Luna Halo
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| Luna Halo | |
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| Origin | United States |
| Genre(s) | Alternative[1] |
| Years active | 1999 – Present |
| Label(s) | American Recordings (current) Sparrow Records (previous) |
| Associated acts | Reality Check |
| Website | lunahalo.com |
| Members | |
| Nathan Barlowe - Lead Vocals, Guitar Cary Barlowe - Guitar Aaron Jenkins - Bass Chris Coleman - Drums |
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| Former members | |
| Jonny MacIntosh - Guitar Brad Minor - Bass Jimmy Hendrix - Bass Jonathan Smith - Drums Mark Kruezer - Drums Ben Showalter - Drums |
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Luna Halo is an Alternative rock band formed in 1999 by Nathan Barlowe and Jonny MacIntosh.
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[edit] Musical career
[edit] History
In 2000 Luna Halo, fronted by former Reality Check front man Nathan Barlowe, released their debut CD Shimmer on Christian music label Sparrow Records. Although Shimmer was praised by critics, Luna Halo left Sparrow Records and the Christian music industry behind before recording their next album due to creative differences. The current grittier version of Luna Halo is an entire new band from the earlier version of Luna Halo and although several of the band members are Christian they have left the 'Christian band' moniker behind. Nate Barlowe is quoted as saying they only kept the name because he liked it so much.[2]
Within two years, the band lineup had changed leaving Nathan Barlowe the only member remaining from the original band. Nathan's brother Cary Barlowe replaced guitarist Johnny MacIntosh, Aaron Jenkins replaced bassist Brad Minor, and drummer Chris Coleman replaced Jonathan Smith, completing the lineup for the new Luna Halo. In September of 2002, Luna Halo started over and released a self-titled EP and continued touring heavily pursuing a better record label.
Rumors of an imminent Major label deal began to surface in 2004, and a deal with Dreamworks[3], was announced, but later fell through during negotiations. The band released another EP, Wasting Away (originally recorded as a demo for Dreamworks) and toured with artists Velvet Revolver, Hoobastank, Collective Soul, Ours, Needtobreathe and Family Force 5.
[edit] American Recordings
In 2005, Luna Halo were signed to American Recordings and recorded their first full length studio album since Shimmer in 2000. Originally scheduled for a Summer 2006 release, the album has been plagued with delays. An announced release date of January 23rd passed without the album being released, and the album's release status was changed from "early 2007" to an unspecified time period in 2007. This delay was due to American Recordings owner Rick Rubin's departure from Warner Bros to Columbia Records. After months of waiting and speculation, Luna Halo announced on August 11th that Columbia Records have set a firm release date of October 30th 2007 for the album. The album features contributions by former Jellyfish keyboardist Roger Manning Jr., Self's Matt Mahaffey and two songs co-written by former DC Talk singer Kevin Max.[4]
A modified recording of the band's song "The Kings and Queens" was used in promos of The King of Queens during the final season. The line "the kings and queens" was changed to "the King of Queens" to reflect the title of the show.
[edit] Current members
2000 - Present
Band Members:
- Nathan Barlowe - Lead Vocals, Guitar
- Cary Barlowe - Guitar, Vocals
- Aaron Jenkins - Bass
- Chris Coleman - Drums
[edit] Discography
- Shimmer [Sparrow] 2000
- Luna Halo (EP) 2002
- New Drug (EP) 2003
- Wasting Away (EP) 2004
- Tour (EP) [American/Warner Bros] 2006
- Luna Halo (EP) [American/Columbia] 2007 (digital release only)
- Luna Halo [American/Columbia] 2007
