Thieves victimize Eastern Conference Champions

Eastern Conference Champions finished its February residency at the Silverlake Lounge with a bang on Monday night. Then, thieves lowered the boom on the Philadelphia-area trio.

The band's van, parked on a side street in Hollywood off La Brea, was burglarized and ECC's gear was stolen. "Every bit of it," front man Josh Ostrander said this morning, still in shock. "Well, they left our T-shirts."

Ostrander said drummer Greg Lyons had driven the van to where he was staying, with the intention of taking it to the DMV office today to get it registered in California. Thieves broke the van's window to gain entry and made off with guitars, amps, drums -- "and even a television, which was bolted down," Ostrander said.

ECC is now squarely in a bind. They are due to perform at the South by Southwest Music Festival in a little over two weeks, followed by tours with Mew, the Films and the View in advance of the June release of ECC's full-length debut on Suretone Records.

Comments

[Sammy Grant]

That is horrible news. I just saw them last night at the Silverlake Lounge -- their show was fantastic, they even did a cover of the old Jackson 5 song "I Want You Back." Go see them if you can -- if they are able to replace their gear.