Phantom Planet managed to exist for a whole eighteen months without The O.C.

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Phantom Planet s02 Phantom Planet managed to exist for a whole eighteen months without <em>The O.C.</em> Sad news, power-pop fans - Phantom Planet are to call it a day. Sadder news - as this article illustrates, they’re probably forever going to be referred to as “actor Jason Schwartzman’s former band”.
And if it’s not that, it’ll be as “the Californiaaa” band. At least they’re being remembered at all, but I was shocked to read that Phantom Planet have actually been around for fifteen years. Kind of makes me wonder if they were really trying pre-2003.
Their last show will take place at the Troubadour in L.A, where they played their first gig in 1994. I was always fond of the track “1st Things 1st” from the album Phantom Planet, so rather than “that one from The O.C.”, I’ve posted a live performance of it after the jump.