Andy Griff........ still a fun band to mosh too ! lost their "edge" as they are as old as me but god they bring a smaile to my face live and old SLF stuff still really cuts it. guitar & drums 2005 ish wasnt bad either.
Andy Griff........ still a fun band to mosh too ! lost their "edge" as they are as old as me but god they bring a smaile to my face live and old SLF stuff still really cuts it. guitar & drums 2005 ish wasnt bad either.
Hello! I'm a newbie to TATE...but I am completely mesmerized by this band! I grew up in the Philly area and now live in Delaware, which I don't like very much. ;-P
I am probably older than most of you...42 years and I earned every single one of 'em! I'm into a huge variety of music, both old and new. My favorite band is YES, but I love RHCP, Sublime, The Extraordinaires, Scissor Sisters...too many to name.
I'm on my way to Borders to buy TATE's album!
Cheers!
K~
Hello everyone. I'm a new member here too. I'm Emmylou but Emmy for short if you perfer. I'm 16 and live in Texas. I've been getting into this band alot lately and I would love to see how far they're going to go. I love other bands as well like, The Killers, Oasis, Franz Ferdinand, The Hives, Coldplay, Oingo Boingo...and others. I love art aswell. So with that said, I hope to meet some of you guys. :)
Hi everyone,
Michael, 25, London, UK
First discovered this band supporting Razorlight at the 02. Amazing. Fell in love with Sometime Around Midnight.
Other fav bands include...Razorlight, The Killers, Gaslight Anthem, Editors.
Hope to see this band headlining Reading in a few years..
Feel free to add me on facebook!
Hello.
I am Amanda - 14 - from Chicago, IL [US].
I just started listening to them a few weeks ago when I heard them on VH1.
Now Im totally hooked! Their music is addicting and its so amazing!!!
im Kaylen from the wisconsin....ish area im 13 and have been playing Bass guitar for about two years now. I got to see The Airborne Toxic Event at Summerfest. I had so much fun! their was so much energy and not a bad song out of all of them. I got to take a pic with Noah and high-five/shook hands with Mikel. I honestly think this band has made my music experence more exiting!
Hello everyone...
I'm Karen, 51, from So California, mother of 2 sons, long-time music lover...
I first saw the original Midnight video several months ago on MTVU and fell in love with it, so passionate and gutwrenching! So now I'm hooked. And Mikel's whole backstory is fascinating...he's really an amazing guy! Going to see them at Lollapalooza and then Pomona in September. Like you said emmy1516, I'm looking forward to seeing how far they go....It's great to see a band you love make it big...I've been following (ok, ok obsessing about) The Killers since the beginning and I really hope TATE reaches their level of success, or more, they really deserve it. And now I have TWO bands to obsess about!! :)
Hello one and all. I'm a newbie to the band,I was introduced to them last night(UK time.) at t in the park by my better half,I had heard the song something around midnight before on the radio and liked it but knew nothing about who it was or the band. Anyway: I'm Margaret,I'm 37 years old,I live in a place called Perth,in Scotland with my partner. I was at college doing catering,and I am just looking for a job right now.
Hi everyone!
My name's Fi, I'm from Stamford in Lincolnshire (UK) and I'm nearly 31. I've got a daughter who is nearly 6 and am single.
I LOVE The Airborne Toxic Event! I first heard Sometime Around Midnight on Edith Bowman's radio show a few months and have been hooked ever since!!! Was gutted when the electrics weren't working at Sheffield Leadmill on May 6th, but it was SO worth the wait and saw them there on 14th July - awesome gig and the icing on the cake was the lovely Mr Harmon giving me a wink - could have died and gone to heaven right there lol! I'm sure I'm not the only one with a crush on him now haha!
Nice to meet you all!
Fi
x
Hello guys! :D
I just joined this website today, but I've loved TATE for a long long time now. :] I'm located in a dorky little town called Pinellas Park in Florida, where I've lived what has seemed like a very long fourteen years. It's funny, when I first heard one of their songs, my dad was driving and he said, "Bah! This sucks, I'mma change it." And then I'm like, "No, I need new music to listen to, let's give it a chance." And it turned out to be Sometime Around Midnight (the only freaking song they play by them on the local radio stations), which we both fell in love with, which led to buying their album. Now, to explain a bit more, here's the super-long reply to one of their bulletins on MySpace, which they will probably, unfortunately, never read:
"Hey! God, I really wish I could see you live! You're so amazing. Technically, I saw you live once- but I came in late for your set, because I had to work, and I only saw your last song, which was Innocence... and I really had wanted to hear Sometime Around Midnight and Something New, but I missed them. U____U I pretty much got to the front when you guys said, "Thank you very much, goodbye!" And all that jazz. Ahh, man, this was back in May, I think... Red Jumpsuit Apparatus was headlining, because it was the Backyard BBQ 97X was hosting in Florida. I pretty much cried all through their set, because the only reason I had bought tickets was to see you guys. (I'd seen RJA before.) So then I heard you were coming to the State Theater in October, and I was super duper excited... until I figured out I'm going to move, right before you show up. And I love you guys, so now whenever you post something about your concerts, I pretty much turn into a crying puddle of sadness. XD OH! And when the concert was over, my friend, who had seen your set, got a call and had won a tee that all the bands had apparently signed... and I had entered the drawing about 20 times with different names. I was happy for her, but I swear, I think I would've given a finger for that shirt. I love you guys... so much. So much!"
So yeah. :D I will attempt to enter the T-shirt contest now! :]
Hello Everyone, My name is Henry! This is my first posting. LONG TIME LISTENER first time blogger! lol
I first got into the band in 2006 through myspace. Though my first show was in August of 08' at their "album release party" at The El Rey in Los Angeles. I didn't get to meet them till March of this year believe it or not. Well I actually met them last year at a signing but this year was the first time that I actually got to hang with them in Pomona and get to know them personally somewhat. Ever since then Mikel and I have become good friends :]
Their music has opened my eyes to bigger and brighter things! I would like to thank them again for the millionth time for coming together and creating something absolutely special.
^Hey, Henry, so glad you decided to actually stop in! It was an honor to meet you last week at the Del Mar show and hopefully I'll see you at some shows in the future! You'll have to tell us about some of your adventures with Mikel et al some time!
Hey guys/gals
My name's Lisa and having just been asked if I want to go to a gig on Wed, I checked out TATE and well, am hooked!!! Love at first (h)ear :-). Don't normally join forums etc. but had to check out the site and not only music, lyrics, sound is undescribeable - you fans are brill too.
So, I'm a british lassie, like Wozza lived in Coventry, Scottish parent and proud of it. Been living in Germany for years, now in Munich which is beautiful.
Not much more to add now, apart from roll on Wed night. Can't wait to see you guys!
Hi everyone! Steph, great idea to do this - very interesting, thanks!
My name is Leslie, I'm 40 and from southwest Pennsylvania. Heard TATE for the first time in January at a Barnes & Noble bookstore and bought it on the spot. Like many others who've posted, I was hooked immediately, have barely stopped playing the CD! It takes me back to my college days... wouldn't want to repeat those, but love hearing them expressed through TATE's music. I love the range of sounds both within their songs and between them... It's like each song is a "fresh" one. I don't know how else to describe it.
So, shortly after buying the CD, I got my brother hooked too and we went to see TATE in Pittsburgh in March. We were both impressed with the show they put on despite the frigid temps and Tuesday night gig, both of which drew a very small crowd; you'd have thought they were playing for a packed room! My brother caught TATE at Coachella and thought they were great there, too!
In June I was in Spain and gave out a few CD's to friends... I think the Spaniards would really love them (I've been following music in Spain for about 20 years now). I hope they'll get to tour there in 2010. I see many of you are from the UK and I'm betting you know some Spaniards (and French, and Italians)... maybe we could start a movement to promote TATE through the rest of Europe?? Glad to read someone's comment that French radio is starting to play them...
A couple weeks back I drove the 3 1/2 hours (each way) to see their Cleveland show and was even more blown away than before! Sooooo worth it! Yeah, I'm hooked!
Well, nice "meeting" you all!
i'm adam, I live in Louisville, KY and I first heard TATE through myspace while randomly killing some time one day. I'm glad i did. I grew up in Pomona,CA and a friend of mine out there told me about the band the health club and while searching around some more LA bands I ran into TATE. I've seen them live twice now and both shows have been great. I got to meet all of them in Nashville and it was one of them most memorable shows I've ever been to.
Hey!
Am I really the only/first German to write here?
Well, i am a 22 year old student from near Munich.
How I got to know TATE:
My father once heard "Sometime around midnight" late night on the radio and he quite liked it.So he got the song (I don't know where the heck from)on mp3. So I once heard it as well and I even liked it more than him. I asked him who that was,he said "I don't know.'The Airborne' or something like that."
With that much info it took me quite a while to find some more songs, since they are not so well-known in Germany yet.
I am quite fascinated by this band and their songs. You might think it gets boring listening to the same songs all over again, but you know...it doesn't!
And I loved their concert in Munich. I had so much fun! Hope they are coming here again soon!
hello all you lovely people! such a nice little "community" we have going on here :)
Froesch, technically i'm german, too, but i've been living in ireland forever. last time i was in germany i told anyone who would listen about airborne (actually, i do that everywhere), great to hear people are starting to get to know them over there.
hello everyone,
my name is Fede, I'm 16 and an airborne-addict (gosh, that sounds like I'm in a AA meeting Ö)
I'm from Belgium, a small town called Tongeren, and I don't know one person who was a TATE fan of their own, until I force them to listen to their album and they became one
the first time I heard TATE was somewhere in May or June, 'sometime around midnight' was on the radio and I didn't notice it until the end where Mikel starts more screaming than singing and I just quit with what I was doing, just to listen. And it kind of made me cry.
But they didn't say who it was, what kind of sucked.
So after a couple of days I saw the video on tv (only the end) and I was like 'I have to remember their name' and then I googled them, listen to their acoustic songs on youtube, bought their album and somewhere between those actions I became addicted.
I also saw them on Pukkelpop, almost a week ago, and they were fantastic !!
it was the only time I heard 'sometime around midnight' and didn't cry,
because normally I do, it just touches me so much (and I really hope I'm not the only one)
I really hope that they come back to Belgium in the fall during their euro-tour
I just can't wait until the moment that they announce their shows of the tour
and that's basically it =D
Kia ora tatou - hello everyone.
I'm Rob, I'm 45 and I live in Tauranga, in the North Island of New Zealand. I grew up in London, but moved to NZ 9 years ago after meeting a kiwi girl at a gig (the Atlantic Soul Machine) in South London, in 1993. We married in 1994, had two sons in the UK and moved here in 2000. I love living here, but I miss a few things about London - seeing loads of good live bands, friends/family, watching Crystal Palace FC, and downing a few pints of real ale. If a non-NZ band travels to NZ, the nearest they'll get to Tauranga will be Auckland, 200 kilometres from here. It's very difficult to see those bands, when we have to think about childcare arrangements and accommodation costs (my wife's family are in the South Island).
I stumbled across TATE thanks to a music forum on Amazon's website. I think it may have been an Aussie who mentioned them - truly a worldwide web! It's not easy to keep up with a lot of "quality" new music over here, but Sometime Around Midnight has had some airplay on a satellite TV music channel. I've told a mate in London about them, and now he's into TATE as well.
I'm pleasantly surprised that I'm not the only poster on here aged 40+! Unlike some other posters on here, I like Phil Collins - BUT - primarily as the post-Peter Gabriel Genesis vocalist on live performances of Gabriel-era Genesis songs (the Seconds Out and Three Sides Live albums, for those who know what I'm rambling on about!) Other main faves are the Indigo Girls, Midnight Oil, Immaculate Fools, Don McGlashan, Death Cab for Cutie, Radiohead, Guillemots, David Bowie, Maximo Park, Bloc Party. I'm into all sorts besides though.
Cheers
Rob
Hey all-Nanette here. I am 26 So Cal girl. First heard of Airborne about a year an half ago. Caught a show earlier this year & fell in love with the band and the music. This year I had the amazing chance to see them 6 times and even flew over to Ireland with my sister(she is also a huge TATE fan) to see them perform at the Oxegen festival. I listen to them daily-they just make my days better.
Other bands that I dig are Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, Rilo Kiley, Artic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend, Jack Johnson, Thrice, Bloc Party, Switchfoot, Death Cab... pretty much all types of music.
At the end of this year, my concert count will be in the 20's :)
I am a huge fan of live music-if you can't pull it off live, then whats the point right? TATE is the best act around in my point of view and their concerts are awesome!
Hey!
I'm Lauren, from the UK.
I first heard TATE just over a year ago, when one of my friends sent me Sometime Around Midnight. I fell in love with it, and every time we attend gigs or hear it being played, we phone each other. I've seen them live three times; May in Coventry, November in Birmingham, and in August, me and a friend went to the Summer Sundae festival in Leicester, where they played. We were lucky enough to meet both Mikel and Anna, and I have a signed running order and photos from the night.
I love live music, and seriously can't wait until TATE come back.
Other bands I love include Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire, Florence + The Machine, Biffy Clyro, and Vampire Weekend.
I'm disappointed at myself that I've only just discovered this forum!
xx
Hi
I'm Alex and from Australia
I first heard about TATE on the Letterman show luckily as i was going to go to bed but there band name intrigued me ,so i gave it a chance, and i am so grateful that i didn't go to sleep that night because I'm hooked now.
I was so happy when i found out that they were going to Tour Aus and NZ, And then i was extremely gutted the moment i heard that they weren't coming, I really do hope they come back one day, but if not i will go to America or UK to see a show, i will do whatever it takes to see one.
My favorite song by TATE is This is nowhere (as shown by my user) i especially like the acoustic version.
Other bands i like include, The Beatles, Arcade fire, Empire of the sun and many more.
So anyway thanks so much TATE for making such great music and continue doing it
P.S. can not wait for the new Album
Alex
Hi
I'm Alex and from Australia
I first heard about TATE on the Letterman show luckily as i was going to go to bed but there band name intrigued me ,so i gave it a chance, and i am so grateful that i didn't go to sleep that night because I'm hooked now.
I was so happy when i found out that they were going to Tour Aus and NZ, And then i was extremely gutted the moment i heard that they weren't coming, I really do hope they come back one day, but if not i will go to America or UK to see a show, i will do whatever it takes to see one.
My favorite song by TATE is This is nowhere (as shown by my user) i especially like the acoustic version.
Other bands i like include, The Beatles, Arcade fire, Empire of the sun and many more.
So anyway thanks so much TATE for making such great music and continue doing it
P.S. can not wait for the new Album
Alex
Hello!
I'm Marcelina and I'm from Poland.
I'm listening to The Airborne Toxic Event for about a year.
My favourite songs are The Winning Side, Sometime Around Midnight and Wishing Well.
Generally speaking, music is my life. I love also learning new languages, read books, watching good films (especially horrors, thrillers) and translate.
Can't wait for the new album.
Greetings from Poland.
Marcelina.
Btw, sorry for any eventual mistakes, I'm still learning English.
Hey all! My name is Louise, im 20 and from dublin. I am a huge fan of TATE for the past year or so. Thought I'd give this thing a bash. I'm a huge Muse and Queen fan oddly enough so I dunno how TATE fits in with them but sure it works :)
Hello I am from the U.K near Blackpool.I like this band because they offer something new and nice.
42 father of 3 & live in Philly. Saw them initially, like many folks it seems, opening for The Fratellis at TLA. No one was paying much attention to the opening band, but I loved them! I've since seen them at the Troc here in Philly & recently at the Jack Daniels show at KatManDu in Trenton. If you haven't been in the loop on You Tube with their new stuff...it kicks ASS and should make for a really cool second CD.
In two bands myself, and everyone asks me what "The Airborne Toxic Event" sticker on my keyboard means!
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Love reading everyone's stories! Everything from heartwrenching to just plain awesome music fans is great to read!
Nice call, who has heard of the wonderful ATE??? I thinke they are brilliant!!! Insightful lyrics, awesome musicianship (for obvious novices, but hey, look at the clash, the jam, the ramones, the sex pistols, joy division (I have NEVER compared ANYTHING to JD!!!!)) they are great...
hey my name is mark, im 18, from ireland.. loved TATE since i heard them on the radio in l.a bout 3 years ago i think..seen them once, november 09 in dublin, a breath taking show that left me feeling elated, meeting them all was surreal.. im going to uni in edinburgh in a few weeks and hope i can get tix for manchester and edinburgh shows .. :D:D
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