Eva Gardner


Eva Catherine Gardner is an electric bassist from Los Angeles, California. She is a graduate of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, where she studied under trumpet player Bobby Rodriguez. She holds a degree in ethnomusicology from UCLA. Eva Gardner is the daughter of The Creation bassist Kim Gardner, and cites her father as her primary influence.

Career

Eva was the original bassist for The Mars Volta. Her work appears on their first EP Tremulant and although she did not perform on the recording of Deloused in the Comatorium, she did write some of the basslines. She left due to complications of her father dying while The Mars Volta was on tour.
In 2003 she toured the UK with Tim Burgess and also toured the US with El Vez.
During January 2005 Eva was touring bassist for Veruca Salt during a tour of Australia. She is also the bassist for Los Angeles-based band Lyra, which is currently on hiatus.
Eva Gardner joined Pink’s band in 2007. She completed touring Europe and South Africa in September 2007 and did promotion for the release of Funhouse in 2008. In 2009 Eva was touring bassist for Pink’s record-breaking Funhouse Tour. She continued touring with Pink in 2010 for the Funhouse Summer Carnival Tour in Europe, the final tour of the Funhouse album era.
In 2011 Gardner formed Telstar with Chris Unck of Butch Walker and the Black Widows, recorded Hot Knives EP and the 2 singles "Getting Around Town” and “Lightning's Girl", plus released music videos for "Are You Hungry" and "everysinglebodyelse".
As a returning member of Pink's band, Eva began promotional appearances in support of The Truth About Love, with a September 2012 album release date.
Eva appeared in an episode of My Ghost Story, talking about her father's restaurant being haunted.
While on a break in the middle of Pink's The Truth About Love Tour, Eva joined Moby's band for performances on Conan O'Brien plus three live shows at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on October 3–5, 2013.
In January 2014, the Eva Gardner's signature Precision Bass was released for public purchase via Squier by Fender. The bass features a graphic of a ship that is a replica image of a tattoo on her arm.
On January 26, 2014, Eva played bass at 56th Grammy Awards during Pink's live performance.
Eva was the bassist for Cher's 2014 Dressed to Kill Tour.
in 2015 she appeared in an episode of Transparent with The Indigo Girls.
In 2016, Gardner joined Tegan and Sara on their Love You to Death Tour.
In early 2017 Eva joined the Classic Cher residency show with dates in Las Vegas, NV and Washington, D.C.
Eva is currently in her 12th year as Pink's live bassist and is on the Beautiful Trauma World Tour.

TV show appearances

With Pink: The Oprah Winfrey Show, MTV Video Music Awards, American Music Awards, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The View, The Today Show, The Grammys, Saturday Night Live, Good Morning America, Country Music Association Awards
With Gwen Stefani: Saturday Night Live, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Good Morning America
With Butch Walker and the Black Widows: Late Show with David Letterman
With Moby: Tonight Show with Jay Leno , Conan O'Brien
With Tegan and Sara: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
With Cher: Billboard Music Awards

Endorsements

Eva endorses Fender Guitars, Ampeg Amps, Rotosound Strings and Gator Cases and Dunlop Picks and Pedals

Discography

Eva Gardner (solo)

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With The Mars Volta & Omar Rodríguez-López

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With Marissa Nadler

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With Lyra

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With Miranda Lee Richards

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With Leerone

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With Little Sandwitch

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