Satellite is an American

United States

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 alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 band from Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

California

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, formed by SR-71

SR-71 (band)

SR-71 is an American rock band that was formed in Baltimore, Maryland. They are best known for their 2000 single "Right Now", their 2002 single "Tomorrow", and as the authors of Bowling for Soup's 2004 hit "1985" . The name of the band came from SR-71 Blackbird, a supersonic surveillance aircraft...

 frontman Mitch Allan

Mitch Allan

Mitch Allan, is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of punk rock band SR-71, and the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of power pop project Satellite.-Biography:...

 in June 2010.

History

The beginning of the collaboration between Steven McMorran and Mitch Allan

Mitch Allan

Mitch Allan, is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of punk rock band SR-71, and the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of power pop project Satellite.-Biography:...

 started in early 2009, when songwriter/producer Allan invited the Age of Information bassist to take part in his Los Angeles "songwriter night", and the two hit it off and started working on some songs together, along with The Age of Information guitarist Josh Dunahoo.

The collaboration project was official announced in June 2010, under the name of Satellite, with band members including McMorran, Allan, Dunahoo and drummer Justin Glasco, former keyboardist for Jeremy Camp

Jeremy Camp

Jeremy Thomas Camp is a contemporary Christian musician from Lafayette, Indiana. Camp has released seven albums, four of them RIAA-certified as Gold and two are live albums, and 17 number-one hit songs...

.

The band released its first EP Ring the Bells on July 24, 2010. The EP being a mix of mellow alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 and power pop

Power pop

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, with influences such as Paul Simon

Paul Simon

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, Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

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, Radiohead

Radiohead

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 and Snow Patrol

Snow Patrol

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. The band supported the release of the EP with a music video for the first single "Say the Words" and some dates performing live around the Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 area, with their first date as a full band being on August 14, 2010, at the Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach.

Band members

• Steve McMorran - lead vocals, bass (2010–present)
• Mitch Allan
  Mitch Allan
  Mitch Allan, is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of punk rock band SR-71, and the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of power pop project Satellite.-Biography:...
  
   - guitar, backing vocals (2010–present)
• Josh Dunahoo - guitar (2010–present)
• Justin Glasco - drums, percussion, piano (2010–present)

External links

• Satellite at Myspace
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• Satellite at Facebook
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