Phosphorescent Get Jacked For $40,000 Worth of Gear, Need Your Help
This sucks. After playing an amazing show last night with Dawes, a van was stolen in our ‘hood filled to the brim with custom and vintage gear of the lovely Brooklyn crooner. From Phosporescent’s management:Last night, after an amazing show at Pier 54 in New York City, Phosphorescent’s rental van -along with all of their equipment – was stolen from outside a residence in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Last night’s show was the first night of their scheduled six-weeks US Tour. Among the stolen items was Matthew Houck’s custom, irreplaceable 1955 Gibson ES-125 guitar, vintage amplifiers, and a vintage pedal steel with losses totaling around $40,000. If anyone has ANY information or leads on what might have happened, or if you see any of this gear in pawn shops, on Craigslist, etc, please call the NY Police Department, Vector Management, or anyone you think might be able to help recover this gear. The van rental company is insured – they are covered for their van and are therefore not greatly concerned with recovering it. Phosphorescent DOES care though, greatly, about recovering any of this gear possible, and figuring out how to rally up and make this US Tour happen. Anything anyone can do to help would be simply amazing. We have set up a Paypal account for anyone wishing to donate funds to help replace gear – anything helps. We will be sending updates about the upcoming tour dates ASAP. Thanks in advance for any goodwill and assistance and thank you for your support over the years.
If you have any info please contact us or nick@vectormgmt.com. You can make a contribution to save the tour here. Seriously, this is the worst. Full list of stolen items after the jump.
STOLEN EQUIPMENT LIST:
MOST OF THIS GEAR IS IN STANDARD BLACK ROADCASES
STENCILED WITH “PHOSPHORESCENT” OR “PHOS”
IN LARGE WHITE LETTERS
GUITARS:
1955 Gibson ES-125 Hollow-body Electric
1968 Gibson EB-3 Bass with slotted headstock (brown)
197? Fender Stratocaster – Custom, Blonde wood finish. No brand names or markings anywhere.
197? Emmons Pedal Steel Guitar – Push-Pull Model
AMPS:
1973 Fender Twin Reverb (Silverface) w/ Indian Sun Worshipper Tapestry affixed to grillplate
1978 Music Man 112 RD500 Custom Amp w/ 10″ Speaker
SWR Workingman’s Bass Amp
196? Fender Deluxe Reverb
PEDALS:
(1) Line 6 DL4 Delay Pedal
(2) Fulltone Full-Drive 2 Mosfet
(1) Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Plus
(1) Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff
(2) Electro Harmonix 80′s Memory Man Deluxe
(1) MXR Power Amp Pedal
(2) Boss TU-2 Tuner
(1) MXR Phase 90, CSP-026
(1) Fender Tuning Pedal
DRUMS:
DW “Collectors Series” Drum Kit - Black Matte finish
22″ kick drum
16″ floor tom
12″ rack tom
14″ Yamaha, Anton Fig snare drum, with maple hoops
(1) Ludwig boom cymbal stand
(2) yamaha boom cymbal stands
(1) DW9000 Hi-Hat pedal, DW7000 kick pedal
(1) Yamaha, double braced snare stand
(1) Ludwig double braced snare stand
(1) Ludwig drum throne/stool.
(1) 20″ Zyldjian Constantinople ride cymbal
(1) 17in Zildjian A Custom crash cymbal
(2) Zildjian Constantinople Hi-Hats (paired)
OTHER ITEMS:
Black Arai Profile Full-face Motorcycle Helmet
Durango Boots – Brown Harness Boots
MERCHANDISE:
Approximately:
150 Vinyl (To WIlle/Pride/Here’s to Taking it Easy)
150 CD’s (To WIlle/Pride/Here’s to Taking it Easy)
100 PHOSPORESCENT “LION” T-shirts
here’s to taking it (it being P-boy’s gear) easy, hehhehheh
And they left all that shit in the van?????
Insurance??????? Prob not since you’re asking for donations…..
DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES DONATE MONEY TO THESE MORONS…..BETTER YOU SHOULD FLUSH YOUR MONEY DIRECTLY DOWN THE TOILET AFTER WIPING YOUR ASS WITH IT.
Obviously they are too stupid to take care of their own equipment.
Again?
Can someone please tell all of these touring musicians that this is fucking NYC, and if you leave your shit overnight in a van especially a rental van (DUH!!) – unattended – it will get stolen. Didn’t this happen to the Brian Jonestown Massacre last year, and a few others I can’t remember? Hello people, wake up.
It may look like a liberal arts college campus around here, but it’s still Brooklyn.
Never leave anything in your car. Not a pair of drumsticks or a bag of guitar picks. Nothing!!
If you are on tour and have to park on the street then two people from the band must sleep in the van, or kiss your “irreplaceable blah-blah-blah” goodbye.
Seriously FUCK these transplant pieces of shit bearded fucks.
I am glad their gear got stolen.
Fucking scumbags.
I hope your gear gets stolen again when you bring your bullshit band down here to DC.
the hipster hating is just plain childish so cut that bullshit out.
that aside, dudes, don’t leave your shit in the car! how many times does this have to happen. it doesn’t matter how nice NYC seems now. if you leave a pack a gum in the car someone might break in. it has happened to me. your car must be totally empty at night.
i have gone on tour with bands and we always bring all the gear inside the house no matter how annoying it is. you guys know better. good luck with your shit.
Hey FUCK YOU RONNY
You know what? God don’t like UGLY. That’s why this retard encehpalitis case got fucking robbed in the first place.
WTF? Only retard shitheel transplants are THAT fucking stupid. No insurance either. LAME.
I guess he saves all his *mental* energy for his
m u s i q u e.
Sorry dudes. That shit’s gone. Especially a ’55 Gibby.
But yeah, your transplant-ness was showing through thinking you can leave high dollar equipment outside in a van. In brooklyn no less.
My band takes changes with our stuff but we know enough that there’s at least plenty of room under the bed for guitar cases. I’d rather carry it up and than risk it.
Hey ROnny….Why do you think they only show this dude in profile?
ITS CUZ THE OTHER SIDE OF HIS HEAD IS CAVED THE FUCK IN.
He’s a walking lobotomy case. DERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrr
Look at him…..GO ON….LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK!!!!!!!
All that fucking retard drool running down his chin.
Hey Josh, know why he couldn’t afford insurance on his precious, presious gear?????
CUZ HE SPENT ALL HIS FUCKING PENNIES ON GENTRIFIED SHITHEEL RENT AND A RETARD KEEPER THAT FOLLOWS HIM AROUND, CHANGES HIS DIAPER AND STOPS HIM FROM SWALLOWING HIS OWN TONGUE.
Listen my son, this was a message from the Hashem himself; it is a prophecy that you must heed. The Almighty is telling you, by visiting this apparent misfortune upon you…that YOU FUCKING SUCK, YOU REEKING LICEBAG SACK OF SHIT, and that you should give up this foolish pursuit of music (sic) and should instead devote yourself to pursuits more suitable for your talent, such as…oh I dunno, being a doorstop.
Shalom.
Wow, lots of hatred going on here in the comments. Chill.
I have had my apt door broken down for much less and it sucks.
The real problem is pawn shops can LEGALLY sell all that shit after holding it for 10 days. That needs to change.
Do you people live under the streets?
God must like the band more than you fucktard internet haters. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=16600699&blogId=537055356
They got their gear back and you still suck.