History

Earth to Andy was founded in 1997 by members of two local bands, Red Henry (from Charlottesville) and Egypt (from Washington D.C.. The band's first release, Simple Machine, was released independently and featured a cover version

Cover version

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 of The Beatles

The Beatles

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' "I Want You (She's So Heavy)

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

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". Following its release, the group signed with Giant Records

Giant Records

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 and released Chronicle Kings late in 1999. The album was produced by Nick Launay

Nick Launay

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 and included an appearance by the bass player of Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots is an American rock band from San Diego, California that consists of Scott Weiland , brothers Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo , and Eric Kretz ....

, Robert De Leo. The group toured with Live

Live (band)

Live is an American rock band from York, Pennsylvania, composed of Chad Taylor , Patrick Dahlheimer , and Chad Gracey . Lead singer and principal songwriter Ed Kowalczyk left the band in November 2009....

, Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots

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, and Jimmie's Chicken Shack

Jimmie's Chicken Shack

Jimmie's Chicken Shack is an American alternative rock band from Annapolis, Maryland. They emerged through MTV as one of the first Post-Grunge bands of the era...

 in 2000. The album's lead single, "Still After You", was a rock radio hit, reaching #39 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts. Guitarist Tony Lopacinski later played with Train

Train (band)

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 and has written, performed, and produced country music both in his own projects and alongside artists including Sarah Evans and Josh Gracin

Josh Gracin

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. Andy Waldeck has collaborated in songwriting endeavors with Robert DeLeo

Robert DeLeo

Robert Emile DeLeo is an American bass player, songwriter, and harmony vocalist for the rock band Stone Temple Pilots. He has also played in Talk Show and Army of Anyone...

 and Chris Daughtry

Chris Daughtry

Christopher Adam "Chris" Daughtry is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Daughtry and as the fourth-place finalist on the fifth season of American Idol, from which he was eliminated on May 10, 2006...

.

Members

• Andy Waldeck - vocals, guitar
• Kevin Murphy - drums, vocals
• Chris Reardon - bass, vocals
• Tony Lopacinski - guitar, vocals

Discography

• Earth To Andy (Self-Titled) (Voluptuous Records, 1997)
• Simple Machine (Voluptuous Records, 1998)
• Chronicle Kings (Giant Records
  Giant Records
  Giant Records was launched in 1990 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. Records and Irving Azoff, who had sold his companies to MCA Records for $15.7 million. Azoff initially intended for the label to be called Big Records, but that name had been taken....
  
  , 1999)
• the bradbury ep (Voluptuous Records, 2000)
• Sticks The Landing (Voluptuous Records, 2003)