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About Me


Halos' singer and co-writer Dan Lyman fell in love with musicianship, as a lot of kids do, in the basement of his parents' house late at night, staying under the radar, listening to music he wasn't allowed to. No doubt a lot of people were singing along to 94.7 FM's "best love songs from the 80's and 90's" in Amherst, MA when they were 11 years old, but Dan was recording every song on a tape-deck, dissecting and examining each.
Dan's culminating love for rock - fueled by freezing days of stacking wood in his back yard, listening to Everclear and Third Eye Blind - spurred him to break out over the country with a couple of friends on self-booked national tours. He rocketed out of the basement, his parent's house, and the state in one burst.
Halos began in 2004, at the last leg of Dan's own nomadic touring and the months of national criss-crossing and living in his tour van. Something more sedentary (in the structural sense, not the geographic one) was brewing. Bassist John Hoge, guitarist Zak Freedman, keyboardist Josh Huber and drummer Sotiris "Sam" Eliopoulos were recruited/integrated, completing the ensemble.
Halos' music began to mature into what it is now: a blend of modern indie rock effusions, dotted with elements of the band's influencers - the late greats and the new - producing vivid, lyrical rock, salted with an occasional twang of country and the pop riffs of the 80's and 90's, the stuff you remember hearing on the radio when you were a kid.
Photos by Halosband on Buzznet
SXSW Recap (long version)
"Spectres" Live at Jake's in Lubbock, TX

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Member Since: 3/6/2006
Band Members:

Dan Lyman
Vocals / Guitar
John Hoge
Bass / Vocals
Josh Huber
Keyboard
Zak Freedman
Guitar
Sotiris Eliopoulis
Drums

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Management: Golden Bear Group
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04.16.08: Week of Amazing (VIDEOS+PICS)

We had an incredible week.04.07.08 - The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA: Atticus Clothing Spring '08 Launch04.08.08 - The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA, w/ Motion City Soundtrack04.09 - 14.08 - Chicago, IL, hang se...
Posted by Halos on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:11:00 PST

04.10.08: iTunes

We are now on iTunes!Go search for us using the keywords "halos helium."You can download songs off the EP.We'll be deciding soon how many/which other songs we want to make available.Grab yourself some...
Posted by Halos on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:15:00 PST

03.24.08: South by Southwest Recap Video

Hey everyone! We just returned from South by Southwest in Austin, TX, and it was too much fun. Here is a video summing up all our fun. Enjoy. ...
Posted by Halos on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:10:00 PST

01.29.08: Tour Videos

Here are some videos of songs performed at various shows on our tour:"Spectres" in Lubbock, TXhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp7Za4tunWk"Amalgam" in Lubbock, TXhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIUkhKnyq...
Posted by Halos on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:41:00 PST

01.29.08: Tour Recap

So we're home from our first real Halos tour. We've toured in our previous bands, but I think we would all agree this was a highly encouraging and enlightening endeavor. I personally want to express m...
Posted by Halos on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:01:00 PST

01.11.07: EmotionalPunk.com Show Review

January 5, 2008 @ The Alley in Fullerton, CAreview by Matt ZimmermanOverall Rating: 8.0Music Quality: 8.0Production: 8.0After countless listens to the band's debut EP Helium, various demos and a short...
Posted by Halos on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:08:00 PST

01.2.08: NEW MERCH | NEW VIDEO | NEW PICS | TOUR DATES |

Happy New Year!We have many goodies for you to start the year off properly...1 NEW MERCH! A new shirt has been added to our merch page. NEW SHIRTAnd, later in the week, we will be adding yet ANOTHER ...
Posted by Halos on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:33:00 PST

12.13.07: Halos on TOUR | live videos

We are so excited to announce the first REAL Halos tour dates!!All venues are tentative and more dates will be added in cities in Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, or Kansas (depending on how we line t...
Posted by Halos on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:45:00 PST

11.24.07: Interview with Emotionalpunk.com

HalosNovember 24, 2007 - In person Interview - Conducted by Matt ZimmermanEP: First off, can you please state your name and position in the band?John: I'm John Hoge and I play bass and do back up voca...
Posted by Halos on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:22:00 PST

09.27.07: The Latest, The Greatest

Hello boys and girls. We have some fun stuff for you since it's been a while. We've been working very hard over the last couple months pulling many things together (writing, rehearsing, promoting, pla...
Posted by Halos on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:07:00 PST