Voyager One was an American

indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...

band from

Seattle Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ...

formed in 1998.

AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...

compared the band's musical style to the

shoegazing Shoegaze (originally called shoegazing and sometimes conflated with "dream pop") is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volu ...

music played by

Ride Ride may refer to: People * MC Ride, a member of Death Grips * Sally Ride (1951–2012), American astronaut * William Ride (19262011), Australian zoologist Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Ride'' (1998 film), a 1998 comedy by Millicent ...

Swervedriver Swervedriver are an English alternative rock band formed in Oxford in 1989 around core members Adam Franklin and Jimmy Hartridge. Between 1989 and 1998, the band released four studio albums and numerous EPs and singles despite a considerable f ...

and

Catherine Wheel Catherine wheel may refer to: * wheel or breaking wheel, an instrument of torturous execution originally associated with Saint Catherine of Alexandria * Catherine wheel (firework), a firework that rotates when lit Arts and entertainment * Cather ...

Band history

The band was formed in late 1998 by guitarist Jeramy Koepping and Peter Marchese on guitar and vocals. They recruited bassist Dayna Loeffler and a series of drummers before John HollisAllmusic.com names the drummer as John Hollis in their article and John Hollis Fleischman in the overview. The drummer's full name is John Hollis Fleischman. joined the band. The band recorded a demo record ''Zeroes and Ones, Parts One and Two'' in 1999, which received airplay on Seattle

independent radio Independent radio indicates a radio station that is run in a manner different from usual for the country it broadcasts in. In countries where there exist government-run radio stations that served as the primary or only the variety of licensed broa ...

station KCMU (now KEXP) leading to the band being signed to Loveless Records. Their debut record ''From the New Nation of Long Shadows'' was released in 2000. ''Monster Zero'' followed in 2002 on Loveless Records, then followed by ''Dissolver'' on Tokyoidaho Records in 2005, and ''Afterhours in the Afterlife'' on Loveless Records in 2008. Several

EPs EPS, EPs or Eps may refer to: Commerce and finance * Earnings per share * Electronic Payment Services, in Hong Kong, Macau, and Shenzhen, China * Express Payment System, in the Philippines Education * Edmonton Public Schools, in Edmonton, Al ...

have also been released as well as appearing on various compilations. Voyager One live shows typically included

visual effects Visual effects (sometimes abbreviated VFX) is the process by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of a live-action shot in filmmaking and video production. The integration of live-action footage and other live-action foota ...

from several

16mm film 16 mm film is a historically popular and economical gauge of film. 16 mm refers to the width of the film (about inch); other common film gauges include 8 and 35 mm. It is generally used for non-theatrical (e.g., industrial, educ ...

projectors operated by Projectorhead. The projectors show spliced-together clips of salvaged short films on the wall behind the band. Projectorhead collects the source material for and assembles the films. Two video recordings of Projectorhead's work have been released on

DVD The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kin ...

, ''Shadows and Daydreams'' and ''Magic Time Bomb''. Voyager One toured the U.S.

west coast West Coast or west coast may refer to: Geography Australia * Western Australia *Regions of South Australia#Weather forecasting, West Coast of South Australia * West Coast, Tasmania **West Coast Range, mountain range in the region Canada * Britis ...

several times and toured the southeast states with

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (sometimes abbreviated to BRMC) is an American rock band from San Francisco, California. The group originally consisted of Peter Hayes (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Robert Levon Been (vocals, bass, guitar), and Nick ...

on their ''

Howl Howl most often refers to: *Howling, an animal vocalization in many canine species *Howl (poem), a 1956 poem by Allen Ginsberg Howl may also refer to: Film * ''The Howl'', a 1970 Italian film * ''Howl'' (2010 film), a 2010 American arthouse b ...

'' tour in 2006. The band also made several trips to festivals such as

CMJ CMJ Holdings Corp. is a music events and online media company, originally founded in 1978, which ran a website, hosted an annual festival in New York City, and published two magazines, ''CMJ New Music Monthly'' and ''CMJ New Music Report''. Th ...

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

and

SXSW South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Te ...

Austin Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...

. Voyager One went on an indefinite hiatus in 2011. At that time, the line-up included Jasun Hadaway and Elliott Nutt. Peter Marchese, Jasun Hadaway, and Elliott Nutt then formed a new band, Tokyoidaho. Jeramy Koepping, who had started the band

Grand Hallway Grand Hallway is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Tomo Nakayama. Their sound is described variously as chamber pop, indie folk, and art rock. History Grand Hallway began as a recording pr ...

with Tomo Nakayama in 2007, continued working with that band until 2011. He now works with Matthew Emerson Brown (Trespassers William) and Joshua Morrison to score films and release music under the name St Kilda. Jasun Hadaway and former drummer Tony Zuniga are currently members of Seattle band, Black Nite Crash.

Band members

The following musicians were members of Voyager One at various times: *Jeramy Koepping – guitar, bass, keyboards, loops, vocals *Peter Marchese – guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards, drums, loops *Dayna Loeffler – bass *John Hollis – drums *Tony Zuniga – drums *Cody Burns – bass *Matthew Campbell – keyboards *Rick Lewis – keyboards *Jasun Hadaway – keyboards, sequencers *Elliott Nutt – drums *Dallas Guier – bass *Bo Gilliland – bass *Peter Kerrick – drums

Discography

;Studio albums *''From the New Nation of Long Shadows'' (2000, Loveless) *''Monster Zero'' (2002, Loveless) *''Dissolver'' (2005, Tokyoidaho) *''Afterhours in the Afterlife'' (2008, Loveless) ;Demos and EPs *''Zeroes and Ones, Parts One and Two'' (1999, Self-released) *''The Magic Garden EP'' (2002, Arnold) *''Bed of Sound EP'' (2007, Tokyoidaho) *''Reassembled EP'' (2009, Tokyoidaho) *''Geography EP'' (2010, Tokyoidaho)

References

External links

Voyager One facebookVoyager One Bandcamp page
* Allmusic.com article on Voyager One {{Authority control Musical groups established in 1998 Musical groups disestablished in 2011 Alternative rock groups from Washington (state) Indie rock musical groups from Washington (state) Musical groups from Seattle American shoegaze musical groups American space rock musical groups American post-rock groups