Eastern Conference Champions' gear stolen in LA

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Posted in SXSW | music | stolen gear on February 28, 2007

Eastern Conference Champions' gear stolen in LA

Eastern Conference Champions Don't leave your gear alone in a van overnight. From MySpace:

Fuck. We just played the last night of our February residency on Monday to a packed house at the Silverlake Lounge, and then all of our gear gets stolen. The van was parked overnight on Sycamore, just east of LaBrea, between 4th and 6th streets. The next morning, our buddy, the green sherrod aka '94 Ford Econoline, was discovered with the passenger side window smashed and all the equipment gone. Everything. Guitars, Drums, Amps, Computers. Everything. The fuckers wiped us out. These pieces of shit even took the time to unscrew the useless TV and VCR out of the overhead console. And all of this happened on a quiet little neighborhood street.

The list of gear and serial numbers will be posted soon, please keep a look out on sites like craigslist or ebay for us. We really appreciate everyone's help. On a brighter note, we're getting ready to play SXSW and head out on the road for a solid two months with some great bands like Mew, The Films and The View. We hope to see you soon, have a few drinks together and curse the bastards that took our stuff. Thanks.

...josh/greg/vern

sux.

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Posted on February 28, 2007 9:33 AM

Comments (6)

friends of mine from back home..makes me sick!

Posted by modrevolve | February 28, 2007 10:13 AM

the band or the person(s) who stole the equipment?

Posted by Anonymous | February 28, 2007 11:07 AM

that's ridiculous, but LA will do that to you. i wanted to go to their final residency show, but missed it. now i'm extra bummed.

Posted by brian | February 28, 2007 12:31 PM

sorry..i meant the band are friends of mine from back home. greg and josh used to be in laguardia, who were at one time signed to universal/republic.

Posted by modrevolve | February 28, 2007 12:36 PM

"sorry..i meant the band are friends of mine..."

Well... duh.

Posted by no kidding | February 28, 2007 1:13 PM

WELCOME TO THE MIDDLE was probably the best title for an OK band with a cute front guy who everyone thinks (wrongly) might be a pop saviour. Laguardia got fucked really hard by Universal, Josh can't catch a break.

also, anyone find it ironic that a Philly band got their shit ripped off...being that McNabbville is the stolen gear capitol of the usa?

Posted by Anonymous | February 28, 2007 11:40 PM