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Eastern Conference Champions
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Philidelphia, PA (2005 – present)
Eastern Conference Champions are an indie rock band from Philidelphia, PA formed in 2005. The band consists of Josh Ostrander (guitar, vocals), Greg Lyons (drums) and Melissa Dougherty (bass). Ostrander and Lyons were former members of Laguardia. Guitarist Vern Zaborwoski (formerly of CKY) left the band in 2009 and was replaced by Dougherty.
A semi-factual version of how ECC came to be… Two longtime friends and bandmates, Josh and Greg weren’t happy with the way their old band was going. So they left. They left behind good friends; they opted out of a major label record deal, they stopped going on cross-country excursions and missed out on gallons of free booze. It was a long, lonely summer for the two fancy lads. Basically, an average day for them would be to rise out of bed at 7 a.m., meet each other at a crummy landscaping job, say short-lived goodbyes at 5:30 and rendezvous at 8 for a two-man writing and recording session. This process was repeated over and over (and over) again for a solid four months. Luckily, the bastards recorded some good songs: ditties that portrayed their blue collar misery while reeking of liberation and lost love. “Let’s play live”, they both agreed. The only problem was, they needed the right person to join them. Enter Vern. Equally disheveled as the other two and even more disgruntled with a former band; he was another voice of the working man and the best bass player the boys could ask for.
A semi-factual version of how ECC came to be… Two longtime friends and bandmates, Josh and Greg weren’t happy with the way their old band was going. So they left. They left behind good friends; they opted out of a major label record deal, they stopped going on cross-country excursions and missed out on gallons of free booze. It was a long, lonely summer for the two fancy lads. Basically, an average day for them would be to rise out of bed at 7 a.m., meet each other at a crummy landscaping job, say short-lived goodbyes at 5:30 and rendezvous at 8 for a two-man writing and recording session. This process was repeated over and over (and over) again for a solid four months. Luckily, the bastards recorded some good songs: ditties that portrayed their blue collar misery while reeking of liberation and lost love. “Let’s play live”, they both agreed. The only problem was, they needed the right person to join them. Enter Vern. Equally disheveled as the other two and even more disgruntled with a former band; he was another voice of the working man and the best bass player the boys could ask for.
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twinkle_toes20 wrote:
I agree with regular14... awesome!
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tamaribu wrote:
great show at spaceland opening for Illinois and the Builders and the Butchers.
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JaffaDeLancia wrote:
and I got nothin' to complain about.
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drmn wrote:
yes. they deserve more attention.
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Z3BR4K wrote:
Agree with stalk3r. Underrated
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jannerjake wrote:
clap your hands say yeah mixed with white stripes
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Regular14 wrote:
ECC is the greatest discovery since farming.
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stalk3r wrote:
underrated
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ffxi_frohike wrote:
Opened for Black Francis tonight. Good stuff, actually wanted to hear a few more of their songs.
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velkr0 wrote:
yeah... i saw them in vancouver the other night.. and they were awesome and kool! been listening to them since... cheers!
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shirleebee wrote:
They will be opening for BRMC now.
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kimberlyann9 wrote:
Eastern Conference Champions - Live Review from the Troubadour 1/10/07 is up on my journal page for those interested. Any input/feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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Ey3con wrote:
You guys were great the other night with Cursive. I have the pictures and I'll send them to you guys via Myspace.
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thelastboykraut wrote:
These guys own
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HedwigsInTheBox wrote:
I had hoped that all those Warped Tour samplers would bring something decent. This...this is not it.
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tamaribu added Eastern Conference Champions to the lineup of The Builders and the Butchers at Spaceland. July 2009
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