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In the Dark Ages that preceded the online media revolution, Emergency Broadcast Network (E.B.N.) was born, creating an art form borne from the convergence of media and music. These were the heady days of the Persian Gulf War, and E.B.N.’s core team – Joshua L. Pearson, Gardner H. Post, Ronald O'Donnell, and consultant Brian Kane – seized the opportunity to reinterpret the media frenzy of the war, creating counter-psy-ops programming in the guise of music videos.
Owing as much to the experimental art of Duchamp and Dadaism as to new advances in technology, the results paved the way for the underground media revolution, with E.B.N. as its forefathers. The group solidified its team with the addition of famed software designer and musician Greg Deocampo (creator of AfterEffects), and set about perfecting its approach to reprocessing media noise.
E.B.N.’s visibility skyrocketed when Irish rockers U2 asked to use the cut “We Will Rock You” to open its Zoo TV tour. Soon after, TVT Records signed the group and released the VHS tape "Commercial Entertainment Product" in 1992, and the enhanced CD "Telecommunication Breakdown" in 1995.
Unable to generate the significant income required for R&D, software and hardware, E.B.N. closed shop in 1998. But, in an act that ensured its legacy as pioneers in underground media, Joshua Pearson created a series of E.B.N.-style videos on the 2000 Presidential Election called OTV News.