Comets on Fire

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Santa Cruz, San Jose CA, United States (1999 – present)

Comets on Fire are a psychedelic rock band from Santa Cruz, California. The band was formed in 1999 by guitarist and vocalist Ethan Miller and longtime friend bassist Ben Flashman, who were seeking to create rhythmically and sonically intense music that paid no attention to categorizations.

The band’s self-titled debut was released in 2001 and eventually issued on the Alternative Tentacles label. Recorded on a four-track, it was a garage/psych freakout of intense if not epic proportions. Comets on Fire became a staple on the underground jam rock scene, as one of the new weird america bands to watch. The Comets expanded their musical reach on 2002’s Field Recordings from the Sun, released by Ba Da Bing. The band employed a host of guests in creating a noisy, acid-drenched overdriven rock that owed as much to Hawkwind as it did the MC5. This was augmented by a host of guest musicians playing everything from saxophones to layers of percussion.

Before the next record the band officially added Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance to their lineup in 2003. He had previously performed and recorded with them. With this line-up they got a deal on Sub Pop Records and released their critically acclaimed Blue Cathedral. The record, drenched with psychedelic prog-rock influences, exposed them to a whole new fan base and the record found favor with enough people for Comets on Fire to tour as the opening act for Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr. In 2006, they released their fourth album Avatar which showed the band turning away from their more heavy psychedelic noise jams for a more melodic and subdued sound.

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madmonk80 wrote:
last week

Amazing music

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akzincke wrote:
8 days ago

If you didn't know... Ethan does a blog and it has loads of good shit to grab http://silvercurrant.blogspot.com/

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madchemist909 wrote:
last month

TIGHTEST INCREDIBLEST WEED SEX EVAR (2) Thought I was the only one, lol.

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jsh_twenty wrote:
last month

sick.

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littlewizard wrote:
October 2009

Damn! I want new album! Anyone has any news about it?

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degree wrote:
October 2009

TIGHTEST INCREDIBLEST WEED SEX EVAR

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Mushishi_GinKo wrote:
September 2009

Putain, j'adore trop ce groupe.

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haneater wrote:
September 2009

Life Is Psychedelic Comets On Fire Group

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eastbaythunder wrote:
August 2009

"The Antlers of the Midnight Sun" is trippy track

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w0bbEL wrote:
August 2009

I really can't decide whether Blue Cathedral is their best record or ,after all, Avatar. Such an amazing band.

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takataminna wrote:
July 2009

If you're a fan of space rock join my new group here: http://www.lastfm.pl/group/Space+Rock+-+the+cosmic+sound%21 Thanks to all new members!

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Strokarlos wrote:
July 2009

Their music is awesome!!! waitin' for some new music of them! :)

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doqtor wrote:
July 2009

any new releases soon?

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alan_o_o wrote:
June 2009

the guitar of hatched upon the age bleeds light.

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Windshield wrote:
April 2009

If anyone knows a place where the 'Live in Europa' ep is for sale please let me know.

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miriya99 wrote:
March 2009

I don't wanna sound like a queer or nothin', but I think unicorns are kickass!

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raysravens52 wrote:
February 2009

http://silvercurrant.blogspot.com/2009/02/lost-electric-six-organs-of-admittance_26.html Listen to comets on fire play with six organs of admittance!

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DavidakaCactus wrote:
February 2009

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archlilim wrote:
February 2009

Wow, where the hell is Field Recordings and their self-titled on the charts? All their albums are great (I was disappointed with Avatar for obvious reasons), but Field Recordings outstrips everything else, in my opinion. I guess people like their softer side...hmm.

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GeorgeColdwater wrote:
January 2009

All i need! If played on 11, this song will make your head explode with its sonic bursts of pure psychedelia

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