Explosions in the Sky

Originally called Breaker Morant, Explosions in the Sky is an instrumental band that gained popularity from developed guitar and cinematic shows. The band was started 10 years ago, they have played allot of shows in allot of places, released four albums, and they recorded the soundtrack for the movie Friday Night Lights. they play usually with 3 electric guitars and a drum set.

Explosions in The Sky was formed in Austin, Texas in 1999 and quickly gained popularity and a reputation for great shows. Temporary Residence Limited (or TRL) signed the band after only listing to half of their demo C.D.

When they released their second album entitled "Those who tell the truth shall die, Those how tell the truth shall live forever" came out, they gained allot of media attention because of rumors that linked the album to the attacks on Sept. 11. The

rumrs were started because of the album cover showed a plain crashing with the caption the plain will crash tomorrow. The band denied any relation between them and the Sept. 11 attacks in an interview. Bassist Michael James was detained by airport security and questioned him about why his guitar case says "the plain will crash tomorrow".

I first heard the band when they opened for Smashing Pumpkins, in Boston, When they came on I was skeptical at first because most of their songs start out very slow, after things picked up the show absolutely blew my mind, it was incredible. The blend of great sounding guitars and drums in harmony was amazing.

Their music has been described as passionate, loud, melodic, powerful, and tragic. in an interview band member Chris Hrasky was asked if there was any influence from literature that goes into your song writing, he replied " We’re influenced by books, music and movies, anything artistic, but not anything directly. I think 'Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean' was written about the Russian Navy soldiers who perished on the Kursk submarine when it sank in 2000"

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