Planes Mistaken for Stars

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Planes Mistaken for Stars
Planes Mistaken for Stars at the Sant Feliu Festival 2006 in Sant Feliu de Guíxols in Spain
Planes Mistaken for Stars at the Sant Feliu Festival 2006 in Sant Feliu de Guíxols in Spain
General information
origin Peoria , Illinois , United States
Genre (s) Emo , Screamo , Crustcore
founding 1997, 2012
resolution 2008
Current occupation
Gared O'Donnell
initially electric bass , now electric guitar
 Chuck French
Electric bass
 Neil Keener
Mike "Mickey" Ricketts
Laurens Kusters
former members
Electric bass
 Jamie Drier
Electric bass
 Aaron Wise
Electric guitar
 Matt Bellinger

Planes Mistaken for Stars (sometimes PMFS for short ) is an American punk band from Peoria , Illinois , which was founded in 1997, split up in 2008 and has been active again since 2012.

history

Gared O'Donnell and Matt Bellinger already knew each other from their time with the band Dismiss, a project that lasted from 1994 to 1997. The later bassist Jamie Drier was also active in this band. Planes Mistaken for Stars was formed in 1997 after the dissolution of Dismiss and consisted of singer and guitarist Gared O'Donnell, guitarist Matt Bellinger, drummer Mike "Mickey" Ricketts and bassist Aaron Wise. The first appearances followed before Wise was replaced by Jamie Drier in early 1999. At the beginning of the year, the band was also heard for the first time on the sampler The Moment of Truth: The Emo Diaries, Chapter Three . In the same year, the band's self-titled EP was also re-released via Deep Elm Records . The sound carrier was previously published in 1998. After Drier joined the band, the band moved to Denver before a split release took place with labelmates The Appleseed Cast and Race Car Riot, before the single Fucking Fight was released in 1999 by Dim Mak Records , the recording being in the UK with Engineer Records appeared. In early 2000, the next EP followed with Knife in the Marathon , which included a cover version of Unbroken's Fall on Proverb . After switching to No Idea Records , the debut album Fuck with Fire was released in 2001 , before the single Spearheading the Sin Movement followed in 2002 . The following year Drier left the line-up, whereupon Chuck French took over the bass. In the same year a Black Flag tribute album was released by Initial Records , for which the band Gimme Gimme Gimme contributed for the vinyl and Wasted for the CD version. With producer AJ Mogis ( Cursive , Bright Eyes ) the band recorded their next album, which was released in the summer of 2004 under the name Up in Them Guts . The phonogram was recorded at Presto Studios in Lincoln , Nebraska . The band also played with The Ataris and Cursive in the UK in January 2004 , as well as with Against Me! , Hot Water Music , The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Plea for Peace in North America . In January 2005, performances with October File followed , before the band went on tour through the USA with High on Fire and Kylesa . After further appearances together with The Forecast and Bear vs. Shark , more concerts followed in August along with Smoke on Fire and Glass and Ashes . In autumn 2005 the group signed a contract with Abacus Recordings . Shortly thereafter, the guitarist Bellinger left the band to devote himself to his side project Ghost Buffalo, in which he played with Ricketts. French then took over the position of guitarist, with Neil Keener joining as bassist. Their first album with Abacus Recordings was released in October 2006 under the name Mercy , which was produced by Matt Bayles , before the band went on tour with These Arms Are Snakes . In 2008 the band got back together for a short time; since 2012 the band has been regularly active again.

style

According to Christian Hector from Metal Hammer , the band on Mery is "somewhere between cracking rock , old school indie and a little metal ". The singing is also unusually rough.

According to Ingo Roth Kehl from Ox-Fanzine the band was initially a Emoband been. Since Fuck with the Fire , however, the band can be classified "somewhere between crust , screamo and epic noise core of the NEUROSIS brand ". On Up in the Guts , according to O'Donnell, the lyrics, unlike their predecessors, are more about his personal affairs. In addition, the lyrics are even darker than before. According to Joachim Hiller from Ox-Fanzine, a mixture of emocore and crustcore can be heard on Knife in the Marathon . According to Michael Siewert from Ox-Fanzine , Fuck with Fire Emocore can be heard, which is soulful, melodic and yet powerful. According to Tim Tilgner from Ox-Fainzine, the band on Spearheading the Sin Movement plays emotional hardcore punk , but they are "tough enough to kick emo hippies with bell-bottoms, pot cuts and shoulder bags in the effeminate balls". The singing comes "not quite as desperate and screeching as usual". According to Rothkehl, there is no bombast , pathos , cello or piano on Mercy in contrast to its predecessors . In addition, the band got closer to groups like Neurosis or Isis . The songs would change tempo several times and would increase dramatically over the course of the year. In addition, O'Donnell used clear vocals for the first time and sounded almost like Captain Beefheart , but less laconic .

Discography

  • 1998: Planes Mistaken For Stars (EP, self-published)
  • 1999: Fucking Fight (single, Dim Mak Records )
  • 1999: The Appleseed Cast / Planes Mistaken For Stars / Race Car Riot (split with The Appleseed Cast and Race Care Riot, Deep Elm Records )
  • 2000: Knife in the Marathon (EP, Deep Elm Records)
  • 2001: Fuck with Fire (Album, No Idea Records )
  • 2002: Spearheading the Sin Movement (Single, No Idea Records)
  • 2004: Up in Them Guts (Album, No Idea Records)
  • 2006: Mercy (Album, Abacus Recordings )
  • 2016: Prey (Album, Deathwish Inc. )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Info. pmfs.net, archived from the original on August 24, 2005 ; Retrieved June 7, 2014 .
  2. ^ A b c Garry Sharpe-Young : New Wave of American Heavy Metal . Zonda Books, New Plymouth 2005, ISBN 0-9582684-0-1 , pp. 237 f .
  3. ↑ a b Ingo Rothkehl: PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS . Mercy CD. In: Ox-Fanzine . No. 68 (October / November), 2006 ( ox-fanzine.de [accessed June 7, 2014]).
  4. ↑ Jason Ankeny: Crack Up. Allmusic , accessed June 7, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Tuyet Nguyen: Planes Mistaken For Stars reunites (but not in Colorado). avclub.com, archived from the original on September 23, 2010 ; Retrieved June 7, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Planes Mistaken for Stars schedule a reunion tour (dates). brooklynvegan.com, accessed June 7, 2014 .
  7. ^ Christian Hector: Planes Mistaken for Stars . Mery. In: Metal Hammer . January 2007, p. 108 f .
  8. ↑ Ingo Rothkehl: PLANES MISTAKES FOR STARS . Preacher on his own behalf. In: Ox-Fanzine . No. 56 (September / October / November), 2004 ( ox-fanzine.de [accessed June 7, 2014]).
  9. ↑ Joachim Hiller: PLANES MISTAKES FOR STARS . Knifeinthemarathon CS. In: Ox-Fanzine . No. 37 , 1999 ( ox-fanzine.de [accessed June 7, 2014]).
  10. ↑ Michael Siewert: PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS . Fuck With Fire LP. In: Ox-Fanzine . No. 46 (March / April / May), 2002 ( ox-fanzine.de [accessed June 7, 2014]).
  11. ↑ Tim Tilgner: PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS . Spearheading the sin movement MCD. In: Ox-Fanzine . No. 51 (June / July / August), 2003 ( ox-fanzine.de [accessed June 7, 2014]).