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Angels and Airwaves is an alternative rock band created by former blink-182 and Box Car Racer guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge alongside former Hazen Street and Box Car Racer guitarist David Kennedy, ex-Distillers bassist Ryan Sinn and current Offspring drummer Atom Willard. The band released their first single, "The Adventure," on May 18, 2006 and their debut album, We Don't Need to Whisper, on May 23, 2006.
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Formation
According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, DeLonge trademarked the name "Angels and Airwaves" on June 24, 2005 amidst the lingering confusion of blink-182's abruptly announced "indefinite hiatus". DeLonge quickly recruited friends and fellow musicians David Kennedy, Ryan Sinn and Atom Willard to round out the band's roster.
In an interview with British magazine Kerrang!, DeLonge commented about the band's beginning:
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Debut
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Originally, "Valkyrie Missile" was slated for release via iTunes on December 13, 2005, DeLonge's 30th birthday. However, due to discussions with their record label, Geffen, the band decided to push the release date back to a later date. Instead, the Angels and Airwaves website produced the first ever glimpse at the movie currently in production, a 1-and-a-half minute long trailer featuring portions of the delayed song.
Angels & Airwaves released a both a music video and short film for their first single, "The Adventure"; the band also released a short film for "It Hurts" via the band's official website. Both are short sci-fi films and together form the first part of a proposed ten-part series, following the cast's struggle through an unfamiliar world. On October 3, 2006, the band released the third installment in the series, "The Gift".
"Do It For Me Now" was released in the US as the second single and "It Hurts" was released in the UK as the second single at the same time. The music video for "It Hurts" is in fact the short-film released on April 18th and was available to select on the UK music television channel Kerrang!.
In 2006, the band embarked on their first full-length tour, which was headlined by Taking Back Sunday and supported by Head Automatica and The Subways. Numerous one-stop dates at the Give It A Name 2006 festival were played with the likes of My Chemical Romance, Lostprophets, We Are Scientists, Hundred Reasons, Panic! At The Disco, The Bled, Thrice, Billy Talent, Goldfinger, Underoath, Paramore, The Ataris, Aiden and Atreyu. The band also played on The Late Show with David Letterman on May 15, 2006. Currently, the band is headlining a tour in the US, supported by The Sounds, which ends with a stop in Mexico City, Mexico. After this tour, the band plans to perform in Japan and Australia.
They also performed at two shows at London's Hyde Park and in Manchester supporting the Foo Fighters on their successful In Your Honor tour. Over 100,000 people over both days. Other bands they played with over the two days included The Strokes, Eagles of Death Metal, Motorhead, Queens of the Stone Age, Juliette and The Licks, and Brian May and Roger Taylor from Queen
On May 26, 2006 "We Don't Need To Whisper" was certified gold in Canada. The album has also gone two times platinum in the U.K.
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Future Plans
Among the plans for a big future, AVA have announced they are planning on releasing a film involving their music. The World War II-based movie is being created primarily through the use of CGI. This "story" is apparently based upon Tom's life and will give viewers insight into the hiatus of blink-182. Currently, the only known cast member is Michael Ostman.
Before the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, DeLonge revealed news about the current events of the band. "The War" is the next single and the short film was released October 27th, 2006. The band is also writing the script for the new movie and filming for this is currently underway *. Furthermore, in September, on a MySpace bulletin, DeLonge stated that a new song, which is 8 and a half minutes long and contains 3 movements, would be released in a few weeks. It was later debuted at the concert at Brisbane, Australia on October 19, 2006.
Recently, MTV asked Tom about the future of the band. Delonge stated that the next part of his three-to-five year process would be revealed next year. "It's bigger than just the band itself. It's a mixture of my businesses and the band, and when people laugh and say, 'Oh, yeah, what a big revolution that was!' ... they have no idea. I have access to developing this record far beyond what people can understand," he went on to say.
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Experiencing music
Tom DeLonge stated in his PR Editorial Review:
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Band members
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Band Assistance
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Albums
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Singles
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Trivia
Recording of drums of the band's debut album, We Don't Need To Whisper, took place at the Foo Fighters' studio and at Tom's studio inside his house, also called "Never Pants Ranch".
Angels and Airwaves' abbreviated name, AVA, is a partial reference to DeLonge's daughter, also named Ava. The abbreviation also, according to DeLonge, represents the band's initials with an inverted "A" in the middle, which stands for "victory". A third cause for the abbreviation is that when the letters are pronounced individually, it sounds like Avia, the beginning of the word "aviation", one of the band's artistic themes.
The album cover for We Don't Need To Whisper was stated by Tom to represent "the infinite potential of a human being."
At some of the later concerts, at the very end of the show, a banner is dropped with "LOVE" written across it. The "V" in "LOVE" is formatted the same as the second "A" in the logo.
"The Adventure" was used in the closing segment of X Games 12.
"The War" is the theme song for the MTV reality football show "Two-A-Days" and has also been used as background music during select televised PGA events.
In the 2006 NFL Opening Night Game, the instrumental intro for "The Adventure" was used while the Pittsburgh Steelers introduced members of their previous Superbowl winning teams.
The Adventure was featured in the TV series One Tree Hill.
The Adventure is used in the TV series Studio 60 for NBC
The Adventure was used in Sports Tonight (Australia) to close the sport coverages.
The Adventure is used as the introduction to z100's morning show.
In his ESPN NHL Season Preview, John Buccigross used a verse from "The Adventure" to describe the Chicago Blackhawks.
The Adventure was featured in the intro to Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS between the New York Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Adventure and The War were played during two different nascar races.
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