Planet P Project is a science-fiction themed, progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band; it is run as a side venture by frontman Tony Carey

Tony Carey

Antony Laurence Carey is a keyboard player best known for his work with Rainbow.One of his earliest musical experiences was in a band called Blessings, in which he played until 1975 when Ritchie Blackmore discovered and hired him as keyboardist for Rainbow. He played with Rainbow on two world...

, for his more experimental music. It has released five albums: Planet P (1983); Pink World (1984); Go Out Dancing, Part I (1931) (2005); Go Out Dancing, Part II (Leavittown) (2008); and, Go Out Dancing, Part III (Out in the Rain) (2009). Music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

s for singles from the first albums received moderate airplay on MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

, when originally released. Pink World was originally a two-record set, released on bright-pink-colored 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 the trilogy, with part two titled "Go Out Dancing, Part II (Levittown)" (May 2008) and "Go Out Dancing, Part III (Out in the Rain)".

The band's name was inspired from the fictional "Planet P" in Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein

Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre. He set a standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of...

's book Starship Troopers

Starship Troopers

Starship Troopers is a military science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first published as a serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and published hardcover in December, 1959.The first-person narrative is about a young soldier from the Philippines named Juan "Johnnie" Rico and his...

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Discography

• Planet P Project
  Planet P Project (album)
  Planet P is an album released in 1983 by the group Planet P Project led by Tony Carey. The cassette and CD editions have two bonus tracks not found on the LP.-Side one:#"Static" – 4:04#"King for a Day" – 3:57#"I Won't Wake Up" – 3:46...
  
   (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) (2009)

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). Carey does not physically appear in any of these videos. As of 21 June 2010 there have been no videos made for songs from the new albums.

External links

• Tony Carey's Website