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NEWS   Our new single 'Be with me now' was MP3.com's Pop/rock song of the week, getting downloaded over 1000 times in four days ! We were voted best heavy rock band in Atlanta by the readers of Creative Loafing. We opened for Fuel during Atlanta's Super Bowl festivities and have been chosed to play Atlanta's Music Midtown Festival for an unprecedented second year in a row.
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Film released their debut CD Filmland in Jan of 99. It was immediately featured on virgin.net as one of the weeks top releases alongside Barenaked Ladies and Ani DiFranco. The band toured in support of the CD and played Atlanta's 200,000 person Music Midtown Festival last May. MTV used two tracks for its show Road Rules show that aired June 21. In the summer of 99 they released two new songs, 'Be with me now' and 'This is the one' The first track was mp3.com's pop/rock song of the week where it was downloaded over 1500 times in four days. The band were nominated for The Peoples Choice award at the ALMA's and were voted 'Best [heavy] rock band in Atlanta' by the readers of Creative Loafing newspaper.
The band released a new single 'Lead Machine' in Film released their debut CD Filmland in Jan. '99. The CD was immediately featured on Virgin.net as one of the weeks top
releases alongside The Barenaked Ladies and Ani DiFranco.

The band toured in support of the release and played Atlanta's huge 3 day Music Midtown Festival in May with Hole, Kent,
Kid Rock, as well as shows from Florida to New York.

MTV licensed all ten tracks from the disc and used two for it's "Road Rules' show season premier episode last June.

The band released two new songs in August '99 one of which 'Be with me now' was Mp3.com's featured pop/rock song of the
week and was downloaded over 1500 times in four days.

Film were nominated for the Peoples Choice Awards at the Atlanta Local Music Award's and were voted best [heavy] rock band by the readers of Creative Loafing.

The band went back in to the studio Jan '00 and recorded 'Lead Machine' their strongest song to date. The band opened for
Fuel, during Atlanta's Super Bowl Festivities. The track 'Be with me now' was included on a compilation CD sent out with
the June issue of Spin Magazine.

The band, just played Music Midtown for an unprecedented 2nd year in a row. This years headliners included Oasis, Travis,
Collective Soul and Creed.

The band were involved in two competitions in June - VH1 chose Film as one of the top ten bands in the country and Film competed for a slot to play live on VH1.
The band were also competing for a $250,000 recording contract on garageband.com. Both competitions were decided by votes.

Film appeared in their first feature film called 'Losing Grace' this summer - footage of the band performing 'Lead Machine' can be seen at www.losinggrace.com

Film released their last single 'Coming Down [can you feel it?] in August - the single has lead to near sold out shows at 2 of Atlanta's top venues and rave reviews.

Film are currently in the studio recording their sophomore release, expected late fall.

You can find more information about Film online at http://www.planetfilm.com
Why this name?
Easily.
Your influences?
stone roses, oasis, radiohead, charlatans, ocean blur, manchester, beatles, cure, stereophonics, travis, embrace, the verve, richard ashcroft, matchbox twenty, live, vertical horizon
Favorite spot?
any bar .
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