Turnstile founding member Brady Ebert arrested on attempted murder charge

Brady Ebert, who is a founding member of Grammy Award winning band Turnstile, has been arrested on an attempted second-degree murder charge.

According to police records obtained by the Daily Mail, the 33-year-old guitarist was taken into custody on Tuesday, March 31 in Montgomery County, Maryland.

In addition to the attempted murder claim, the musician was also charged with one count of assault in relation to an incident on Sunday, March 29.

Ebert made his first appearance in court on Wednesday, April 1 and is being held without bail.

He was one of the founding members of Baltimore hardcore punk band Turnstile, who formed in 2010, and left the band 12 years later in 2022 just as they were making their ascent into the mainstream. The act recently earned their first two Grammy Awards earlier this year.

The guitarist has worried fans with his social media behavior in recent months and was even kicked out of his new band The S.E.T. weeks before the release of their debut EP titled Self Evident Truth. 

Back in February The S.E.T. took to Instagram to announce: 'Brady is no longer a member of THE S.E.T. 

'We will not stand by his ridiculous comments and behavior toward the members of our band and our community. We will continue to put on for Baltimore hardcore and thank everyone for their support.' 

Before that Ebert had posted several inflammatory statements about his former band Turnstile on social media even going as far as dropping major claims against individual members.

The most notable was when he had accused his former band of misusing funds from a charity show when he was still part of it.

Turnstile had posted a graphic reading 'abolish ICE,' in reference to US federal law enforcement agency U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which was then reposted by journalist Jesea Lee.

'No one in Turnstile cares at all about ethics or social issues in general, Ebert replied to Lee as claimed his former band were 'just pandering to their audience.'

He went on to allege that frontman Brendan Yates had stolen money from the charity gig which claimed 'all proceeds go to healthcare for the homeless.'

Ebert and Yates - who is also the drummer of Trapped Under Ice - originally formed the band over a decade-and-a-half ago with Franz Lyons, Daniel Fang, and Sean Cullen. In 2015, Cullen was replaced by Pat McCrory of another Baltimore band called Angel Du$t.

Ebert was credited as an essential part of Turnstile's sound as his guitar rifts set the tone for the act especially in the early days which was louder and more aggressive.

Back in August 2022, Turnstile announced: 'Turnstile and Brady Ebert are parting ways. We are deeply grateful for our time together. Our love for him continues and we wish him nothing but the best moving forward.' 

He was later permanently replaced by British musician Meg Mills.

Turnstile has reached plenty of success since Ebert's departure as they earned Best Metal Performance for their song Birds and Best Rock Album for Never Enough at the Grammy Awards in February.

Never Enough was a critical and commercial success for the band as it was a constant on several 'best of 2025' lists in addition to peaking at No. 9 on the US Billboard 200.