Angels & Airwaves
Angels & Airwaves (also known as AvA) is an alternative rock band from San … Read Full Bio ↴Angels & Airwaves (also known as AvA) is an alternative rock band from San Diego, California, created by blink-182 and Box Car Racer guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge. The current line-up consists of Tom DeLonge and drummer Ilan Rubin.
Tom DeLonge began working new material during the blink-182's final tour in 2004 and shortly after they began their hiatus in February 2005. For half a year he worked alone in his home studio before gathering musicians to form the band. Upon fiddling randomly for several weeks with the band's logo, Tom suddenly realized that if he were to invert the middle "A" of the band 's acronym into what appeared to be a "V", he would have the name of his daughter, Ava. As rumors were floating around about the band's "break-up", DeLonge chose to abstain for half a year from any interviews surrounding the issue and his future plans; instead he concentrated on writing and recording in his home-based studio. In September 2005, he finally spoke publicly in Kerrang! magazine, where he unveiled the name of his new band, "Angels & Airwaves". The band included former Hazen Street guitarist and high-school friend David Kennedy, former Rocket from the Crypt drummer Adam Willard and former The Distillers bassist Ryan Sinn.
The band released their first single, "The Adventure" on May 18, 2006 and their debut album, "We Don't Need to Whisper", on May 23, 2006. Recorded and produced at DeLonge's Never Pants Ranch, the album is a mix of huge production values and anthemic songwriting sounding nothing like the pop-punk sound that earned DeLonge huge amounts of credit for his work with Blink-182
The band released new album "I-Empire" On 5th November, 2007 which gained fast popularity, climbing to the number one spot on iTunes almost overnight. The first single from the new album, "Everything's Magic", was leaked onto the internet, and on August 25, 2007 it was the most requested song on California radio station KROQ. Angels & Airwaves began streaming the song on their myspace profile on August 28, 2007. I-Empire debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at No.9 with sales of 66,000 in its first week. On November 16, 2007, Tom announced on Modlife.com that "Breathe" will be the next single/music video off of the I-Empire album. A documentary by the band entitled Start The Machine has also been released.
According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Tom Delonge tradmarked the name "Angels and Airwaves" on June 24, 2005. The name apparently occured to him whilst driving in his car. Realizing this would be frequently abbreviated to "AAA", he decided to move the middle letter upside down for a more unique and personally meaningful "AVA" as his daughter is named Ava. This was amongst the lingering confusion of Blink-182's "indefinite hiatus" which later led to a confirmed split and the beginning of the band.
In an interview with British magazine Kerrang!, DeLonge commented about the band's beginning:
"Just before all the blink-182 stuff happened when we were in Europe, I had a really weird epiphany. My heart was beating about a hundred miles a minute for three weeks straight and it had never happened to me before in my life. I really felt like I'd been touched by something and I felt I was meant to do something massive."
Originally, "Valkyrie Missile" was stated for release via iTunes on December 13, 2005, DeLonge's 30th birthday. However, due to discussions with their record label, Geffen, the band decided to push the release date back to a later date. Instead, the Angels & Airwaves website produced the first ever glimpse at the movie currently in production, a 1-and-a-half minute long trailer featuring portions of the delayed song.
Angels and Airwaves released both a music video and a short film for their first single, "The Adventure"; the band also released a short film for "It Hurts" via the band's official website. Both are short sci-fi films and together form the first part of a proposed ten-part series, following the cast's struggle through an unfamiliar world. On October 3, 2006, the band released the third installment in the series, "The Gift".
"Do It for Me Now" was released in the US as the second single and "It Hurts" was released in the UK as the second single at the same time. The music video for "It Hurts" is in fact the short-film released on April 18th and was available to select on the UK music television channel Kerrang!.
In 2006, the band embarked on their first full-length tour, which was headlined by Taking Back Sunday and supported by Head Automatica and The Subways. Numerous one-stop dates at the Give It A Name 2006 festival were played with the likes of My Chemical Romance, Lostprophets, We Are Scientists, Hundred Reasons, Panic! at the Disco, The Bled, Thrice, Billy Talent, Goldfinger, Underoath, Paramore, The Ataris, Aiden and Atreyu. The band also played on The Late Show with David Letterman on May 15, 2006. The band headlined a tour in the US, supported by The Sounds, which ended with a stop in Mexico City, Mexico. After that tour, the band went to perform in Japan and Australia.
They also performed at two shows at London's Hyde Park and in Manchester supporting the Foo Fighters on their successful In Your Honor tour. Over 100,000 people over both days. Other bands they played with over the two days included The Strokes, Eagles of Death Metal, Motorhead, Queens of the Stone Age, Juliette and the Licks, and Brian May and Roger Meddows-Taylor from Queen.
Among the plans for a big future, AVA have announced they are planning on releasing a film involving their music. The World War II-based movie is being created primarily through the use of CGI. This "story" is apparently based upon Tom's life and will give viewers insight into the hiatus of blink-182. Currently, the only known cast member is Michael Ostman.
Tom DeLonge stated in his PR Editorial Review:
"So preachy, I know. And I don't mean for it to be. I wanted it to be the recording of an emotional event in my life. I love the idea of an album doing that, because I knew that if I could get 150,000 people in an arena to have the same feeling at the exact same moment, it would end up feeling like a religious event. I really want the room to be dark, with black light or a candle. People should have headphones on, and they should be really comfortable, maybe sitting on the floor, leaning against the bed. I spent a year and a half working on this record, trying my hardest to give people a moment of escapism. All I ask is 50 minutes of a lowered heart rate."
On 16 July 2007, the Angels & Airwaves website was updated to feature a teaser trailer in the startup. The trailer features the song Star Of Bethlehem playing over concert footage, quotes from critics about "We Don't Need To Whisper", and members of the band riding on motorcycles and riding in a truck.
Tom DeLonge began working new material during the blink-182's final tour in 2004 and shortly after they began their hiatus in February 2005. For half a year he worked alone in his home studio before gathering musicians to form the band. Upon fiddling randomly for several weeks with the band's logo, Tom suddenly realized that if he were to invert the middle "A" of the band 's acronym into what appeared to be a "V", he would have the name of his daughter, Ava. As rumors were floating around about the band's "break-up", DeLonge chose to abstain for half a year from any interviews surrounding the issue and his future plans; instead he concentrated on writing and recording in his home-based studio. In September 2005, he finally spoke publicly in Kerrang! magazine, where he unveiled the name of his new band, "Angels & Airwaves". The band included former Hazen Street guitarist and high-school friend David Kennedy, former Rocket from the Crypt drummer Adam Willard and former The Distillers bassist Ryan Sinn.
The band released their first single, "The Adventure" on May 18, 2006 and their debut album, "We Don't Need to Whisper", on May 23, 2006. Recorded and produced at DeLonge's Never Pants Ranch, the album is a mix of huge production values and anthemic songwriting sounding nothing like the pop-punk sound that earned DeLonge huge amounts of credit for his work with Blink-182
The band released new album "I-Empire" On 5th November, 2007 which gained fast popularity, climbing to the number one spot on iTunes almost overnight. The first single from the new album, "Everything's Magic", was leaked onto the internet, and on August 25, 2007 it was the most requested song on California radio station KROQ. Angels & Airwaves began streaming the song on their myspace profile on August 28, 2007. I-Empire debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at No.9 with sales of 66,000 in its first week. On November 16, 2007, Tom announced on Modlife.com that "Breathe" will be the next single/music video off of the I-Empire album. A documentary by the band entitled Start The Machine has also been released.
According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Tom Delonge tradmarked the name "Angels and Airwaves" on June 24, 2005. The name apparently occured to him whilst driving in his car. Realizing this would be frequently abbreviated to "AAA", he decided to move the middle letter upside down for a more unique and personally meaningful "AVA" as his daughter is named Ava. This was amongst the lingering confusion of Blink-182's "indefinite hiatus" which later led to a confirmed split and the beginning of the band.
In an interview with British magazine Kerrang!, DeLonge commented about the band's beginning:
"Just before all the blink-182 stuff happened when we were in Europe, I had a really weird epiphany. My heart was beating about a hundred miles a minute for three weeks straight and it had never happened to me before in my life. I really felt like I'd been touched by something and I felt I was meant to do something massive."
Originally, "Valkyrie Missile" was stated for release via iTunes on December 13, 2005, DeLonge's 30th birthday. However, due to discussions with their record label, Geffen, the band decided to push the release date back to a later date. Instead, the Angels & Airwaves website produced the first ever glimpse at the movie currently in production, a 1-and-a-half minute long trailer featuring portions of the delayed song.
Angels and Airwaves released both a music video and a short film for their first single, "The Adventure"; the band also released a short film for "It Hurts" via the band's official website. Both are short sci-fi films and together form the first part of a proposed ten-part series, following the cast's struggle through an unfamiliar world. On October 3, 2006, the band released the third installment in the series, "The Gift".
"Do It for Me Now" was released in the US as the second single and "It Hurts" was released in the UK as the second single at the same time. The music video for "It Hurts" is in fact the short-film released on April 18th and was available to select on the UK music television channel Kerrang!.
In 2006, the band embarked on their first full-length tour, which was headlined by Taking Back Sunday and supported by Head Automatica and The Subways. Numerous one-stop dates at the Give It A Name 2006 festival were played with the likes of My Chemical Romance, Lostprophets, We Are Scientists, Hundred Reasons, Panic! at the Disco, The Bled, Thrice, Billy Talent, Goldfinger, Underoath, Paramore, The Ataris, Aiden and Atreyu. The band also played on The Late Show with David Letterman on May 15, 2006. The band headlined a tour in the US, supported by The Sounds, which ended with a stop in Mexico City, Mexico. After that tour, the band went to perform in Japan and Australia.
They also performed at two shows at London's Hyde Park and in Manchester supporting the Foo Fighters on their successful In Your Honor tour. Over 100,000 people over both days. Other bands they played with over the two days included The Strokes, Eagles of Death Metal, Motorhead, Queens of the Stone Age, Juliette and the Licks, and Brian May and Roger Meddows-Taylor from Queen.
Among the plans for a big future, AVA have announced they are planning on releasing a film involving their music. The World War II-based movie is being created primarily through the use of CGI. This "story" is apparently based upon Tom's life and will give viewers insight into the hiatus of blink-182. Currently, the only known cast member is Michael Ostman.
Tom DeLonge stated in his PR Editorial Review:
"So preachy, I know. And I don't mean for it to be. I wanted it to be the recording of an emotional event in my life. I love the idea of an album doing that, because I knew that if I could get 150,000 people in an arena to have the same feeling at the exact same moment, it would end up feeling like a religious event. I really want the room to be dark, with black light or a candle. People should have headphones on, and they should be really comfortable, maybe sitting on the floor, leaning against the bed. I spent a year and a half working on this record, trying my hardest to give people a moment of escapism. All I ask is 50 minutes of a lowered heart rate."
On 16 July 2007, the Angels & Airwaves website was updated to feature a teaser trailer in the startup. The trailer features the song Star Of Bethlehem playing over concert footage, quotes from critics about "We Don't Need To Whisper", and members of the band riding on motorcycles and riding in a truck.
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Angels & Airwaves Lyrics
11. Rite Of Springs I was locked all day in the summer heat, In a…
A Fire in a Nameless Town I think we started something that we can't deny A fire…
A Little's Enough When all is said and done Will we still feel pain…
All That We Are The ice is really cold The street light's really old A chi…
All That's Left Is Love Do you ever not open those eyes To see again, your…
Anomaly Hey you What's with those eyes What ya been thinkin' Hey gi…
Anxiety Anxiety, don't pressure us Faster, I dream in speeds of ash…
Artillery Halloween, the fallen angel to bury the symphony Bright ligh…
Automatic You're on the ride But it's not like they said it…
Behold a Pale Horse And when the time is right It's gonna change the world And…
Breathe A blue, black shade of love. Sent from above. My hands are…
Bullets in the Wind Warn the army waiting for me Set the dial to the…
Call to Arms There's a little black, dark scar, tired divide This is it,…
Chasing Shadows Eighteen and a wicker basket Red cape and a open casket Tied…
Clever Love Oh I know you well All your life Ive watched you…
Distraction I'll be your distraction I'll be your distraction There's…
Do It For Me Now It's a frightening night, and the wind has a roar…
Dry Your Eyes A waterfall A wonderful bliss but a teardrop falls You say…
Epic Holiday And the brightest sign, it is full of holes And it's…
Epic Holiday Remix And the brightest sign, it is full of holes And it's…
Euphoria Hanging onto a spinning wheel You're a broken soul and a…
Everything And do you ever feel like you're alone? And do you…
Flight of the Apollo I'm flying, and somethings reaching out Vibrations, can you …
Fraud A bit to late, to try to turn back now Make…
Good Day I should of turned back I should of known better Then…
Goodbye Pink polish on your toenails And the hum of these machines S…
Hallucinations And look real close, Across the lines and the roads, It is…
Heaven I will run the streets and hostile lands I will touch…
Home There's a wind that contains the night A fellow shadow wande…
Inertia You're a liar. You wear a gun, makes you look bigger. You…
Into the Night I wanna know At night I'll walk the streets to lead…
It Hurts It hurts [x17] Is this what you want? 'Cause everybody acts…
Kiss & Tell Lorene, love please stay a bit tonight Call it what you…
Kiss With a Spell If I end up alone Across the barren sand dunes I see…
Letters to God Part II All the phones have rung and rung They're off the hook,…
Lifeline With an urgent, careful stare I see panic in those eyes If…
Losing My Mind I won't open these eyes Like there's chaos in my mind Like…
Love Like Rockets (Due to the marvels of scientific advance My voice is coming…
Mercenaries Can you come on Out of the cold How do we make…
Moon As My Witness There's something you said A whirlwind, a voice "Together," …
My Heroine I made tonight a memory I could walk for miles and…
My Heroine (In I made tonight a memory I could walk for miles and…
My Only Fear There's a little black dark scar tire divide This is it,…
No More Guns Early in the morning And I'm sitting at the table Drinking s…
One Last Thing Chalked up in a city street Broke glass in bloody scene Youn…
One Last Thing. Chalked up in a city street Broke glass in bloody scene Yo…
Overload Eyes Wait Go Lights Don't Haunt Through The night Everybody…
Paper Thin I see you at the window sill The rain, it won't…
Paralyzed I wake to a fire in the day A little lion…
Parasomnia It's my kind of day The faces of passengers Looks like they'…
Rebel Girl If you wanna dance, my love My little rebel girl Come a…
Restless Souls Everything and everyone Every word is falsified Can not see …
Rite of Spring I was locked all day in the summer heat, In a…
Saturday Love I know that I can't tell you this light has…
Secret Crowds (If I had my own world) (I'd build you an empire) If…
Shove Forget the things that you own And travel almost anywhere yo…
Sirens There's a weakness in the window Place my footprints in the…
Some Origins of Fire Cars crash through the streets The west end waves break city…
Soul Survivor I am a ghost, this is a dream There's something here,…
Spellbound I'm so lost in desire Can't dig myself out Something's out t…
Star of Bethlehem This song is instrumental…
Start The Machine The ash set in then blew away It's getting lost into…
Surrender There is a crowd in here, that fooled themselves They brough…
Take The Stairs These words are coming from me, I know it She knows it …
Teenagers & Rituals Lightning cross the way, no I can't rest, been up for…
The Adventure I want to have the same last dream again The one…
The Disease Take a little look at yourself Watch a soul leave the…
The Flight of Apollo I'm flying, and somethings reaching out Vibrations, can you…
The Gift There's the strangest excitement today If you're awake then …
The Machine The ash set in then blew away It's getting lost into…
The Moon-Atomic It's like the day has turned to rust Like every dream's…
The Revelator Can you tell me your name girl? Are you calling me…
The War The ocean is on fire, the sky turned dark again…
The Wolfpack No bother, climb to it and call out canary Don't worry,…
Timebomb (Blue eyes with) (Long knives with) (Soundwaves and flashing…
Tremors The earth is burnin' Can't feel my feet Yeah come on' The f…
True Love (She's energy) (She's a star) (Burning across the night time…
Tunnels I am still, without devotion Cause we're all asleep at the…
Valkyrie Missile Anybody out there? Building up the pain, it's ready to…
View From Below They can't react again The lips too numb to grin The view…
Voyager My oh my, the coast is never that clear Hate them…
We Are All That We Are The ice is really cold The street light's really old A child…
Wrecked Him With all those words you bring Why do you say what…
Young London I'm not the one to complain of bad dreams It's like…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Angels:
'Til You used to tell me no matter how much we…
A Walk Through The Clouds WALK THROUGH THE FIRE 7 ANGELS Walk Through The…
After The Rain When the sky-full of tears Is threatening to fall Don't stan…
Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again [Verse 1] Went down to Santa Fe, where Renoir paints the…
Angels I don’t know how people do this no Getting in between…
Angels Theme Endless horizons extend The stillest hour draws near Our pat…
Backstreet Pickup (Spencer-R. Brewster-Neeson-Manning-Morley) Welcome back, go…
Circles Weighing in my options While your group is watching I know t…
Cry Baby Cry What can I do to ease the pain What can I…
Destination Afraid to speak Afraid to touch Afraid that everything could…
Division I look for questions to my answers I scan for faces…
En Mis Sueños Siempre creí que yo era el único y antes de tí…
Es por ti Si vez el tequila Que traigo en mis manos Esta bien sellado …
Fashion And Fame Tonight, nobody came-Fame, Fashion Dreams of yesterday- fam…
Geisha Boom Boom I told my girls Today's the day Gonna get it, get…
Happiness In the beginning I thought that you'd risk it all for…
He's all I Want You've taken from me everything I've made; That's all…
Home There's a wind that contains the night A fellow shadow wande…
I Will Never Love You Again When you wish upon a star My heart is with you…
Into the Night I wanna know At night I'll walk the streets to lead…
Ivory Stairs (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) Blue master Thatcher got a well l…
Let The Night Roll On Riding on a lucky wheel of seventeen I think I'm gonna…
Live Lady Live My father had a hand like a catcher's mitt You should…
Love Is Free Do you ever not open those eyes To see again, your…
Mi amor sin ti y contigo Miguel Ángel Tzul Y Su Marimba Orquesta Cariño m…
Mi Vida Sin Ti Uántos sueños que ya no pudieron ser? Y ahora yo no…
Miro en el Espejo Te alejaste de pronto Dejando roto todo a mi alrededor D…
My Boyfriend Is Back He went away and you hung around And bothered me, every…
No Secrets Amanda the actress waits at the station She's drifting with …
O Holy Night Oh holy night The stars are brightly shining It is the nig…
Parasomnia It's my kind of day The faces of passengers Looks like they'…
Quisiera ''A Veces Quisiera'' Me inspira tu pelo me inspira tu boca…
Revelation [spoken] Into Amystika I was born Now as I reflect upon…
Ruins I can't believe I can't believe That I let things get this…
Simplemente tu Cuando no estás Tu olor me sigue a donde voy Te…
Stand Up If I could look into your heart And see the…
Stronghold We read books on how to live And how to ease…
Take A Long Line (This is it folks, over the top) He was selling postcards…
Te Amo Este amor no es color de rosa Este amor nos pesa…
Te necesito TE NECESITO Autor: Juan Ángel No vuelvas a buscarme más D…
Tear Me Apart (Spencer-Brewster-Eccles) I've been down the impossible I've…
The Angels I don’t know how people do this no Getting in between…
Till Lets go for a drive Let's go far away No more people…
Vi Hopper Og Vi Spretter Når vi kommer hjem fra skolen så skruer vi på…
View from Below They can't react again The lips too numb to grin The view…
Voyager My oh my, the coast is never that clear Hate them…
vuelve mi amor Mi dulce amor, mi compañera Dueña de mis ilusiones Mí consen…
Y no se que paso En las noches, Tengo mucho miedo, Al soсar contigo, Y…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Airwaves:
Read My Mind I see you everyday But you just walk on by…
You Are the New Day I will love you more than me And more than yesterday If…