pHoTon baNd

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General Info

Genre: Pop / Psychedelic / Rock
Location PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, US
Profile Views: 63353
Last Login: 5/12/2011
Member Since 11/24/2005
Website you're lookin' at it.
Record Label compulsiv, darla, chumpire, 100 GM, empyrean
Type of Label Indie
Bio
our solar system's sun is the outermost planet of another solar system. as the earth revolves around the sun, the sun is moving towards a huge band of photonic matter. every year since about 1962, our planet has been immersed in the photon band for increased amounts of time. by 2012, we will be fully immersed in the photon band. oh yeah, and read a book every now and then, for god's sake. you might LEARN something. here's a separate snocap store that will contain an increasing number of unreleased tunes / alternate versions of songs appearing on albums. these will probably never appear on any of our albums. but i will feature one or two in the myspace player so that you can sample before you buy. get to grabbin'. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. this just in: you rock. and in other news, we are coming BACK (the eff) DOWN TO EARTH. why, I don't know. it's a mess down there. but where else can you get doritos? buy this album. it kind of looks like this: ...... here's an advert / vid featuring the title track, by the great Carrie Yotter: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ((('get down here in the stratosphere'))); is also out on all major digital venues including iTunes and above on SnoCap. ...... I made this video for the title track, called "stratosphere". I know life is hard, what with all the problems LiLo's been having lately, but...try to enjoy it, please. It takes us through all stages of evolution, from the primoridial muck all the way to humanity's most advanced form, the jackson 5. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. The great Scot Colan made the next video of our song "Where Did the Love Go?" Watching this will do you good in ways you can't figure out. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. if that doesn't make you feel better, we will be closing the set on the 24th of July at JohnnyBrendas on mother of all sweaty summer bills: Do You Need the Service (11.30), pHoTon baNd (10.30) and Grimace Federation (9.30). Come be in the same room with us while we play. You can cover your ears if you'd like. I recommend against it. ...... in the meantime, to simulate what is undoubtedly the mind blowing experience of watching grown men in their late 30s and early 40s honk on their instruments in a too-dark club, hook your computer up to a big fat old stereo with speaker furniture, and turn these youtubes ALL THE WAY UP. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. (photon band mark v at johnnybrendas, december, '08, right before the shit hit the fan (((camerawork, and griping, by the incomparable elise brown)))) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. (photon band mark iv at johnnybrendas, august, '07 (((viddy by greg knowles, chumpire)))) .. .. .. I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)
Members
we are all in the photon band. but art plays guitar, sings, and writes the songs. simon played drums, but now jason and sometimes patrick does (and in the studio, sometimes noel does, too). jeff played bass, but now he plays guitar. chris scooby-snacks plays bass now. others who have helped include: gary plowman (i miss you, brother, and this band wouldn't exist if it wasn't for you), kevin morpurgo, noelle, sean byrne, tracy stanton, n. edward farnsworth iii, mike lenert, brendan gallagher, seth baer, jim slade, jim mcmahon, and jamie mahon. ...... the last photo session of photon band mark ii, the art, jeff, and simon lineup (jeff and simon keep looking up). .. .. .. .. .. photon band mark iii, at "artist's @ work", december, 2002, with art, brendan gallagher on drums, tanman on bass. video by (((denise vacca, aka denise milkyway))) ...... photon band mark iv (the present): art, jason (drums), scoobysnacks (bass), tanman (doing the thing, at right) (((photo by nadine dodge))) ...... mark iv, continuing to look up (jeff, art, jason, chris; photo by jessica kourkounis)
Influences
intuition, john lennon, the creation, syd, jimi hendrix, t-rex!!!!, the who, roky, the jam, bob dylan, neil young, yes, the jackson five, susan stewart, t.s. eliot, scriabin, satie, spaceman 3, brother jt, original sins, prisoners, jamie taylor quartet, booker t. and the mg's, brooker t. of the espers, the city of philadelphia, and thus SUN RA and THE ARKESTRA, john coltrane, and the NAZZ!, raw pogo, nice pooper, the stooges, maerten van heemskerck, eric dejesus, andy clees, the dealers, the uptown bones, aesops fravel, we have heaven, rainbeau mars, noel babineau, gelcaps, aleister, spacebosss, usion, yousion.
Sounds Like
the who through a foghorn with ringo on drums and john on vocals, or the beatles through a transistor radio with keith on drums and pete on guitar, or neil young through a tin can and string telephone with bob dylan on lyrics and jimi hendrix tasting colors while mixing, or like this: .. .. .. .. .. combined with this .. .. .. .. ..