planeside
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Bio
Planeside may very well be the most infamous band you've never really heard. YES, it's true…The band members, Dave Harris (throat), Kenzaburo Hirasaki (boom) and Craig Sala (skins), are no strangers to hard work and foul play. Self professed to be fueled by caffeine, cigarettes and good scotch, this is a band dedicated to putting themselves out on a limb and turning it up louder…even if it costs a night in the slammer. The relentless east coast trio has been sweating it out for the band's entire 60-month existence, continuing to do what they do best – deliver a devastatingly high-octane live assault, night after night to any conceivable venue that will book them. Over the past few years alone, Planeside has played every shit hole this side of the Mississippi (and the other side too), swapping spit with the likes of Queens of the Stone Age, The Strokes, Death From Above 1979, Helmet, Pennywise, The Steve Miller Band and The Used.
The essential formula -- a manic combustion of good old American rock n' roll and an underlying hip hugging groove, played with punk ferocity that will leave the hair standing on the back of your ass! The band's raw sound is turbulent yet sleek, and seems to reflect every aspect of Americana they've collided with amidst their journeys…even if they can't remember them.
Under the Exotic Recordings and Surreal Records imprints, Planeside has cataloged a three-song demo, a 7" split-single, a self-titled EP, 2 full length albums "For Motion Discomfort" & "Milk" (produced by Grammy Award winner John Seymour). The band just gave sonic birth to a 6-song EP "Under The Circumstances, It's Not Such A Bad Idea" this past March. Keep your eyes, ears and mouth open, as Planeside continues to hit the road in 2009.
About
In the mid 1990s, Craig Sala and Ken Hirasaki, the underage rhythm section of Joni's Butterfly, found themselves on tour with John Entwhistle of The Who, playing to sold out venues beyond their wildest dreams. When the band became lost in a shuffle of managers, contracts, and egos, the two picked up a new singer in Dave Harris and started over in 2000. Their shared love of Neil Diamond, the Descendants and worship of the great rock trios of the past inspired them to pull out all the stops to create a dynamic, catchy onslaught of rock n roll described by Andy White of WBZT 96.7 Greenville, SC as the "Foo Fighters on steroids."
Planeside burned through 2000 copies of their first three song demo and went on to release the 7" single, "Split Ring," a song about a friend being burned by a heavily medicated ex-love, a self-titled EP, and their 1st full-length album "For Motion Discomfort". The album's 11 tracks launched the band's national presence through commercial radio airplay and constant touring, including opening spots for Queens of the Stone Age, Helmet, Army of Anyone, Pennywise, The Used, Steve Miller Band, Death From Above 1979, SUM 41, Chevelle, Burning Brides, robbers on high st., Bad Wizard, Brant Bjork & the Bros., Pilot to Gunner, Hawthorne Heights, Unwritten Law, Lost City Angels, Bayside and the Strokes. In addition, ESPN has featured 4 original Planeside songs on it's Major League Baseball 2K5 video game. ("Most anticipated sports game of 2005"), as well as 5 songs on their National Hockey League 2K6 release.
Working in the studio with Grammy Award Winner, engineer/producer John Seymour (Bouncing Souls, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Santana, Alice in Chains...), Planeside released their highly anticipated sophomore release, "MILK",in the Spring of 2006. Featuring a titillating range of subject matter from keeping up with an experienced woman's libido to grilling one's mind beyond on all recognition, "MILK" is guaranteed to do the body good.
In the winter of 2008, PLANESIDE with give sonic birth to an EP produced by Jonathan Wyman (Ray LaMontagne, Rustic Overtones, Lost on Liftoff). , "Under the Circumstances, It's Not Such A Bad Idea", was recorded in Sept. 2007 just outside of Portland in Westbrook, ME. The new 6 song CD will be available Starting March 11, 2008 and features a guest appearance by Dave Gutter (Rustic Overtones, Paranoid Social Club).
