The Plastic Constellations were a Minneapolis-based band. Formed in 1995 when they met as students at Hopkins High School

Hopkins High School

Hopkins High School is a public high school located in Minnetonka, Minnesota, a southwestern suburb of Minneapolis. It offers classes for grades 10, 11, and 12. Hopkins High School is part of the Hopkins School District 270 and draws students from the city of Hopkins, central and eastern parts of...

, they played their first shows in 1996 at the well-known First Avenue venue when they were just 15 years old. They are known for their rhythmic intensity, anthemic melodies, and playful sense of humor.

The band consisted of dual guitarist/vocalists Aaron Mader and Jeff Allen, bassist (Jordan Roske), and drummer (Matt Scharenbroich). Often the guitarists would both play rhythm guitar to form a very dense texture of sound.

Aaron Mader is also a hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 producer, operating in this capacity as a member of the Minneapolis collective

Collective

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 Doomtree

Doomtree

Doomtree is a hip hop collective based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Members of Doomtree bring various bases of knowledge and musical backgrounds together to create alternative-influenced rap and hip-hop music. Nearly as prominent as the influence of hip-hop in their music is that of punk, and their...

 under the name Lazerbeak.

Their last show was April 19, 2008 at First Ave. before they went on what is being called an "indefinite hiatus."

A reunion show was held at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis on January 23, 2010.

Discography

EPs:

• The Plastic Constellations [Self Titled] (1998, Pretentious Records)

1. The Dreaming
2. The Smallest Skyline in the Sky
   • We Got the Movement (1999, Pretentious Records)
3. We Will be Smiling Forever
4. Chunk Rawk
5. Tonite we Might
6. This Western Lot
7. We Beat you Devil
8. Exits and Entrances
9. It's Us
10. Hidden Track (TPC Knows How To Party)

Albums:

• Let's War (2002, Modern Radio Records & Blood of the Young Records)

1. Ditched and Drowned
2. Slow Support
3. D.C. Circuit
4. Riots or Rugburns
5. Back It Up Now
6. Let It Rumble
7. The Backstreet Drivers
8. You Are Not Chicago
9. Diablo Dastron
10. Smallest Skyline
11. Let's War
    • Mazatlan (2004, 2024 Records)
12. We Came to Play
13. Evil Groove
14. Beats Like you Stole Something
15. Davico
16. East Cleaveland
17. Movement Momentum
18. Mazatlan
19. Oh No, Iowa
20. Vicious Devotion
21. No Complaints
22. Keep it Live
    • Crusades
      Crusades (album)
      Crusades is the third LP from Minneapolis-based alternative group The Plastic Constellations. It features additional vocals from Stef Alexander of Doomtree.-Track listing:...
      
       (2006, Frenchkiss Records
      Frenchkiss Records
      Frenchkiss Records is an independent record label based in New York, New York. The label was started in 1999 by Syd Butler, bassist and founder of Les Savy Fav...
      
       in conjunction with 2024 Records)
23. Phoenix & The Faultline
24. Iron City Jungles
25. Best Things
26. Quixote
27. Sancho Panza
28. Belly Of The Beast
29. Men In Dark Times
30. Reunitation
31. Ghost In The House
32. Bring What You Bring
    • We Appreciate You (2008, Frenchkiss Records
      Frenchkiss Records
      Frenchkiss Records is an independent record label based in New York, New York. The label was started in 1999 by Syd Butler, bassist and founder of Les Savy Fav...
      
      )
33. Stay That Way
34. Black Market Pandas
35. Floated Down and Flew Around
36. Perched on a Porch
37. Flames and Rain
38. We Are Genius Millionaires
39. Disastrophe
40. Hardland/Heartland
41. Heat Knocker
42. Phantom Canyon
43. So Many Friends

External links

• Official Website
• Live video of the Plastic Constellations at scheduletwo.com