Atom Ellis
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Atom Ellis, is a bass guitarist from San Francisco, California
. Atom was a founding member of the Thrash Funk band Psychefunkapus
from 1986-1992 and a member of the San Francisco band Dieselhed
from 1993-2000. During and after his tenure with Dieselhed
he also performed as a regular sideman for Link Wray
from 1996-2003.
For shorter stints Atom performed and recorded with World Entertainment War
, The Pop-o-pies
, Linda Perry
, Virgil Shaw
, Richard Thompson, Carl Hancock Rux
, Neil Hamburger
, Chuck Prophet
, and Brittany Shane
.
Atom Ellis has more recently toured as bassist and backup vocalist for The New Cars
.
Ellis is currently touring with The Tubes
(summer 2010).
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
. Atom was a founding member of the Thrash Funk band Psychefunkapus
Psychefunkapus
Psychefunkapus was a thrash funk band from the San Francisco Bay Area that released two albums for Atlantic Records in the early nineties. They got their name from their love of psychedelic music and a reference to a P-Funk song warning the coming of the "Funkapus".-History:Psychefunkapus formed in...
from 1986-1992 and a member of the San Francisco band Dieselhed
Dieselhed
Dieselhed was a San Francisco-based band, originally from Arcata, California.-Early career:Dieselhed formed in 1989 in the San Francisco Bay Area playing a blend of country, punk, and pseudo-classic rock. Drummer Heifetz spread his time between Dieselhed and the genre-bending experimentalists Mr....
from 1993-2000. During and after his tenure with Dieselhed
Dieselhed
Dieselhed was a San Francisco-based band, originally from Arcata, California.-Early career:Dieselhed formed in 1989 in the San Francisco Bay Area playing a blend of country, punk, and pseudo-classic rock. Drummer Heifetz spread his time between Dieselhed and the genre-bending experimentalists Mr....
he also performed as a regular sideman for Link Wray
Link Wray
Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr was an American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer....
from 1996-2003.
For shorter stints Atom performed and recorded with World Entertainment War
World Entertainment War
World Entertainment War is an American funk rock band, formed in 1986, noted for its memorable costumes, props, and antics, both on and off-stage and for songs containing intricate lyrics of a political and often humorous nature...
, The Pop-o-pies
Pop-o-pies
The Pop-O-Pies are a punk band from San Francisco founded by Joe Pop-O-Pie that got their start by repeatedly playing a cover of The Grateful Dead's "Truckin' ". Though the band went through many line up changes, notably featuring members of Faith No More and Mr...
, Linda Perry
Linda Perry
Linda Perry is an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer. Once best known as the lead singer and primary songwriter of 4 Non Blondes, Perry has founded two record labels and has become a major songwriter and producer...
, Virgil Shaw
Virgil Shaw
Virgil Shaw is an American singer/songwriter currently residing in Portland, Oregon.Virgil grew up in Fairfax, California.Virgil began his career in Arcata, CA in the late 1980s as a member of the high energy speed-pop band Brent's T.V.. He later moved to San Francisco where he played in the band...
, Richard Thompson, Carl Hancock Rux
Carl Hancock Rux
Carl Hancock Rux is an award winning writer and performer; former Head of the MFA Writing for Performance Program at the California Institute of the Arts and has taught or been in residence at University of California–San Diego, Stanford University, University of Massachusetts Amherst,...
, Neil Hamburger
Neil Hamburger
Neil Hamburger is a standup comedian character played by comedian and musician Gregg Turkington.-Style:Hamburger's live act, which is quite different from his many albums, features a barrage of question/answer jokes aimed often at celebrity targets, including Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, The Red...
, Chuck Prophet
Chuck Prophet
Chuck Prophet is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. A Californian, Prophet first achieved notice in the American psychedelic/desert rock group Green on Red, with whom he toured and recorded in the 1980s...
, and Brittany Shane
Brittany Shane
Brittany Shane is an American singer-songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas. The Wisconsin-born and raised songstress blends rock and pop with poetry. She got her start performing at The Fillmore in San Francisco, California in 2000, playing acoustic in the Poster Room before acts such as...
.
Atom Ellis has more recently toured as bassist and backup vocalist for The New Cars
The New Cars
The New Cars was a band formed in 2005 with two of the original members of the 1970s/1980s new wave band The Cars. The band was composed of Todd Rundgren, drummer Prairie Prince, Kasim Sulton, and original Cars members Greg Hawkes and Elliot Easton...
.
Ellis is currently touring with The Tubes
The Tubes
The Tubes are a San Francisco-based rock band, whose 1975 debut album included the hit single, "White Punks on Dope". During its first fifteen years or so, the band's live performances combined quasi-pornography with wild satires of media, consumerism, and politics...
(summer 2010).
Selected discography
- Psychefunkapus-"Psychefunkapus" (1990- Atlantic #82063, credits: Bass/Vocals)
- Psychefunkapus-"Skin" (1991- Atlantic #82331, credits: Bass/Vocals)
- World Entertainment War (1991-Popular Metaphysics/MCA #10137, credits: Backing Vocals)
- Pop-o-Pies- "In Frisco" (1993- Amarillo #581, credits: Bass Guitar)
- Dieselhed- "Dieselhed" (1995- Amarillo #590, credits: Bass/Backing Vocals)
- Dieselhed- "Tales of a Brown Dragon" (1996- Amarillo #601, credits: Bass/Backing Vocals)
- Dieselhed- "Shallow Water Blackout" (1997- Amarillo #608, credits: Bass/Backing Vocals)
- Dieselhed- "Elephant Rest Home" (1999- Bongload BOOOOODFHN, credits: Bass/Backing Vocals)
- Richard Thompson- "Mock Tudor" (1999- Capitol #98860, credits: Electric Bass Guitar)
- Carl Hancock Rux- "Rux Review" (1999- Sony #69644, credits: Bass Guitar)
- Dieselhed- "Chico and the Flute" (2001- Bongload, credits: Bass/Backing Vocals)
- Richard Thompson- "Action Packed, The Capitol Years" (2001- Capitol #31051, credits: Electric Bass Guitar)
- Virgil Shaw- "Still Falling" (2003- Future Farmer BOOOO83MGL, credits: Bass Guitar)
- Chuck Prophet- "Age of Miracles" (2004- New West Records BOOO2UJKQS, credits: Bass guitar)
- Brittany Shane- "Brittany Shane" (2007- Brittany Shane #275569, credits: Bass Guitar)
- Neil Hamburger - "Sings Country Winners" (2008- Drag City Records DC363, credits: Bass/Ukulele)