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Eastern Conference Champions

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About Me


GREG SCARES THE CRAP OUT OF JOSH.... from joshua Ostrander on Vimeo .
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Eastern Conference Champions - "The Box"
SINGLE SEDATIVE from joshua Ostrander on Vimeo .


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A semi-factual version of how ECC came to be...
Two longtime friends and bandmates, Josh and Greg werent 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.
Lets 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. I'll play with you fuckers, he happily declared as the three downed cold lagers and warm whiskey. At that exact moment in random parts of the world; a baby was conceived, a choir sang, a boy and girl shared their first kiss, a homeless man stumbled upon a bag of money, a power grid went out in a major metropolitan area, a winning touchdown was scored, an actor gave the best performance of his career, the moon became aligned with Jupiter, an angel earned her wings and the Eastern Conference Champions were born.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/29/2004
Band Website: easternconferencechampions.com
Band Members: Josh Ostrander: Lead Vocals, Guitar & Piano
AOL IM: joshecc
/Greg Lyons: Drums & Synths
AOL IM: boostecc
/Vern Z: Bass & Sampler & Stash
AOL IM: wellsecc

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Record Label: US: Suretone UK: Island/ Fallout
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

UK OK, part 4

"Sorry, you were supposed to go on five minutes ago." Words spoken by someone at the club in Hamburg after we ping-ponged from Amsterdam to Brighton, played the Great Escape Festival, slept for two ho...
Posted by Eastern Conference Champions on Wed, 28 May 2008 07:26:00 PST

UK OK, part 3

"Oy mate, can you take everything out of your pockets and stay right here?" That was two cops suspecting Josh of selling drugs in the parking lot of a bowling alley on our day off in Peterborough.&nbs...
Posted by Eastern Conference Champions on Thu, 15 May 2008 11:49:00 PST

UK OK, part 2

"You have been upgraded to a Mercedes, but we will fuck you on the insurance and there is nothing you can do about it.  Good day." That was how our rental car experience started.  After havi...
Posted by Eastern Conference Champions on Fri, 02 May 2008 06:01:00 PST

UK OK, part 1

"You need to get an agent in line over there!  People are cutting in and it's not fucking fair"!  That's how the trip started.  Some crazy woman at the airport flipping out in...
Posted by Eastern Conference Champions on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:05:00 PST

ECC In Paste

If you look in Paste magazine (May issue, page 21) you will see Eastern Conference Champions ad for "Paste Station".  Paste Station lets people download songs and videos from the website. ...
Posted by Eastern Conference Champions on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:00:00 PST

"The Box" Video is Everywhere

If you are dying to see the video for "The Box" from Eastern Conference Champions you are in luck.  The video can be found pretty much everywhere.  Check the list below for a station near ...
Posted by Eastern Conference Champions on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:51:00 PST

SXSW Log Blog

Tuesday, 3/11, 7 am: The van leaves its dock in los angeles headed for austin, texas and the never-ending party that is known as south by southwest. The three members of ECC are aboard the craft, as...
Posted by Eastern Conference Champions on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:38:00 PST

Rambles from the Van, PT. 4

The tour has come to an end and so now have the rambles from the van....Speaking of our van, she is now docked and taking a well deserved break. The girl had been through snow and ice, wind and rain,...
Posted by Eastern Conference Champions on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:55:00 PST

Rambles from the Van, PT. 3

This blog is being brought to you by the Seven Feathers Hotel and Casino Resort in beautiful Canyonsville, Oregon.The ECC wagon aka the Great Green Machine was off and running yesterday, leaving Portl...
Posted by Eastern Conference Champions on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:14:00 PST

Rambles from the Van, PT 2.

An 11 hour drive through the night to get to the next venue? 12 hours? 13? No problem. We laugh at that shit. Vern laughed. Greg laughed. Josh swallowed some trucker speed and washed it down wi...
Posted by Eastern Conference Champions on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:04:00 PST