Atom Ellis

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Atom Ellis
Atom Ellis with The New Cars (2006)
Background information
Born	(1966-04-08) April 8, 1966 (age 58)
Instrument(s)	Bass guitar, vocals

Atom Ellis (born April 8, 1966) is a bass guitarist from San Francisco, California. Atom was a founding member of the Thrash Funk band Psychefunkapus from 1986 to 1992 and a member of the San Francisco band Dieselhed from 1993 to 2000. During and after his tenure with Dieselhed he also performed as a regular sideman for Link Wray from 1996 to 2003.

For shorter stints Atom performed and recorded with World Entertainment War, The Pop-o-pies, Linda Perry, Virgil Shaw, Richard Thompson, Carl Hancock Rux, Neil Hamburger, Chuck Prophet, and Brittany Shane.^[1]

Atom Ellis has more recently toured as bassist and backup vocalist for The New Cars.

Ellis toured with The Tubes during summer 2010 and again in 2022 and 2023.