Phantom Planet occurs as oftentimes evolving Four-piece band depending away from Southern California and has recently achieved fame for its song "California", which went on to be a theme song for the popular TV indicate, The O.C.. Their foremost record occurs as surf-rock collection of tunes remindful of The Beach Boys. Their 2nd is classic rock harkening to U2 and Blur. Their third & virtually all recent album is an amalgam of sounds, described per boys as "a fight between" elastic like Fugazi, The Who, The Cure, The Flaming Lips, and The Clash.

the band is known as fallowing a theme song of a 1961 b-movie called The Phantom Planet. It decided on the title inside 1994 inside the Pizza Hut.

A band has opened for numerous easily-known creative person, including Sting, Elvis Costello, Incubus, Guided By Voices, The Hives, American Hi-Fi, Maroon 5, and possibly Ludacris.

A band has helped two Los Angeles bases elastic "Rooney" & "The Like" become their run by providing the babies by having their foremost proper club gigs.

Ex-drummer Jason Schwartzman is the son of actress Talia Shire and nephew of famed director Francis Ford Coppola. Schwartzman is at present an acclaimed actor. He starred inside Rushmore, Roman Coppola's CQ, Bewitched, and his full cousin Sofia Coppola's upcoming film on the life of Marie-Antoinette. Bassist Sam Farrar is the son of John Farrar, a singer/songwriter known better for notable songs from either the moving picture Grease and other hits sung by Olivia Newton-John.

Lead singer & song writer, Alex Greenwald, became a popular model & the familiar face of numerous commericials for The Gap and played a psychopath within Donnie Darko.

Band members
Alex Greenwald, Lead Vocals. Sam Farrar, Bass Guitar Darren Robinson, Guitar Jeff Conrad, Drums

Previous band members:

Jacques Brautbar, Guitar. Left class action within Can 2004 to pursue photography. Was does'nt replaced. Jason Schwartzman, Drums. Left class action to pursue acting career. Asterisked around Rushmore opposite Bill Murray. Was replaced by Jeff Conrad.

Discography
Phantom Planet is Missing – 1998, Geffen Records Polaroid – 1999, Phantom Planet Family The Guest – 2002, Epic Records Phantom Planet – January 6, 2004, Epic Records