Phantom Planet

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 (bass), Alex Greenwald (vocals/electric guitar), Darren Robinson (electric guitar), and Jason Schwartzman (drums) performed around with post-grunge stylings while acquiring their name from a 1960s sci-fi film. The band’s moniker wasn’t the thing linking these to the movies, nevertheless. Schwartzman may be the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola as well as the kid of Talia Shire, and he afterwards produced a name for himself by starring in such movies as Rushmore (1998) and Slackers (2002). Greenwald spent period modeling and became a familiar encounter in the elegant Gap commercials through the brand-new millennium; he also performed a sociopath in the dark humor flick Donnie Darko (2001). Finally, Farrar may be the child of renowned vocalist/songwriter John Farrar, who penned “You’re one that I’D LIKE” and “Hopelessly Specialized in You” for the 1978 smash musical Grease, and also other chart-toppers for Olivia Newton-John. Phantom World began playing displays through the entire L.A. region during the middle-’90s, which helped them printer ink a cope with Geffen Information in 1997. The group’s debut recording, Phantom World Is Missing, showed up the following 12 months. Critics weren’t quick to champ the band’s audio, but Phantom World still enjoyed an elevated profile, with many users landing guest places on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and COME ON. In early 2001, Phantom World returned towards the studio room to focus on a follow-up work with Tchad Blake (Pearl Jam, Sheryl Crow) and Mitchell Froom (Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney). A 12 months later, The Visitor appeared within the Dreamworks label, and “California” was selected as the starting theme towards the wildly well-known tv series The O.C. However, Jason Schwartzman announced his departure from your music group in August 2003, although he continuing release a music along with his personal Coconut Information task. Phantom Planet’s 2004 self-titled third recording introduced their fresh drummer, Jeff Conrad, as the music group relocated to Fueled by Ramen for the discharge of 2008’s Improve the Dead.