Angel And Airwaves simple biography

Biography

With the hiatus of pop-punk superstarsblink-182

 in full effect by the fall of 2005, singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge

 revealed the formation of his new band -- one he'd already been working with for six months -- called Angels & Airwaves

. Much hype ensued after the announcement. In interviews with outlets like MTV.com,DeLonge

 proclaimed that his new music would borrow elements from bands likeU2

 and Pink Floyd

 and, ultimately, be something of a revolution to change the face of rock & roll forever. Rounding out his lineup were guitarist David Kennedy

(Boxcar Racer

, Hazen Street

), drummerAtom Willard

 (Rocket from the Crypt

, the Offspring

), and bassist Ryan Sinn

 (the Distillers

), and the group made its live debut on April 12, 2006, to a sold-out crowd at Pomona, California's Glass House. Those unable to attend the show were given a taste of Angels & Airwaves'

shimmering, arena-ready rock later that spring, when We Don't Need to Whisper

was released on the Geffen label. We Don't Need to Whisper

 was met with mixed reviews but went gold nonetheless, due in large part to a popular pre-sale that ensured the band a healthy first week of sales. Several U.K. festival appearances and a month-long headlining tour followed, and the group also served as an opening act for Head Automatica

 forTaking Back Sunday

 during a tour of American venues. After replacing Sinn

with former 30 Seconds to Mars

 bassistMatt Wachter

, Angels & Airwaves

 returned in 2007 with their second album, the equally dramatic I-Empire

. Although deemed by DeLonge

 to be "as exciting as rock 'n' roll gets!" in an interview with Kerrang!, I-Empire

 didn't fare nearly as well as the previous album, with sales eventually stalling around 260,000 copies in America. A stateside tour in early 2008 proved to be fairly popular, though, and the group remained on the road by joining the Warped Tour later that year. At the Grammy Awards on February 8, 2009,DeLonge

 climbed on-stage with Travis Barker

 and Mark Hoppus

 to announce plans for a blink-182

 reunion. The band toured that summer and spent significant time in the recording studio, where sessions for a new blink-182

 album keptDeLonge

 busy. He found enough free time to record a third album with Angels & Airwaves

, however, and the finished product -- simply titled Love

 -- was released free of charge on Valentine's Day 2010. The second part of Love

 arrived in November of 2011, not long after DeLonge

released his reunion album with blink-182

, along with a set that combined both parts of the album. ~ Corey Apar & Andrew Leahey, Rovi