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Ex-Turnstile guitarist charged with attempted second-degree murder of frontman’s father

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 498 words · By Laura Snapes
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Brady Ebert, the former guitarist of the Grammy-winning US hardcore band Turnstile, has been charged with attempted second-degree murder after allegedly hitting the father of the band’s frontman, Brendan Yates, with his car.

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What happened

Brady Ebert, the former guitarist of the Grammy-winning US hardcore band Turnstile, has been charged with attempted second-degree murder after allegedly hitting the father of the band’s frontman, Brendan Yates, with his car.

Why it matters

On 29 March, police found William Yates outside his home with “trauma to his lower extremities”, with a broken bone protruding from his leg, according to the Baltimore Banner.

Common ground

Yates’s family members said that Ebert drove up to the house, honked and swore, then drove off, before returning.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/03/ex-turnstile-guitarist-brady-ebert…

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Name Calling / Labeling 85% confidence
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Claim 1: “On 29 March, police found William Yates outside his home with 'trauma to his lower extremities', with a broken bone protruding from his leg, according to the Baltimore Banner.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pauline Lettice Yates (16 June 1929 – 21 January 2015) was an English actress, best known for playing Elizabeth Perrin in the BBC television sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. She also starr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Yates
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Richard Walden Yates (February 3, 1926 – November 7, 1992) was an American fiction writer identified with the mid-century "Age of Anxiety." His first novel, Revolutionary Road, was a finalist for the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Yates_(novelist)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Yates (15 September 1921 – 18 April 2010) was a British Conservative politician and later an Australian Liberal politician. He was one of several to have served in both the UK and Australian …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Yates_(politician)
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Claim 2: “Ebert was a founding member of Turnstile, formed in 2010, and a childhood friend of Brendan Yates. He left the band in 2022.”
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Claim 3: “Brady Ebert, the former guitarist of the Grammy-winning US hardcore band Turnstile, has been charged with attempted second-degree murder after allegedly hitting the father of the band’s frontman, Brendan Yates, with his car.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Frances is a 1982 American biographical tragedy film directed by Graeme Clifford and written by Eric Bergren, Christopher De Vore, and Nicholas Kazan. The film stars Jessica Lange as Frances Farmer, a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by the English author Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. The novel is a bildungsroman and depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip.…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Turnstile is an American rock band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2010. The band consists of lead vocalist Brendan Yates, guitarists Pat McCrory and Meg Mills, bassist Franz Lyons, and drummer Da…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnstile_(band)
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Claim 4: “Montgomery County district court judge Sherri D Koch described the alleged attack as violent and targeted.”
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Claim 5: “In August 2022, the district court of Maryland denied a request for a peace order against Ebert by a former bandmate, saying there was 'no statutory basis for relief'.”
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Claim 6: “According to police, Yates threw a rock at his car and Ebert drove into him as he attempted to run away.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Frequency is a 2000 American science fiction thriller film starring Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Andre Braugher, Elizabeth Mitchell, Shawn Doyle, Melissa Errico, and Noah Emmerich. Directed by Gregory …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cannonball Run is a 1981 action-comedy film directed by Hal Needham, produced by Hong Kong firm Golden Harvest, and distributed by 20th Century-Fox. Filmed in Panavision, it features an all-star e…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Friends of Eddie Coyle is a 1973 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Peter Yates, adapted by Paul Monash (who also produced) from the 1970 novel by George V. Higgins. It stars Robert M…
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Claim 7: “The Baltimore-based band are the most successful hardcore group of their generation, with two Grammy awards and eight nominations to their name. Their fourth album, 2025’s Never Enough, reached No 9 in the US and No 11 in the UK. It was their first full-length record without Ebert, instead featuring Meg Mills on guitar. It also featured guest appearances from Hayley Williams of Paramore, Dev Hynes (AKA Blood Orange), Shabaka Hutchings, Faye Webster and producer AG Cook.”
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Claim 8: “Turnstile’s statement continued: 'In the years since, [Ebert’s] baseless tirades have continued in public. We never addressed it. We chose to protect his privacy and the circumstances around his departure, even when he did nothing to be deserving of that protection. Over the past few months, his threats only escalated further.'”
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Claim 9: “In their statement, the band explained that they had cut ties with Ebert 'in response to a consistent pattern of harmful behaviour affecting himself, the band, and the community. After exhausting every available resource to support his access to help and recovery, a boundary ultimately had to be set when healthy communication was no longer possible and he began threatening violence.'”
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Claim 10: “Last year Ebert formed a band called the Self-Evident Truth, but was ejected from the group after posting allegations about Turnstile’s finances and claiming that its members had taken out a restraining order against him.”
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Claim 11: “In court, Ebert protested his innocence and insisted that surveillance footage of the incident would 'contradict' his accusers’ statements.”
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Claim 12: “Ebert, 33, was arrested and taken into custody on 31 March. He is also charged with one count of first-degree assault, according to Montgomery County arrest records, and is being held without bond.”
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Claim 13: “The band told Pitchfork that William Yates is recovering from surgery to treat 'severe physical trauma' to his legs, and expressed their gratitude at his survival.”
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Claim 14: “Yates’s family members said that Ebert drove up to the house, honked and swore, then drove off, before returning.”
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