Editing EBow (section)

==Use==
The EBow was particularly popular in 1980s music, used by acts such as [[Big Country]], [[Tones on Tail]], [[Love and Rockets (band)|Love and Rockets]] and [[Bill Nelson (musician)|Bill Nelson]].<ref name="Gill-2023" /> The Love and Rockets guitarist [[Daniel Ash]] said the EBow "changed everything for me ... [It] basically turns the guitar into a keyboard ... It completely opened up the sound of the guitar."<ref>{{cite web |date=16 May 2018 |title=There's Only One: An Interview with Daniel Ash |url=https://www.collideartandculture.com/single-post/2018/05/16/There%E2%80%99s-Only-One-An-Interview-with-Daniel-Ash |access-date=18 February 2023 |website=Collideartandculture.com}}</ref>

The EBow has been used to create background textures or sustained notes similar to [[guitar feedback]], as in "[[(Don't Fear) The Reaper]]" (1976) by [[Blue Öyster Cult]] and "[[Heaven Beside You]]" (1996) by [[Alice in Chains]].<ref name="Gill-2023" /> It was used by [[the Edge]] on the 1983 U2 album ''[[The Unforgettable Fire]]'' and by [[Noel Gallagher]] on the 1996 Oasis song "[[Don't Look Back in Anger]]".<ref name="Gill-2023" />

The EBow was prominently used by the [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] guitarist [[John McGeoch]] on "Sin in My Heart", from the 1981 album ''[[Juju (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)|Juju]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sullivan-Burke|first=Rory|title=The Light Pours Out of Me: The Authorised Biography of John McGeoch|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|date=April 2022|isbn= 978-1913172664|page=108}}</ref> The EBow is used by the [[Radiohead]] guitarist [[Ed O'Brien]] for performances of songs such as "[[My Iron Lung]]", "Talk Show Host", "[[Jigsaw Falling into Place|Jigsaw Falling Into Place]]", "Where I End and You Begin" and "[[Nude (song)|Nude]]".<ref name="Duxson-2024">{{Cite web |last=Duxson |first=Eli |date=2024-02-15 |title=The story of the EBow in seven tracks |url=https://mixdownmag.com.au/features/the-story-of-the-ebow-in-7-tracks/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Mixdown |language=en-AU}}</ref> Other users include [[Duran Duran]], the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], [[Van Halen]], [[Metallica]] and the [[Foo Fighters]].<ref name="Gill-2023" /> The Canadian-American [[ambient rock]] band [[Vision Eternel]] uses an EBow on nearly all their songs.<ref name="NewNoiseMagazineInterview2021">{{Cite web |last=Reed |first=Mick |date=January 21, 2021 |title=Interview: Vision Eternel, Moments of Clarity a Mist of Memory |url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/interview-vision-eternel-moments-of-clarity-a-mist-of-memory |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126135505/https://newnoisemagazine.com/interview-vision-eternel-moments-of-clarity-a-mist-of-memory |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |access-date=July 12, 2023 |website=[[New Noise Magazine]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="ReGenMagazineInterview2024">{{Cite web |last=Mayo |first=Stitch |date=March 12, 2024 |title=InterView: Vision Eternel – Dark and Depressive Phases |url=https://regenmag.com/interviews/interview-vision-eternel-dark-and-depressive-phases |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250213024024/https://www.visioneternel.com/vision-eternel-interview-for-regen-magazine |archive-date=February 13, 2025 |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=ReGen Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

In the 1980s, [[the Bongos]] used the EBow in the intro of their song "Numbers With Wings" and in "River To River", "Miss Jean", "Glow", "Flew A Falcon" and "Sweet Blue Cage". Frontman [[Richard Barone]] continues to use an EBow on his subsequent solo recordings and much of his production work including his songs "Love is a Wind that Screams" and his cover of [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]]'s "The Visit".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2013/10/09/from-the-desk-of-richard-barone-my-ebow-and-me/ |title=From The Desk Of Richard Barone: My EBow And Me|website=Magnetmagazine.com|date=9 October 2013 |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref>