Ashtar Command (band)
Encyclopedia
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.
) and Brian Liesegang
. They have released one album: "Love Songs In Advance of the Landing", one EP: "Holding Out For Love", 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, two Nissan Altima
commercials, on The Avengers Soundtrack, on Spread
, on Fragments, 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.
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. As of May 12, 2011, Chris Holmes is currently on tour with Paul McCartney in South America.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
W.A.S.P.
W.A.S.P.
W.A.S.P. is an American heavy metal band formed in 1982. They emerged from the same Los Angeles scene that spawned Mötley Crüe, Ratt, Quiet Riot and others. The band's popularity peaked in the 1980s, yet they continue to record and tour, making them one of the most enduring of the West Coast heavy...
) and Brian Liesegang
Brian Liesegang
Brian Liesegang is an American guitarist and programmer, and a founding member of the Industrial rock band Filter.-Biography:Liesegang was born in New York City, where his father Dr. Thomas Liesegang was attending medical school...
. They have released one album: "Love Songs In Advance of the Landing", one EP: "Holding Out For Love", 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
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Zune
Zune
Zune is a digital media brand owned by Microsoft which includes a line of portable media players, a digital media player software for Windows machines, a music subscription service known as a 'Zune Music Pass', music and video streaming for the Xbox 360 via the Zune Software, music, TV and movie...
commercials, two Nissan Altima
Nissan Altima
The Nissan Altima is a mid-size automobile manufactured by Nissan, and is arguably a continuation of the Nissan Bluebird line, which began in 1957. It has historically been larger, more powerful, and more luxurious than the Nissan Sentra but less so than the Nissan Maxima. The Altima is available...
commercials, on The Avengers Soundtrack, on Spread
Spread (film)
Spread is a 2009 film starring Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche and directed by David Mackenzie. The film was released under the name L.A. Gigolo in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, as Toy Boy in France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, Oh yeah in Argentina and as American Playboy in Spain and...
, on Fragments, on The O.C.
The O.C.
The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on the Fox television network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 21, 2007, running a total of four seasons...
television series, and most recently on Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games is a major video game developer and publisher based in New York City, owned by Take-Two Interactive following its purchase of UK video game publisher BMG Interactive. The brand is mostly known for Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, L.A...
Red Dead Redemption Original Soundtrack and in the video game end credits
Closing credits
Closing credits or end credits are added at the end of a motion picture, television program, or video game to list the cast and crew involved in the production. They usually appear as a list of names in small type, which either flip very quickly from page to page, or move smoothly across the...
sequence.
History
After hearing Chris Holmes DJ in South America, Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
requested that Holmes do something before McCartney's own Friday set at the Coachella Festival
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a three-day annual music and arts festival, organized by Goldenvoice and held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Inland Empire's Coachella Valley...
in 2009. Holmes created a mix of old Beatles'
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
covers with McCartney's Temporary Secretary
Temporary Secretary
"Temporary Secretary" is a song by Paul McCartney, featured on his McCartney II album .Along with the ten-minute "Secret Friend" as its B-side, it was released as a UK only 12" single. A 7" single exists only as a demo for radio stations...
. Holmes displayed his band's "Ashtar Command" logo on both sides of the Coachella Festival
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a three-day annual music and arts festival, organized by Goldenvoice and held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Inland Empire's Coachella Valley...
stage prior to his opening act
Opening act
An opening act or warm-up act is an entertainer or entertainment act that performs at a concert before the featured entertainer...
for McCartney as foreshadowing
Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing or adumbrating is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story.-Repetitive designation and Chekhov's gun:...
for an Ashtar Command resurgence. As of May 12, 2011, Chris Holmes is currently on tour with Paul McCartney in South America.
Discography
- American Sunshine (2011)
- Love Songs In Advance of the Landing (2008)
- "OC Soundtrack" "Into Dust" (2007)
- Holding Out For Love (2010)
- "Red Dead Redemption Soundtrack"-"Deadman's Gun" (2010)
Song Appearances
- "Solve My Problems Today" from The Avengers film soundtrack (1998)
- "Into DustInto Dust"Into Dust" is a song by alternative rock duo Mazzy Star that appears as the ninth track on their second album So Tonight That I Might See. The song's arrangement is sparse and features only acoustic guitar and violin as accompaniment to the vocals....
" from Music from the OC: Mix 6 (2006) - "Holding Out For Love" from Grey's AnatomyGrey's AnatomyGrey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
(Season 6, episode 18) - "Deadman's Gun" from Rockstar GamesRockstar GamesRockstar Games is a major video game developer and publisher based in New York City, owned by Take-Two Interactive following its purchase of UK video game publisher BMG Interactive. The brand is mostly known for Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, L.A...
Red Dead Redemption Original Soundtrack (2010)