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Flying High: Airborne Toxic Event Builds

Momentum, World Tour

June 27, 2009

Photo Credit: Autumn de Wilde

The trouble with fronting a constantly touring rock outfit is that it leaves little time to finish a novel. That’s what Mikel Jollett singer/guitarist of the Airborne Toxic Event, came to realize as the momentum behind his band’s self-titled debut album stalled his prose output.

“I want to finish it, but I keep going on tour,” he says. “I like writing at home late at night, when I’ve just finished reading a good book. It’s hard to write on a bus: it’s a whole other lifestyle.”

Jollett probably won’t finish his novel anytime soon. The Los ANgeles group has announced an 11-country... 

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