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Ellis

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Influenced by the formidable likes of Coldplay, The Killers, and U2 among other bands, Ellis brings a dynamic Brit sound to the Canadian music scene. The band originally formed by Darren Labrentz, was the result of some songs he wrote while visiting San Francisco a few years ago. Labrentz was staying in a small apartment on 'Ellis' Street, which appropriately provided a name for the band.
After spending 2 busy years together, Ellis has built a solid local following and has managed to expand its fan base outside the city by touring to the west coast. The band was invited to perform at the 2005 Western Canada Music Awards in Vancouver, and will be making its first trip to the east in March as part of the 2007 Canadian Music Week Showcase Festival in Toronto. The band has showcased locally on the main stage of the Edmonton Works Art and Design Festival for three consecutive years including opening night and Canada Day performances.
Ellis recorded its first self-produced album ‘Bright Light City’ in 2004 and then collaborated with producers Brian Howes (Hinder, Hedley, American Idol) and Joey Moi (Nickelback, Theory of a Deadman) at Mountainview Studios in Vancouver, B.C. to record a four song EP, ‘Breakin’ Into Pieces’. The band will be back in the studio later this year to record another four song offering in hopes of sparking major-label interest.
Ellis is currently represented by Hollie Sackett, Director of Talent Management at Silver Lining Ltd. in Toronto. [email protected]

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Music:

Member Since: 9/24/2005
Band Website: www.ellisband.com
Band Members: Vox, Keys, Guitar: Darren Labrentz
Lead Guitars: Kory Read
Bass: Ryan Lawrie
Drums: Krishna Ray

ELLIS THANKS SONiC 102.9 for making us Band of The Month Feb. 2007
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Influences: Everything from U2 to Tool. We are all a sum of our experiences. As a band we listen to a lot of music and so it all gets in there a little bit. If you listen to our music I'm sure you can figure out what genres influence us more.
Sounds Like: U2, Coldplay, Oasis, The Killers etc.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

The past and the future...

Hey everyone, so for those who haven't noticed we haven't been doing much for a good year and a bit. Thanks for all the great feedback about Brace Yourself. We're super pumped about it being on Degras...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:38:00 GMT

10000 plays and counting!

Hooray!!! We are now over 10000 plays! That's pretty cool, especially with less than 500 friends. I know that there are lots of other bands out there that have way more plays but it makes us feel pret...
Posted by on Wed, 30 May 2007 17:39:00 GMT

Hey!

Hey there everybody! First off, let me say that we had a great time playing at the Metro! It was a very cool and intimate venue and the staff there treated us awesome! We felt that our sets went prett...
Posted by on Tue, 08 May 2007 14:39:00 GMT

Metro show!

Come to our show at the Metro! I know that I haven't blogged in forever, sorry. I just thought I'd throw a quick posting up to invite our fine fans to the show. It should be a good one, we're going to...
Posted by on Fri, 04 May 2007 00:46:00 GMT

Ellis back in action

Hey everyone! Well, we're gonna be back on stage this Friday night at the Paramount Theatre and we're feeling pretty good about that! Finally an all ages show for our younger fans to attend. We may b...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:12:00 GMT

Reloaded "Silhouette" and added "One Love"

Hey, so I added One Love to our player and reloaded Silhouette (don't ask) but it's pretty cool to have 5 songs on the player instead of 4. Too bad the play count on Silhouette got reset. For anyone w...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:07:00 GMT

Good times...

Hey Everybody!! So the show on Friday night went great! We had an awesome time and felt really good about how our set went. We also found out that over $1900 was raised for the Canadian Liver Foundati...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:03:00 GMT

Power Plant Show!

Hey everybody. Well, CMW was good and we made a lot of good contacts and all that good stuff. We do have a show coming up at the Power Plant at the U of A this Friday and we are hoping for a good turn...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:57:00 GMT

Canadian Music Week!!!

Hey everybody!!! Well, we're here in Toronto and I finally have a chance to blog a few lines for the band. Our showcase went good and we're having a great time here. We have been busy attending semina...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:48:00 GMT

CMW approaches...

Hey Ellis boys and girls!!! Well, we are getting our heads around this Canada Music Week thing and I guess we're getting pretty excited about it. Nothing like a trip to T.O. with the boys to make you ...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:33:00 GMT