Eastern Conference Champions have been robbed, burglarized, ripped off, screwed, bent over, taken advantage of and violated....all in one night.

Here it is in the LA Times buzzbands blog:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/buzzbands/

Here's the story from The Tripwire:
www.thetripwire.com/news/2007/2/27/eastern-conference-champions-gear-stolen

Here's the ECC version:

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