Sky Eats Airplane was an American electronic post-hardcore band, formed in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2005. The band was signed to indie label Equal Vision Records and most recently released their self-titled full-length album through the label in July 2008.
After working on some demos, the band received attention on myspace. They began working on their debut album Everything Perfect on the Wrong Day in early 2006 using Propellerhead Reason, Adobe Audition and a guitar. Over a three month span they self produced the nine-track album. Sky Eats Airplane held their CD release party for their debut album at The Door in Dallas, TX, drawing 125 people. Brack left the band to concentrate on his solo work and finish high school.
Lee decided to ask Zack Ordway, Kenny Schick, and Johno Erickson of local metalcore outfit (In Theory) to join Sky Eats Airplane. This led to auditioning singers via myspace. After lengthy tryouts, they decided upon Jerry Roush from Hampton, VA. Roush had previously played drums in hardcore bands, and this was his first attempt as being a front man. He was sent instrumental versions of tracks "Giants In The Ocean" and "Long Walks On Short Bridges" to record his vocals over for his audition.
Since the new formation of Sky Eats Airplane, they were signed to a distribution agreement with Thriving Records where they re-released Everything Perfect on The Wrong Day on November 20, 2007 and since signed with Equal Vision Records.
During early 2008 the band entered Salad Days Studios in Baltimore with producer Brian McTernan (Circa Survive, Thrice, The Bled, Senses Fail), to record their self-titled follow up album. The album was released on July 22, 2008 through Equal Vision Records.
On January 11, 2009, Kenny Schick left the group to focus on matters involving his family. He was replaced by Travis Orbin (formerly part of the band Periphery).
During July 2009, Sky Eats Airplane released a statement saying that they had parted ways with their vocalist, Jerry Roush, citing creative differences. In December 2009, Sky Eats Airplane released a blog saying; After going through over 1000 messages, they have found not one but two new members: Bryan Zimmerman and Elliot Coleman. This blog was also met with negative reaction as they announced that Johno would definitely be leaving the band, to be replaced by Coleman. They played their first show with new vocalist Bryan Zimmerman and new bassist at The Pulse in Berlin, Maryland with Equal Vision label mates Life On Repeat. The band released an EP entitled The Sound of Symmetry in the spring, with Taylor Larson of Oceanic Recording in Bethesda, MD, and have several tour dates lined up.
Sky Eats Airplane dropped off a major tour in August, the band played a one-off show in Fort Worth at the Ridglea on August 15, 2010 without singer Bryan Zimmerman. Zimmerman stated via his Twitter account that he was no longer a part of the band. No official comment has been made by the rest of the band though members have made comments about a conflict involving Zimmerman's embezzlement of money.
On December 16, 2010, Luis Dubuc of The Secret Handshake stated that Zack Ordway, Elliot Coleman, and Travis Orbin were members of Luis' metal band, Of Legends, and were confirmed for a U.S. tour spring of 2011.[14] Elliot Coleman is currently involved in three projects: Of Man Not Of Machine (OMNOM) (featuring Mark Holcomb of Haunted Shores/Periphery and Misha Mansoor of Periphery), Zelliack (a soul/RnB/jazz side project with Zack Ordway) and the Progressive Metal/Djent group TesseracT. Zack Ordway and Travis Orbin are members of an "Alien Metal" project called Killtrox and the Motherships.
