Angels & Airwaves Biography

Angels & Airwaves was established by Tom DeLonge of the band Blink-182. Alongside fellow musicians Matt Wachter, David Kennedy, Ryan Sinn, Ilan Rubin, and Adam Willard, DeLonge formed the band in 2005 after experimenting with a new sound in his home studio for nearly a full year. After assembling the group and choosing a musical direction, Angels & Airwaves released its debut album, We Don’t Need to Whisper, in 2006, to critical acclaim.

We Don’t Need to Whisper rose to the number one spot on the charts, reaching gold status quickly. The singles “Do It For Me Now,” “The War,” and “It Hurts” further bolstered the album’s success, and by 2007, Angels & Airwaves was ready to re-enter the studio for its sophomore effort. The album I-Empire followed, and after that, Love (2010) and Love: Part Two (2011.) The albums spawned the singles “Everything’s Magic,’ “Secret Crowds,” “Breathe,” “Hallucinations,” “Epic Holiday,” “Anxiety,” “Surrender,” and “Diary.” Between 2008 and 2012, Angels & Airwaves also participated in a number of tours and festivals, including the Warped Tour 2008, Australia’s Soundwave Festival, and the Reading & Leeds Festivals.

Unique to Angels & Airwaves is its artistic focus which exceeds the label of “band” and instead seeks to define itself more as an artistic expression which crosses into different mediums. Angels & Airwaves has produced a number of other projects, most notably the documentary film Start the Machine and the feature film Love, the latter of which is a critically lauded science fiction film.

For its projects thus far, Angels & Airwaves has received MTV Video Music Award nominations for Best New Artist in a Video, Best Special Effects in a Video, Best Editing in a Video, and Best Band of 2006. The group’s most recent projects include the animated short film, Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker, and an accompanying album, comic book, and a live action film.