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Alientar

Undescribeable Psychedelic Space Rock!!??

About Me

Alientar first congealed at a remote canyon trailer deep in the Santa Cruz Mountains during the Summer of 1999, and has been famously described as “Aldous Huxley and Isaac Asimov jamming at Pompeii” – encompassing a sonic mash that lurches from unabashed psychedelic space epics to psychobilly rutting soundtracks, playing whatever they feel like and leaving their audience to sort out the details. ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ .........Alientar has played some of the Bay Area’s finest and worst venues – from the legendary Fillmore, Golden Gate Park, and Frost Amphitheatre to urine soaked biker bars and lush divorcee watering holes. Despite their fickle fortunes, Alientar keeps stepping into the ring like a brain damaged prize fighter looking for glory. Push them too far, however, and they’ll unleash their sonic fury on the audience like a water cannon at a WTO demonstration. ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ......... HISTORY ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ........Guitarists Forest Coe and Jeremy Lathrop had been jamming and writing with bass player Derk Hagedorn since 1994, but it wasn’t until they were introduced to drummer Jason Deppong that they got off their collective asses and decided to “share” their particular musical vision with more than the annoyed neighbors. Keyboardist Joseph Lemmer joined the band a few months later and Alientar seeped out of its trailer and onto stages around the area.Following the exhuming of human remains behind the trailer, the band moved its headquarters to a nondescript townhouse in Santa Cruz proper, where a new generation of neighbors would soon be introduced to strange noises emanating from the garage. After several live and demo CD compilations, Alientar released its first album on the Alien Slut label in 2005. After five years of collaboration and madness, Joseph Lemmer came to his senses in early 2006 and left the band to pursue other interests, but not before engineering the recordings for Alientar’s next release, "Martian Terrain". Since then, Alientar has been working on new material at a feverish pace – stay tuned. …......................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ...........For more information, studio and new live mp3s, video, art, gig dates, etc.------- GO TO: HTTP://WWW.ALIENTAR.COM ***We update myspace and alientar.com with current live and rehearsal mp3s weekly. ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ .........
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Member Since: 12/4/2005
Band Website: alientar.com
Band Members: Forest Coe: Lead Guitar, Keyboards, & Vocals... Jason Deppong: Drums & Percussion...Derk Hagedorn: Bass & Vocals...Jeremy Lathrop: Rhythm Guitar & Vocals
Influences: Pink Floyd, Ween, Rush, The Police, Jane's Addiction, The Grateful Dead, Phish, Led Zeppelin, The Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Hawkwind (well, sort of...), Yes, King Crimson, and many many more...
Sounds Like: THIS...
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

We regret to inform you...

....that after 8 years of performing, Alientar is on hiatus.I will continue to post mp3s from the Tarchives when I can and perhaps some live video to our myspace account and official site.Check out ou...
Posted by Alientar on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:27:00 PST

Finnish Review of Martain Terrain album!

Go here:DJ Astro is a cool guy from Finaland and he also wrote a review of the new album...http://www.unimeri.com/PsychotropicZone/reviews.en.p hp?subaction=showfull&id=1191318264&archive=&start_from=&...
Posted by Alientar on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:29:00 PST

Catalyst Show Review in Metro 9/15/07

This was in the Metro Santa Cruz, September 19, 2007:http://www.metroactive.com/metro-santa-cruz/09.19.07/mu z-0738.htmlM--zBy GARRETT WHEELERAlien Goathead Nation Saturday night I found myself at the ...
Posted by Alientar on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:50:00 PST

A blog about a girlfriend's blog...about Alientar

I guess she's biased, but we haven't blogged in awhile...so here's something for you..read Jamie's review of us, in case you still don't like us:Residents of Santa Cruz county are truly blessed with t...
Posted by Alientar on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:25:00 PST

Santa Cruz Good Times Article -May 3rd

Good Times Santa Cruz 5/3/07"Love Your Local Band"Alientar 5--SaturdayHenfling's TavernIt's all on the line at Henfling's Saturday night as a nasty showdown between local bands Alientar, Funkle Sam, T...
Posted by Alientar on Mon, 14 May 2007 08:04:00 PST

4-20-07 Setlist!

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Posted by Alientar on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:19:00 PST

Coastline set list

This is what you missed:...
Posted by Alientar on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:20:00 PST

HIGHlights of "420" show...

4/20/06Crow's Nest, Santa Cruz.Fog, psychedelic visuals, dancing, and what? Yep, a raffle for bongs, pipes, papers, screens, posters, and CDs. When else would we do it? Got a cool write up in the loca...
Posted by Alientar on Sun, 07 May 2006 02:35:00 PST

Alientar enters MySpace...

Yep, it looks like "everybody's doing it"...so here we are, on MySpace in outter space... Enjoy the music, the pix, and whatever else is on here. If you want more, check out our official website at...
Posted by Alientar on Sun, 04 Dec 2005 02:24:00 PST