3 years after his departure from Phantom Planet, musician/actor Jason Schwartzman returned to L.A.’s pop-loving circles using the single project Coconut Information. Schwartzman had released Phantom Globe in 1994 and offered as the band’s drummer for pretty much a decade, concurrently furthering his performing career with assignments in Rushmore, CQ, …

L.A.’s Phantom Globe formed at an area Pizza Hut in 1994, years prior to the bandmates’ association using the O.C. helped catapult their mixture of power pop songcraft and indie rock and roll guitars in to the mainstream. Through the band’s first stages, associates Jacques Brautbar (electric guitar), Sam Farrar …

California rock-band Rooney emerged in 2002, building their live debut starting to warm up for Phantom World, a far more experienced L.A.-centered group who distributed similar traditional pop influences (E.L.O., the Seaside Boys) plus a family member. Younger brother of acting professional and previous Phantom World drummer Jason Schwartzman, Rooney …