the band is from America and made up of the leading singer Alexander Greenwald,the bassist Sam Farrar,the guitarist Darren Robinson and the drummer Jeff Conrad. Phantom Planet is from LA.They first knew each other at their young age in a local Pizzuhut in 1994.The post-grunge styled band was consisted of five persons at the beginning.The band's name came from a science fiction movie made in 1960s.and each guy of this band were well graduated.