Background
Eva Gardner is the daughter of The Creation bassist Kim Gardner, and cites her father as her primary influence. She left due to complications of her father dying while The Mars Volta was on tour.
Eva Gardner is the daughter of The Creation bassist Kim Gardner, and cites her father as her primary influence. She left due to complications of her father dying while The Mars Volta was on tour.
She is a graduate of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, where she studied under trumpet player Bobby Rodriguez. She completed touring Europe and South Africa in September 2007 and did promotion for the release of Funhouse in 2008.
She holds a degree in ethnomusicology from University of California, Los Angeles (Cum Laude). Eva was the original bassist for The Mars Volta (2001). Her work appears on their first European Parliament Tremulant and although she did not perform on the recording of Deloused in the Comatorium, she did write some of the basslines.
In 2003 she toured the United Kingdom with Tim Burgess (singer for The Charlatans) and also toured the United States 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. In 2009 Eva was touring bassist for Pink’s record-breaking Funhouse Tour (Europe, Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America).
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 European Parliament and the 2 singles "Getting Around Town” and “Lightning"s Girl", plus released music videos for "Are You Hungry" and "everysinglebodyelse". Eva appeared in an episode of My Ghost Story (Season 6, Episode14), talking about her father"s restaurant being haunted. While on a break in the middle of Pink"s The Truth About Love, 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 Garder"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. With Pink: The Oprah Winfrey Show, Music Television Video Music Awards, American Music Awards, Ellen, Conan O"Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The View, The Today Show, The Grammys
With Butch Walker and the Black Widows: Late Show with David Letterman
With Moby: Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Eva endorses Fender Guitars, Ampeg Amps and Rotosound strings.
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.
