Ashtar Command (band)

For the extraterrestrial government of George Van Tassel's UFO channeling community, see Ashtar (extraterrestrial being).
Ashtar Command
Genres Indie music, Chill out, Psychedelic music
Website [1]
Members
Chris Holmes
Brian Liesegang

Ashtar Command is the name of an indie music band currently composed of Chris Holmes (not to be confused with the former guitar player for the metal band W.A.S.P.[1]) and Brian Liesegang. They have released one album: "Love Songs In Advance of the Landing",[2] one EP: "Holding Out For Love",[3] and have had songs featured in a number of feature films, television series, television commercials, and video games such as one of the first Microsoft Zune commercials,[4][5] two Nissan Altima commercials,[6][7] on The Avengers Soundtrack,[8] on Spread,[9] on Fragments,[9] on The O.C. television series, and most recently on Rockstar Games Red Dead Redemption Original Soundtrack and in the video game end credits sequence.

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History

After hearing Chris Holmes DJ in South America, Paul McCartney requested that Holmes do something before McCartney's own Friday set at the Coachella Festival in 2009. Holmes created a mix of old Beatles' covers with McCartney's Temporary Secretary. Holmes displayed his band's "Ashtar Command" logo on both sides of the Coachella Festival stage prior to his opening act for McCartney as foreshadowing for an Ashtar Command resurgence.[10] As of May 12, 2011, Chris Holmes is currently on tour with Paul McCartney in South America.

Discography

Song Appearances

References

  1. ^ "Chris Holmes commands Ashtar, dance and respect. Not W.A.S.P.". SIEGE Audio Inc.. http://siegeaudio.com/blog/?p=649. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 
  2. ^ "Love Songs In Advance of the Landing by Ashtar Command - Rhapsody Music". Rhapsody.com. http://www.rhapsody.com/ashtar-command/love-songs-in-advance-of-the-landing. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 
  3. ^ "Holding Out For Love: Ashtar Command: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/Holding-Out-For-Love/dp/B003EO036A. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 
  4. ^ "Microsoft Zune Shares Two Little Birds". The Inspiration Room. http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2006/microsoft-zune-two-little-birds/. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 
  5. ^ "Zune - Two Little Birds commercial". splendAd. http://www.splendad.com/ads/show/402-Zune-Two-Little-Birds. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 
  6. ^ "Nissan - Altima - Yup commercial". splendAd. http://www.splendad.com/ads/show/1165-Nissan-Altima-Yup. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 
  7. ^ "Nissan - Altima - Next Generation commercial". splendAd. http://www.splendad.com/ads/show/375-Nissan-Altima-Next-Generation. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 
  8. ^ "Soundtracks for The Avengers". IMDb.com, Inc.. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118661/soundtrack. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 
  9. ^ a b "Ashtar Command Music Credits". Yahoo! Inc.. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1808981658. Retrieved 2010-06-05. 
  10. ^ Randall Roberts (2009-04-20). "LA Weekly Coachella Awards 2009: The Best and Worst of the Festival". LA Weekly, LP.. http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/coachella/la-weekly-coachella-awards-200/. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 

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