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Planet P Project

 
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Planet P Project

Group Members:

Tony Carey

Similar Artists:

Linn County, The Blue Hawaiians, Love and Money, Rupert Hine

Performed Songs By:

Tony Carey
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Planet P Project", "1931: Go Out Dancing, Pt. 1", "Levittown
  • Representative Songs: "Why Me?", "Behind the Barrier", "What I See

Biography

Following a stint playing keyboards for Rainbow in the '70s, Californian Tony Carey relocated to Germany, continuing his musical career as a solo artist. He managed to achieve some chart success in the early '80s with songs like "I Won't Be Home Tonight," "A Fine, Fine Day," and "The First Day of Summer." Carey had also formed a creative union with German producer Peter Hauke under the moniker Planet P Project, with Carey handling all of the writing and most of the instrumental duties. Their eponymous 1983 debut was defined by the synthesizer-laden style of the day with a nod to the progressive rock of the prior decade. With heavy exposure of the accompanying video on MTV, the single "Why Me?" clicked at album rock outlets, climbing into the Top Ten while it also managed to crossover over onto the pop charts. Another track, "Static," also received enough airplay to be a moderate AOR hit. The act's next release was even more ambitious, a double album entitled Pink World, which was released in the fall of 1984. A sprawling concept album, Pink World, was musically a continuation of Planet P Project and touched on similar themes reflecting the Cold War paranoia of the mid-'80s. It failed to achieve the attention of the prior record, although the track "What I See" managed to make a slight impact on radio. With Pink World having been eclipsed by the success of his 1984 solo album Some Tough City, which had scored two Top 40 singles in "A Fine, Fine Day" and "The First Day of Summer," Carey shelved Planet P Project. ~ Tom Demalon, All Music Guide
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Planet P Project is a science-fiction themed progressive rock band run as a side venture by frontman Tony Carey for his more experimental music. Its three albums, Planet P, Pink World, and Go Out Dancing, Part I (1931) were released in 1983, 1984, and 2005, respectively, and the first two saw a fair amount of MTV video airplay. Pink World was originally a two-record set released on bright pink vinyl. Planet P's most well known singles were "Why Me?", a sweeping, energetic romp about outer space and isolation, and the downbeat "Static." "Go Out Dancing, Part I (1931)" is the first of a planned trilogy, with part two titled "Go Out Dancing, Part II (Levittown)" (May 2008) and "Go Out Dancing, Part III (Out in the Rain)" (to be announced).

Discography

  • Planet P Project (1983)
  • Pink World (1984)
  • 1931 (Go Out Dancing-Part I) (2005)
  • Levittown (Go Out Dancing-Part II) (2008)
  • Out In The Rain (Go Out Dancing-Part III) (TBA)

Music videos

Music videos were made for "Why Me?" and "Static" (Planet P Project) as well as "What I See/Behind the Barrier" (Pink World). As of 21 April 2008 there have been no videos made for songs from the new albums.

Incidentally, the band's name was inspired from the fictional "Planet P" in Robert A. Heinlein's book Starship Troopers.

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