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Angels & Airwaves are an American rock supergroup led by Blink-182 guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge. The band also includes guitarist David Kennedy, notably from Over My Dead Body, Hazen Street and Box Car Racer, drummer Atom Willard from The Offspring and Rocket from the Crypt, and bassist Matt Wachter from 30 Seconds to Mars, who replaced Ryan Sinn, from The Distillers, in 2007.
The band has released three studio albums thus far: We Don't Need to Whisper (2006), I-Empire (2007) and Love (2010) and are preparing their fourth album Love II set for a release in November 11, 2011.
They have also released a documentary Start the Machine (2008). In 2011 the band released the movie Love. The band plans to make at least two more films after Love.
Tom DeLonge began working on new material during Blink-182's final tour in 2004 and shortly after they began their hiatus in February 2005. For half a year he worked alone in his home studio before gathering musicians to form the band. Upon fiddling randomly for several weeks with the band's logo, Tom realized that if he were to invert the middle "A" of the band's acronym into what appeared to be a "V", he would have the name of his daughter, Ava. As rumors were floating around about the band's "break-up", DeLonge chose to abstain for half a year from any interviews surrounding the issue (Tom Merod) and his future plans; instead he concentrated on writing and recording in his home-based studio. In September 2005, he finally spoke publicly in Kerrang! magazine, where he unveiled the name of his new band, "Angels & Airwaves". The band included former Hazen Street guitarist and high-school friend David Kennedy, former Rocket from the Crypt drummer Atom Willard and former The Distillers bassist Ryan Sinn.
Current members :
- Tom DeLonge – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2005–present)
- David Kennedy – lead guitar, synthesizers (2005–present)
- Atom Willard – drums, percussion (2005–present)
- Matt Wachter – bass (2007–present)
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