Planes Mistaken for Stars
(also known as Planes or PMFS) was a post-hardcore band formed in Peoria, Illinois in 1997. They released music on Deep Elm Records, Dim Mak Records, No Idea Records and Abacus Recordings.
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History
The band began as an aggressive, melodic
post-hardcore band in 1997, but has since abandoned the genre somewhat to an extent debated by both the band's fans and critics.
Lead singer and guitarist Gared O'Donnell started the band with guitarist Matt Bellinger, bassist Aaron Wise, and drummer Mike Ricketts.
[1] Shortly after the band self-released a self-titled mini-album, Wise was replaced by Jamie Drier.
At this time Deep Elm released a self-titled
EP which was re-released in August 1999. They also released the 7" "Fucking Fight" on Steve Aioki's Dim Mak Records later that same year.
In 1999, Planes took part in a mass migration to
Denver, Colorado with more than thirteen friends. After the move, the band recorded their second release for Deep Elm,
Knife In The Marathon
.
In 2001, Planes moved over to Gainesville Florida's
No Idea Records to release
Fuck With Fire
.
The next year they released a 7" titled "Spearheading the Sin Movement" and also made an appearance on
Black On Black: A Tribute to Black Flag
.
In 2003, Planes saw its second line up change. Jamie Drier left the band and was replaced by Chuck French. Chuck played his first show with Planes on
November 2,
2003.
Later that year, Planes recorded
Up in Them Guts
with
A.J. Mogis, whose most notable work is with
Saddle Creek artists
Bright Eyes and
The Faint.
Up in Them Guts
was released in the summer of
2004 on
No Idea Records. To promote the record, the band took on one of the lengthiest tour schedules of their career, covering the
United States and
Europe with a bands such as
The Ataris,
Cursive,
Against Me!,
Dillinger Escape Plan,
Hot Water Music and
High on Fire on six separate, and very diverse tours.
[2] They also made festival appearances at
Skate And Surf Fest,
Strhess Fest, and
Hellfest.
In 2005, Planes completed three additional headlining tours; one in the
United Kingdom, and two in the
United States.
Despite rumors of the band signing with metal label
Relapse Records, they announced a deal with
Abacus Recordings/
EMI in the fall of 2005 as well as plans to release a new record in the summer of 2006.
Originally scheduled for
2006-
06-06, the record had been pushed back in order to accommodate the schedule of the producer they chose to work with,
Matt Bayles, who has worked with bands such as
Mastodon and
Isis. The final record, titled
Mercy
, was released on
October 3,
2006.
In July
2007, Planes Mistaken for Stars announced that they had broken up. They performed their final concert on
February 16,
2008 at the Marquis Theater in Denver. Chuck French and Neil Keener are together in a group called
Git Some, Keener is also in a
drone band called
Bull of Heaven with composer
Clayton Counts, Gared O'Donnell is in a project titled
Hawks and Doves, Matt Bellinger is in a project called
Ghost Buffalo who currently have two records out on Denver's
Suburban Home Records, and Mike Ricketts and Jamie Drier are playing together in a group called
onYou in Chicago.
Former Members
- Jeremy Loberg - guitar and vocals
- Gared O'Donnell - guitar, vocals
- Chuck French - guitar
- Neil Keener - bass
- Mike Ricketts - drums
- Jamie Drier - bass
- Aaron Wise - bass
- Matt Bellinger - guitar and vocals
Discography
Albums
- Planes Mistaken for Stars
mini-album (1998) self-released, reissued (1999) Deep Elm
- Fuck With Fire
(2001) No Idea
- Up in Them Guts
(2004) No Idea
- Mercy
(2006) Paranoid
- We Ride to Fight! (The First Four Years) (CD/2xLP) (2007)
Singles, EPs
- Split EP with Appleseed Cast and Race Car Riot (1999) Deep Elm
- Fucking Fight
(7" / CD Single) (1999) Dim Mak
- Knife in the Marathon
(EP) (2000) Deep Elm
- Black On Black: A Tribute To Black Flag-Volume Two
(2001) Initial
- Spearheading the Sin Movement
(7" / CD Single) (2002) No Idea
References
- Strong, Martin C. (2003) "Planes Mistaken for Stars", in ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, ISBN 1 84195 335 0
- Ankeny, Jason "Planes Mistaken for Stars Biography", ''Allmusic'', Macrovision Corporation