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Infobox musical artist | name = Luna Halo| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Nashville, TN , United States| instrument =| genre = Rock music|Rock Allmusic|class=artist|id=p416026|pure_url=yes allmusic ((( LunaHalo > Overview )))| occupation =| years_active = 1999 – Present| label = Sparrow Records|Sparrow , American Recordings (US)|American | associated_acts = Reality Check (band)|Reality Check | website = RUL| http://www.lunahalo.com/| current_members = Nathan Barlowe - Lead Vocals, Guitar Cary Barlowe - Guitar Jonathan Smith - Drums Victor Broden - Bass| past_members = Jonny MacIntosh - Guitar Brad Minor - Bass Jonathan Smith - Drums Mark Kruezer - Drums Ben Showalter - Drums Chris Coleman - Drums (2001 - 2008) Aaron Jenkins - Bass (2001 - 2008)| notable_instruments =LunaHalo is a rock music|rock band formed in 1999 by Nathan Barlowe and Jonny MacIntosh, as a replacement for their former band, Reality Check (band)|Reality Check , which was well-known for its hip-hop and rock blend, its dancers, and its trumpet player.
Musical career
History
In 2000 Luna Halo, fronted by former Reality Check (band)|Reality Check front man Nathan Barlowe, released their debut CD Shimmer on Christian music label Sparrow Records . Although Shimmer was praised by critics, LunaHalo left Sparrow Records and the Christian music industry behind before recording their next album due to creative differences. The current version of LunaHalo contains different members from the earlier version of Luna Halo, and although several of the band members claim to be Christians, they say have left the 'Christian band' moniker behind. Nate Barlowe has said that they only kept the name to sustain bookings at churches while the band made itself known in rock clubs.
Within two years, the band lineup had changed leaving Nathan Barlowe the only member remaining from the original band. Nathan Barlowe replaced guitarist Johnny MacIntosh with his younger brother Cary Barlowe, Aaron Jenkins replaced bassist Brad Minor, and drummer Chris Coleman replaced Jonathan Smith, completing the lineup for the new Luna Halo.
Rumors of an imminent Major label deal began to surface in 2004, and a deal with DreamWorks, http://media.www.fsunews.com/media/storage/paper920/news/2004/01/19/ArtsAndEntertainment/Luna-Halo.Brings.Heavenly.Rock-2360578.shtml LunaHalo brings heavenly rock - Arts and Entertainment was announced prematurely, but later proved to be untrue (the band had not officially signed.) The band released another EP, Wasting Away (originally recorded as a demo for DreamWorks) and opened a few shows for artists Velvet Revolver , Hoobastank , Collective Soul , Ours (band)|Ours , Needtobreathe and Family Force 5 .
American Recordings
In 2005, LunaHalo were signed to American Recordings and began work on their second album, LunaHalo . Originally scheduled for a Summer 2006 release, the album was plagued with delays. This was due to American Recordings owner Rick Rubin 's departure from Warner Bros to Columbia Records. The album was finally released in late 2007.
On June 18, 2008, the band released a statement stating that drummer Chris Coleman was leaving the band to take a break from music and go back to school. In November, Jonathan Smith (the original LunaHalo drummer) rejoined the band.
In May 2008, the band shot a music video for the song "World On Fire", directed by Chris Grieder along side Flying Dog Films.
On November 24, 2008, the band released a statement via MySpace stating that Aaron Jenkins would be leaving the band, because he was expecting the birth of his second child. On December 16, the band announced Victor Broden as their new bass player.
Cary Barlowe
Barlowe has written songs for Carrie Underwood , TaylorSwift, Lady Antebellum , Danny Gokey , TobyMac , Bucky Covington , Mandisa , Rebecca St. James , Kevin Max and Stephanie Smith . His first country single and first country No. 1 song was Lady Antebellum's American Honey , written with Hillary Lindsey, and Shane Stevens and reached No. 1 on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Songs and Mediabase on April 12, 2010.cite web |url= http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/tag/cary-barlowe/ |title=Songwriters compete and help area students at Stuff The Bus Launch Contest |date=June 20, 2011 |work=The Tennessean |author=Peter Cooper |accessdate=April 19, 2012cite web |url= http://www.billboard.com/song/lady-antebellum/american-honey/17477573#/song/lady-antebellum/american-honey/17477573 |title=American Honey - Lady Antebellum |work=Billboard |accessdate=April 19, 2012cite web |url= http://www.the9513.com/lady-antebellum-american-honey/ |title=Lady Antebellum – “American Honey” |date=January 18, 2010 |work=The 9513 |author=Blake Boldt |accessdate=April 19, 2012
