and Worldwide on January 1, 2010. Prelisten to the album here. And preorder the album here. Bass was recorded with EBS Classic 450 amps and ClassicLine 810 cabs. www.hellfueled.com

 

Jaguares with EBS Artist Marco Renteria are nominated for two Latin Grammy's in this years Latin Grammy Awards. www.myspace.com/marcorenteria

 

Pain Of Salvation with EBS Artist Per Schelander will support legendary progressive rockers Dream Theater on their upcoming Australian tour in December. Check out tour dates and info on their new EP Linoleum at www.myspace.com/painofsalvation

 

The Haunted with EBS Artist Jonas Björler will support metal legends Slayer on their coming up European tour! www.the-haunted.com

 

Danko Jones with EBS Artist John JC Calabrese will support Gun's N Roses on their coming up stadium tour in Canada in January/February. www.dankojones.com

 

Igneous Human bass player Mikael "Redbeard" Gustavsson is new EBS Artist. The band has a brand new album out called Pyroclastic Storms. www.igneoushuman.com

 

EBS Artist Yuri Daniel is currently on tour with Jan Garbarek Group feat Trilok Gurtu. The tour will continue into the new year. www.garbarek.com

 

 

New EBS Artist: Jaguares' Marco Renteria

Bass player Marco Renteria from Mexican band Jaguares is new EBS Artist! Jaguares won the 2008 Latin Grammy Award for 'Best Rock Band' and are currently in the studio to record a new album. Beside playing with Jaguares, Marco is also doing a lot of session work in Mexico and LA. We are proud and happy to have Marco on board with EBS! Read more at: www.myspace.com/marcorenteria

Tal Wilkenfeld to perform at Bass Player Live! in Los Angeles

EBS Artist Tal Wilkenfeld will perform at the annual Bass Player Live! event, this year held at SIR in Los Angeles, on October 24-25. Also performing at the show will be EBS Pedal Artists Justin Meldal-Johnsen and Rufus Philpot. Read more at: www.bassplayerlive.com

 

John McLaughlin comments on Etienne Mbappé

Guitarist John McLaughlin made the following comment on his new bass player EBS Artist Etienne Mbappé on his website recently:
"Some of you may recall Etienne in one of the last incarnations of the Joe Zawinul Syndicate. I’m very happy to have Etienne in the band. He’s not only an amazing bassist and musician, but a great human being."

John and the band is currently in the studio working on a new album.

From: www.johnmclaughlin.com

New EBS Artist: Fibes Oh Fibes' Edvin Edvinsson

Swedish pop sensation Fibes Oh Fibes bass player Edvin Edvinsson is new EBS Artist.

The band has been a rocket on the Swedish Charts with their new album '1987' and the latest single 'Run To You', a duet with 80's pop icon Kim Wilde. Check out more about the band here: www.fibesohfibes.com

 

New EBS Artist: Smash Into Pieces' Viktor Vidlund

Smash into Pieces made it into Swedish TV4 talent show "Sweden..s got talent" in 2009 but after being offered a spot in the semi finals the band dropped out of the competition to sign a record deal with Ninetone Records. They are now in the studio recording their debut album to be released in early 2010. Bass player Viktor Vidlund is new EBS Artist. More at: www.myspace.com/smashintopieces

Albums & Tours

Katatonia, with EBS Artist Mattias Norrman, will release their new album 'Night is the new Day' at the beginning of November. The band will do massive touring through out Europe during the fall to support the album. Follow Katatonia at www.katatonia.com

 

Swedish rockers Bonafide has a new album out called 'Something Drippin'. Check it out at www.bonafiderocks.com

 

LA rock band Prima Donna is currently opening up for Green Day on their European stadium tour. Prima Donna's bass player Dan Nyby will use EBS Fafner and Classic Line cabs on the last 20 dates of the tour. www.myspace.com/primadonna

Check out some pictures from the Stockholm Show at the EBS blog!

 

Wolf with EBS Artist Anders Modd is currently on tour in the UK, and will open up for legendary Wasp in December. More at www.wolf.nu

 

Watch out for a new album coming out soon with Eggs & Dogs. Eggs & Dogs features EBS own Michael Stolt on vocals and bass :-), along with Tomas Bodin and Marcus Lilijequist known from progressiove rock greats Flower Kings and JJ Marsh from Glenn Hughes band on guitars. The bass was recorded using an EBS Classic 450 head. Check out the band here: www.myspace.com/eggsanddogs

 

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New EBS Artist: Dead By April's Marcus Wesslén!

We are happy to introduce Marcus Wesslén from new Swedish metal sensation Dead By April as new EBS Artist. The band recieved a "Best New Swedish Act" award before they even released an album, and by the time of the release of their debut they had already passed 1 million hits on their MySpace. Their mix of catchy, strong melodies and brutal Swedish death metal is a deadly inviting and the band is by many seen as the next big thing on the Swedish metal scene after In Flames worldwide success the last couple of years. Marcus play Fafner heads and ProLine cabinets.

www.deadbyapril.com

More new EBS Artists...

Bass player Robin Zielhorst from US progressive rockers Cynic is new EBS Artist.

Abbi Roth, bass player for Bo Bice, is new EBS Artist. She plays EBS TD650 heads and ProLine 810 Cabinets.

Jeff Watts is new EBS Pedal Artist. He uses EBS DynaVerb and OctaBass pedals.

Erkan Özdemir of Memo Gonzales is new EBS Artist (pictured).

Victor Brandt new touring bass player for Entombed!

EBS Artists Victor Brandt, that used to play for Norwegian Black Metal band Satyricon, has now joined Swedish legendary metal band Entombed on tour. First gig with the new band was infront of 27'000 fans at the Summer Breeze festival in Germany. Victor is also busy touring with his original band Totalt Jävla Mörker, supporting their latest release Söndra & Härska. Check out Entombed and TJM on tour this fall! Sound samples of EBS new MetalDrive, played by Victor, can be found here.

www.totaltjavlamorker.com

www.myspace.com/serpentsaints (Entombed @ MySpace)

New Albums & Tours...

September is a really busy month with new releases and tours that kicks off! Here are some involving EBS Artists:

Progressive supergroup Porcupine Tree will release their new album "The Incident" in September, and kick off their new World Tour. See www.porcupinetree.com for details. Bass player Colin Edwin uses TD650 heads, NeoLine cabinets and EBS pedals.

 

Katatonia, with EBS Artist Mattias Norrman will join Porcupine Tree on the Scandinavian dates. Follow Katatonia at www.katatonia.com

 

Raised Fist has a new album out called "Veil of Ignorance". Catch Andreas "Josse" Johansson and the rest of the band on tour this fall. www.raisedfist.com

 

In Flames with EBS Artist Peter Iwers, will co-headline the European leg of the Taste Of Chaos along with Killswitch Engage. Joined by, among others Dead By April, with new EBS Artist Marcus Wesslén! www.tasteofchaos.com

In the studio...

Blindside is back in the studio in LA with producer Howard Benson (P.O.D., Hoobastank, Papa Roach etc) to record their first album since 2005 for an early 2010 release. www.blindsideonline.com

Soilwork is in the studio recording for a new album to be released some time in 2010.

www.soilwork.org

Katatonia just finished mixing their coming up album to be released in November.

www.katatonia.com

Stay tuned for more...

Pic of the month: Colin Edwin's Pedal Board for the upcoming tour

Porcupine Tree's bass player, Colin Edwin, sent this pic from rehearsal for the upcoming "Incident" world tour.

 

Victor Bailey returns to EBS!

We are very happy to welcome back mr Victor Bailey to EBS! Victor Bailey is a true master of the bass instrument that has played with them all, and with a great solo career as well. After a few years with a different brand, Victor decided it was time to come back to the sound he loved from his EBS Fafner heads and ProLine cabinets.

Here's Victors own statement:

'In our search for our musical selves, often times we travel to the far ends of the universe, only to end up back home. EBS is home. Simply the best bass amps in the world!'

We say welcome back and are happy to have Victor onboard again!
Read more at www.victorbailey.com

New EBS Artist: Julian from aVid*!

aVid* bassplayer Julian is now armed with EBS. The four German guys have shared the stage with acts like the Smashing Pumpkins and Chris Cornell.
New album coming soon!

www.avid-music.de 

www.myspace.com/avidmusic

Marcel Jacob 1964-2009

It is with great sadness we recieved the news that our friend and long time EBS Artist Marcel Jacob passed away on July 21, at the age of 45. Marcel was a fantastic bass player and musician that helped put Swedish hard rock and metal on the map with his early commitment as bass player for Yngwie Malmsteen in the 80’s (as well as a short period with Europe). In 1988 Marcel formed the band Talisman along with his friend and singer Jeff Scott Soto. Talisman became his main gig for his last 20 years – saluted with a big Anniversary gig at the Sweden Rock Festival 2007.  Marcel also performed as a solo bass player at the EBS Bass n Drum Days, a yearly event that was arranged between 2001 – 2007. Our thoughts goes to Marcel Jacob’s family and close friends.

Pic of the month: Justin Meldal-Johnsen recieve his EBS pedals!

Justin Meldal-Johnsen from Nine Inch Nails / Beck is new EBS pedal artist! Here's a pic from when he recieved the goods from Jack Thompson at MDG (EBS US distributor).

Warren McRae from the Tina Turner World Tour!

EBS Artist Warren McRae just finished the final shows on the Tina Turner world tour. We had the privilege to meet Warren in Stockholm and made an interview with him.

Read the interview with Warren at the brand new EBS Blog at www.ebssweden.wordpress.com

New EBS Pedal Artists: Chico Willcox and Fred Schneider!

Brazilian bass player Chico Willcox is new EBS Pedal Artist.
His clammed album “New Samba Jazz”, released by Autrisuoni Records, had an excellent feedback he is currently in working progress for a new album to be released in 2009. Credits include playing with Brasilian stars Bocatto, João Donato, Guilherme Arantes, Emilio Santiago e Sandy and international musicians, such as: Nguyen Le, David "Fingers" Haynes, Mike Stern, Jojo Mayer etcetera.

French bass player Fred Schneider is a new EBS Pedal Artist.
Fred is well known in the bass player community with several solo albums and session work among his credits. He's featured on recordings with Cyril Achard, the Bass Influence 2 & 3 compilations, TC Jones Project Eclat, Seul à seuls, Lag I Run etc.

Welcome to the EBS family!

Pic of the month:

The Sounds with EBS at the Bamboozle Festival, NJ

EBS Welcome Peter Sonntag!!

German bass extraordinaire and living legend Peter Sonntag is new EBS Artist. Peter has a long and succesful career as bass player and is currently playing with his band Final Virus as well as doing a lot of sessions and workshops in Germany and around the world. We say welcome to the EBS Family!
www.peter-sonntag.com

Will Davies from Attack! Attack! on EBS pedals

Will Davies is the bass player for UK rock band Attack! Attack! Since forming in 2007 Attack! Attack! have been making waves across Europe and the USA, racking up tours with bands like Lostprophets and Funeral for a Friend and playing the SXSW music festival in Texas. Wills aggressive yet melodic bass lines hold down the bands catchy rock anthems, whilst adding another dimension to the bands sound. It's this knack for writing catchy rock songs which has led the band to be featured on the next Activision Guitar Hero game! Check out the band and their debut album at www.myspace.com/attackattackband

More new EBS Artists...

Bonny G. Assan, with German bassplayer with Thomas Godoj (Winner of the german pop TV show DSDS) is new EBS Artist.
www.thomas-godoj.de/

Eric Sainte-Croix from French band Banane Métalik is new EBS Artist. www.bananemetalik.com

Solo Album from Colin Edwin of Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree bass player Colin Edwin has a new solo album out, called Three Vessels. This is not really a solo bass album but an interesting composition of urban and far-east rythms, spoken words, ambient sounds and bass grooves. The album is only available to order from the Porcupine Tree webshop at www.burningshed.com

Pic of the month: JJ Smith on Tyra Banks show with Jamie Foxx

EBS Artist played on a recent episode of the Tyra Banks show with Jamie Foxx recently, and sent us this nice pic from the TV studio.

Tal Wilkenfeld on Jeff Beck album and DVD

EBS Artist Tal Wilkenfeld can be heard on the new live release by Jeff Beck Performing this week...Live from Ronnie Scotts. The recording is available as a live album as well as on DVD and features Jeff Beck, Tal Wilkenfeld, drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and keyboard player Jason Rebello. Visit the album website here.

Check out Will & The People!

UK based Will & The People plays a ska-pop-rock that will probably fill your head this summer with the coming release of their debut album on RCA Records. The album is produced by Johhny Douglas, whose previous work include George Michael, John Legend, Chris Brown and Kylie Minouge. Although the album is not yet out, the band has already been opening for such bands as The Police, The Hoosiers, The Script etc. Bass player, and our fellow Swede, Dan Lundholm is now armed with EBS NeoGorm combos and MicroBass II preamps! More info at www.myspace.com/willandthepeople

Rave reviews for Wolf's Ravenous!

Wolf's new album Ravenous was released in Europe by the end of February and will be released in USA by the end of March. The album, that was produced by Roy Z (Judas Priest/Bruce Dickinson etc) has already been entitled the Hard Rock Album of the year by several journalists around the world, and might be the big breakthrough for this Swedish class act of classic heavy metal. Bass player Anders Modd and guitarist Johannes Axeman both endorse EBS pedals and the album was recorded using an EBS Classic 450 amp and MicroBass II preamp. More at www.myspace.com/wolfheavymetal

And there is more...

Swedish metal band Hammerfall is currently on tour supporting their new album No sacrifice, no victory Backing up bass player Fredrik Larsson is an EBS TD650 and ProLine 810 cabinet. www.hammerfall.net

EBS Artist Victor Broden is now the bass player with the acclaimed band Luna Halo, as well as on the upcoming tour with Jessica Harper. Visit www.myspace.com/victorbrodenbassfreelance

EBS Artist, 18 year old Dwayne Thomas Jr. just recorded for a coming up Bass Gospelchops DVD with Hadrien Feraud, Andrew Gouche, and Janek Gwizdala, among others. He's also on a new album with Rick Flanagan called Memphis Nights.

EBS Artists at the Grammy Awards

Zappa Plays Zappa won the Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance recently. Here's what bass player Pete Griffin has to say about his EBS pedals: "I'm loving the EBS Black Label Pedals! The UniChorus can produce such a wide array of tones, I've never heard an octaver track like the OctaBass and the BassIQ is very easy to use and just as juicy sounding as my vintage Mu-Tron, but smaller. The Micro Bass II has saved my butt a few times on the road, I use it to balance the sounds of my different basses onstage, and being able to dial in the amount of effects loop helps keep a good fundamental tone even with all my effects."

Also congrats to EBS Pedal Artist Mr Hardgroove for his performance on Burning Spears 'Jah Is Real' who won the Grammy for Best Reggae Album.

In Flames Sum up a Great 2008

In Flames with bass player Peter Iwers can look back at 2008 being proud of themself. Here's the Awards won by the band for their album "A Sense Of Purpose":

Sweden
P4 Dist Award
P3 Rock – Album of the year
Grammi – Best Hard Rock
P3 Gold – Best Rock/metal
Swedish Metal Awards – Best Death metal Band
Swedish Metal Awards – Best Video (Alias)
Bandit Rock Awards - Best Swedish Band
Bandit Rock Awards  - Best Swedish Album
Bandit Rock Awards  - Best Swedish Live Band 

UK
Metal Hammer Awards - Golden God Award
& Best International Act.

Russia
Russian Ramp Award – Best International Band