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"On The Verge: Ghosts of Jupiter"

On The Verge: Ghosts of Jupiter

Published: 2012/06/15
By: Bill Clifford

Ghosts of Jupiter
Boston, Mass.
Black Sabbath’s Neighbors
www.ghostsofjupiter.com

The cosmic, bombastic, riff-heavy rock of Ghosts of Jupiter (GoJ) conjures freewheeling, hard rock of a bygone era. The quintet— Nate Wilson (lead vocals and keyboards), Johnny Trama (guitars), Adam Terrell (guitars), Tommy Lada (bass) and Thomas Arey (drums)—are an inherent part of the lineage of the New England improvisational scene of the ‘90s and the aughts. Wilson—who originally formed and helmed The Nate Wilson Group after splitting from Percy Hill—says the band took its time choosing a name so as not to choose a bunk moniker. “You know, one of those names where people keep constantly coming up with their own little clever plays-on-words,” Wilson says of a poor moniker decision. “But we came up with Ghosts of Jupiter—it’s also the title of one of our songs, which puts us right in there with Black Sabbath and Bad Company,” he says with a chuckle. When asked to describe the band’s sound, he struggles, saying that it’s always evolving and then concludes, “It’s definitely a bigger sound with two guitars now, but it also has the capability of being deeper—we can create a more intricate landscape. But it’s nice because everyone in this band can really play their ass off, so as a songwriter you’re never held back by anyone’s limitations.” - Relix Magazine


"On The Verge: Ghosts of Jupiter"

On The Verge: Ghosts of Jupiter

Published: 2012/06/15
By: Bill Clifford

Ghosts of Jupiter
Boston, Mass.
Black Sabbath’s Neighbors
www.ghostsofjupiter.com

The cosmic, bombastic, riff-heavy rock of Ghosts of Jupiter (GoJ) conjures freewheeling, hard rock of a bygone era. The quintet— Nate Wilson (lead vocals and keyboards), Johnny Trama (guitars), Adam Terrell (guitars), Tommy Lada (bass) and Thomas Arey (drums)—are an inherent part of the lineage of the New England improvisational scene of the ‘90s and the aughts. Wilson—who originally formed and helmed The Nate Wilson Group after splitting from Percy Hill—says the band took its time choosing a name so as not to choose a bunk moniker. “You know, one of those names where people keep constantly coming up with their own little clever plays-on-words,” Wilson says of a poor moniker decision. “But we came up with Ghosts of Jupiter—it’s also the title of one of our songs, which puts us right in there with Black Sabbath and Bad Company,” he says with a chuckle. When asked to describe the band’s sound, he struggles, saying that it’s always evolving and then concludes, “It’s definitely a bigger sound with two guitars now, but it also has the capability of being deeper—we can create a more intricate landscape. But it’s nice because everyone in this band can really play their ass off, so as a songwriter you’re never held back by anyone’s limitations.” - Relix Magazine


"Review: Ghosts of Jupiter - 6/22"

Review: Ghosts of Jupiter - 6/22
6/22/2012 01:11:00 AM

Bloggery media rep recently checked out the new Ghosts of Jupiter show at the MOS premiering 6/22.

I had the chance to swing by the Museum of Science to catch a preview of "Ghosts of Jupiter: Music Experience" at the Charles Hayden Planetarium. The Boston-based rock band, Ghosts of Jupiter, provides the perfect musical pairing to the eye popping visualizations and effects. The display also makes full use of the latest technological upgrades, including brand new sound and image projection systems, to make the experience breath taking. If you're a fan of rock and roll, and like watching pretty effects set to sound, you'll love this show on June 22.

Tickets are only $10 for adults with other ticket options also available.

Checkout the trailer below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vD_T2z-zMY

Click (here) for more info. - The Beantown Bloggery


"Review: Ghosts of Jupiter - 6/22"

Review: Ghosts of Jupiter - 6/22
6/22/2012 01:11:00 AM

Bloggery media rep recently checked out the new Ghosts of Jupiter show at the MOS premiering 6/22.

I had the chance to swing by the Museum of Science to catch a preview of "Ghosts of Jupiter: Music Experience" at the Charles Hayden Planetarium. The Boston-based rock band, Ghosts of Jupiter, provides the perfect musical pairing to the eye popping visualizations and effects. The display also makes full use of the latest technological upgrades, including brand new sound and image projection systems, to make the experience breath taking. If you're a fan of rock and roll, and like watching pretty effects set to sound, you'll love this show on June 22.

Tickets are only $10 for adults with other ticket options also available.

Checkout the trailer below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vD_T2z-zMY

Click (here) for more info. - The Beantown Bloggery


"Ghosts of Jupiter: Music Experience to Premiere at Charles Hayden Planetarium"

Published: 2012/06/14

Ghosts of Jupiter: Music Experience to Premiere at Charles Hayden Planetarium

Ghosts of Jupiter, the new rock band led by Percy Hill/Assembly of Dust keyboardist Nate Wilson, have created new entertainment show that will run at Boston’s Charles Hayden Planetarium. Slated to premiere on Friday, June 22, 2012, the show has been described as “a rock-and-roll journey through space and time” featuring pre-recorded music from the rising New England band.

“The Museum kept what was great about the old Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd shows… then made it way better,” Kevin Johnson of Berklee College of Music says of the show.

Ghosts of Jupiter will appear at Newmarket, NH’s Stone Church tomorrow. A preview of the planetarium show is available above. - Jambands.com


"Ghosts of Jupiter: Music Experience to Premiere at Charles Hayden Planetarium"

Published: 2012/06/14

Ghosts of Jupiter: Music Experience to Premiere at Charles Hayden Planetarium

Ghosts of Jupiter, the new rock band led by Percy Hill/Assembly of Dust keyboardist Nate Wilson, have created new entertainment show that will run at Boston’s Charles Hayden Planetarium. Slated to premiere on Friday, June 22, 2012, the show has been described as “a rock-and-roll journey through space and time” featuring pre-recorded music from the rising New England band.

“The Museum kept what was great about the old Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd shows… then made it way better,” Kevin Johnson of Berklee College of Music says of the show.

Ghosts of Jupiter will appear at Newmarket, NH’s Stone Church tomorrow. A preview of the planetarium show is available above. - Jambands.com


"Show Crush: Ghosts of Jupiter Music Experience at the Charles Hayden Planetarium starts Friday"

Show Crush: Ghosts of Jupiter Music Experience at the Charles Hayden Planetarium starts Friday

On 06.21.12
By: Richard Bouchard

Rumble standouts Ghosts of Jupiter are thinking outside the box with the release show for their latest self-titled album. While most bands stick to the tried and true venues that their fans find themselves in most weekends, Nate Wilson and crew are taking the show out of the dark and crowded barroom venues and heading to the shining, futuristic Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science for a completely different, totally immersive music experience.

This isn’t going to be laser Floyd with a different soundtrack; this is something new. The laser shows of the past were fun, but this venture updates that concept for the iMAX generation. Recent improvements to the planetarium have replaced the lasers with digital projectors that have very technical names, making it the most technologically advanced theater in New England. The band promises that this won’t be a bunch of people sitting in the theater watching colored lines make patterns on the ceiling; this will be a collective journey through space and time, all set to the band’s music. Hilary Hughes over at the Dig got the band to reveal that at one point, the audience is taken on a trip to Jupiter in a hydra. A freaking hydra! One thing we were definitely struck with during the band’s Rumble performances was the perfect melding of ‘70s arena/prog/drug rock sound with current sensibilities, so when you start to think about it, this sort of performance makes perfect sense.

Event page
5:30 & 9:30pm / All Ages / $10 (advance tickets) - Boston Band Crush


"Ghost of Jupiter: Music Experience at Museum of Science -- The Summer Scene"

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Ghost of Jupiter: Music Experience at Museum of Science
The Summer Scene
By: Cara Giaimo


The Charles Hayden Planetarium
at the Museum of Science, Boston

OPENS THIS WEEKEND!!

Picture this – it’s the end of one of those hazy Boston summer days, when the Common is humming and the Prudential’s fountains are full of kids. You and your friends have lucked your way into an idyllic afternoon – pickup basketball, farmer’s market picnic, some good-natured swan boat heckling – and as the sun inches down, you’re all trying to think of the perfect way to cap it off. Luckily, you’ve read this article, so you gently lead everyone over to the Charles Hayden Planetarium for the brand new Ghosts of Jupiter: Music Experience. It’s billed as “a rock-and-roll journey through space and time,” and even that only begins to cover it. Part light show, part rock show, part freak show, and altogether showy, it’s sure to hit everyone’s sweet spot. The newly renovated Charles Hayden Planetarium is the most technologically advanced digital theater in New England. Powered by superior full-dome video and audio systems and a new state-of-the-art star projector this is the place to go to see big-time displays.

If you aren’t familiar with rock-and-roll planetarium shows, the concept is disarmingly simple – pretend that God took a crazy pill, put on a rock album, and invited you to sit on his brain and watch trippy cosmic thoughts roll around the inside of his skull. Laser light shows based on Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin albums are popular all around the country, but this new Ghosts of Jupiter show uses raw Boston talent and resources to blow them out of the water. First of all, the venue is unbeatable - the newly updated planetarium boasts hemisphereical high-res video (“the same technology Pixar uses,” explained planetarium director David Rabkin), a state of the art audio system, and a 57-foot dome screen. Homegrown animators have ditched the lasers and instead conjured up evocative landscapes and situations. Most importantly, local favorites (and Rock’N’Roll Rumble semifinalists) Ghosts of Jupiter have made the kind of album that lends itself perfectly to a light show, full of shifting rhythms, riffs you want to follow to the end of the universe, and enough fun bombast to pop the top off of anything that tries to contain it, even a huge dome.

Music Experience courtesy of Boston's GHOSTS OF JUPITER

All these elements combined make for an incredibly dynamic hour. The opening number, in which jewel-toned cubes built themselves into cities to the tune of “Thieves,” pushed me deep into thought about the strange soul connection between jam bands and geometry. By “Paper Roses,” a gritty ballad, I had calmed down and could mellowly enjoy what looked like a synchronized swimming performance by a bunch of neon green spaghetti. “Play it Blind” had me on the edge of my seat again, this time hoping that the exuberant fish-bees that were leading me through a futuristic coral reef would not be devoured by a nearby tribe of inky Easter Island heads. If this sounds ridiculous, you obviously haven’t been to a rock and roll light show extravaganza, and you need to fix that right away. So head over, and bring your friends – you’ll come out looking at your city, and your own senses, entirely differently.

SHOWINGS & TICKETS

Ghosts of Jupiter: Music Experience premieres this weekend at the Museum of Science’s Charles Hayden Planetarium. This experience aside, the Planetarium is Tickets are $10 (less for children and seniors) and totally worth it. For tickets and showtimes, call (617) 723-2500 or go to www.mos.org

More about the music:
Ghosts of Jupiter - http://ghostsofjupiter.com/MOS
facebook / twitter / bandcamp - Ryan's Smashing Life


"Ghost of Jupiter: Music Experience at Museum of Science -- The Summer Scene"

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Ghost of Jupiter: Music Experience at Museum of Science
The Summer Scene
By: Cara Giaimo


The Charles Hayden Planetarium
at the Museum of Science, Boston

OPENS THIS WEEKEND!!

Picture this – it’s the end of one of those hazy Boston summer days, when the Common is humming and the Prudential’s fountains are full of kids. You and your friends have lucked your way into an idyllic afternoon – pickup basketball, farmer’s market picnic, some good-natured swan boat heckling – and as the sun inches down, you’re all trying to think of the perfect way to cap it off. Luckily, you’ve read this article, so you gently lead everyone over to the Charles Hayden Planetarium for the brand new Ghosts of Jupiter: Music Experience. It’s billed as “a rock-and-roll journey through space and time,” and even that only begins to cover it. Part light show, part rock show, part freak show, and altogether showy, it’s sure to hit everyone’s sweet spot. The newly renovated Charles Hayden Planetarium is the most technologically advanced digital theater in New England. Powered by superior full-dome video and audio systems and a new state-of-the-art star projector this is the place to go to see big-time displays.

If you aren’t familiar with rock-and-roll planetarium shows, the concept is disarmingly simple – pretend that God took a crazy pill, put on a rock album, and invited you to sit on his brain and watch trippy cosmic thoughts roll around the inside of his skull. Laser light shows based on Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin albums are popular all around the country, but this new Ghosts of Jupiter show uses raw Boston talent and resources to blow them out of the water. First of all, the venue is unbeatable - the newly updated planetarium boasts hemisphereical high-res video (“the same technology Pixar uses,” explained planetarium director David Rabkin), a state of the art audio system, and a 57-foot dome screen. Homegrown animators have ditched the lasers and instead conjured up evocative landscapes and situations. Most importantly, local favorites (and Rock’N’Roll Rumble semifinalists) Ghosts of Jupiter have made the kind of album that lends itself perfectly to a light show, full of shifting rhythms, riffs you want to follow to the end of the universe, and enough fun bombast to pop the top off of anything that tries to contain it, even a huge dome.

Music Experience courtesy of Boston's GHOSTS OF JUPITER

All these elements combined make for an incredibly dynamic hour. The opening number, in which jewel-toned cubes built themselves into cities to the tune of “Thieves,” pushed me deep into thought about the strange soul connection between jam bands and geometry. By “Paper Roses,” a gritty ballad, I had calmed down and could mellowly enjoy what looked like a synchronized swimming performance by a bunch of neon green spaghetti. “Play it Blind” had me on the edge of my seat again, this time hoping that the exuberant fish-bees that were leading me through a futuristic coral reef would not be devoured by a nearby tribe of inky Easter Island heads. If this sounds ridiculous, you obviously haven’t been to a rock and roll light show extravaganza, and you need to fix that right away. So head over, and bring your friends – you’ll come out looking at your city, and your own senses, entirely differently.

SHOWINGS & TICKETS

Ghosts of Jupiter: Music Experience premieres this weekend at the Museum of Science’s Charles Hayden Planetarium. This experience aside, the Planetarium is Tickets are $10 (less for children and seniors) and totally worth it. For tickets and showtimes, call (617) 723-2500 or go to www.mos.org

More about the music:
Ghosts of Jupiter - http://ghostsofjupiter.com/MOS
facebook / twitter / bandcamp - Ryan's Smashing Life


"An Otherworldly Boston Music Takeover At The Planetarium"

GHOSTS OF JUPITER
Posted on June 20, 2012 by HILARY HUGHES

An otherworldly Boston music takeover at the Planetarium.

Boston psych rock aficionados Ghosts of Jupiter moved forward in this years Rock N’ Roll Rumble on a tie-dyed cloud of reverberated solos and riffs brought back from the golden age of noodling. Now, with their self-titled album behind them, they’re taking their show to an oddly appropriate venue: the Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science. Why the jump from the footlights to the cosmos? Nate Wilson, frontman of Ghosts of Jupiter, and production manager Bret Wohlgemuth have a few answers.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a Boston band taking advantage of a crazy resource like the Planetarium before. What do you think Boston music fans will enjoy most about this production?

BW: What’s really cool is that this is a local landmark that’s been around for over 100 years that’s working to help elevate a Boston band. They’ve recently renovated the Planetarium, and they had all sorts of music and entertainment shows that were based around lasers. They’ve replaced all the lasers in there, so this is not a laser show, but it’s definitely in the spirit of that style of show. This is the museum’s first Planetarium entertainment show which does vary quite a bit from their other shows, in that it’s primarily meant to entertain. After some of the test screenings, some people expressed that they need to hang for a second afterwards, that they’re not sure they can even get up and walk out.

What was the toughest aspect of putting this experience together?

NW: The actual work part of it was pretty easy. We just made an album and then we gave it to the folks at the Museum of Science and they did their thing with it. There was actually very little collaboration, so it wasn’t, like, some sort of laser project where we’re going back and forth and fighting over ideas or any of that kind of stuff. Their animators just kind of took our album and did their thing with it, and when they showed it to us, we loved it. So that part of it was easy.

What can we expect to see? I’m assuming there’s some kind of intergalactic theme given the band name and the venue.

BW: I will spill the beans and say that there’s an image of Jupiter in there at one point in time but it’s actually just a fairly quick thing, and the imagery blends aspects of the band’s artwork from the album, plus we’ve got live footage of the band.

Are there any songs that matched up perfectly with the visuals?

NW: The last song on the whole album is called “Passengers” and it’s a slow, acoustic sort of ballad, and they did this really cool thing where they go up to Jupiter in a Hydra. The animators literally created this meteor that flies through in the song, and it’s very slow. I don’t want to spoil anything, but they didn’t take anything literally. It’s not all verbatim from the lyrics. It’s all very abstract.

What part of the Ghosts of Jupiter Music Experience works the most, in your opinion?

NW: Most of the animation that they did was in house and it was just neat to see how they took our music, my songs, and just interpreted them in a completely abstract way. I like that. The whole show is really great.

GHOSTS OF JUPITER: MUSIC EXPERIENCE
CHARLES HAYDEN PLANETARIUM
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE BOSTON
1 SCIENCE PARK
BOSTON, MA
617.723.2500
TIMES VARY/ALL AGES/$10 ADULTS; $9 SENIORS; $8 CHILDREN
@G_O_J
MOS.ORG - DigBoston


"The Planetarium Laser Show Returns — with a Twist"

By: Anne Mostue
June 20, 2012

BOSTON — Do you remember Friday nights at the Museum of Science in high school and college? Laser lights, special effects and Pink Floyd and Zeppelin. This summer it's back — but with a local band and a 21st-century touch.

"The technology is video projection, but like video projection on steroids," said David Rabkin, director of the Museum of Science planetarium.

To be exact, it isn't actually a laser show.

"It's all digital video, there's no lasers involved," he explained. "The range of colors and the detail and the motion that we can do now, there's just no comparison. It's a completely different media."

Using the same 3-D digital animation software that engineers at Pixar use, the Museum of Science staff have animated an album's worth of '70s-style rock music by the band Ghosts of Jupiter.

The result is a trippy movement through space, the human body and whirling geometric shapes. At times it can even induce a little vertigo.

The show is purely entertainment, Rabkin said, in keeping with the previous, popular laser shows.

"It was sort of this cultural icon, and I think sort of a rite of passage is a good way to think about it. Sort of a touchpoint in Boston," he said.

Rabkin called this the most technologically advanced digital theater in New England, thanks to a $9 million renovation that was completed last year and funded through the Charles Hayden Foundation and private donations.

And he was eager to point out that the museum isn't just for children. The new animation and other planetarium shows are attracting lots of adults, including Ghosts of Jupiter guitarist Johnny Trama.

"When I first came to town I think I was here every weekend. That's why this is like really cool," Trama said. "Back then it was just a couple of squiggly lines in the dark. Now it's — I mean, you're literally flying through space. It's pretty cool."


"The Ghosts of Jupiter: Music Experience" opens June 22 at the Museum of Science. - WGBH Boston


"The Planetarium Laser Show Returns — with a Twist"

By: Anne Mostue
June 20, 2012

BOSTON — Do you remember Friday nights at the Museum of Science in high school and college? Laser lights, special effects and Pink Floyd and Zeppelin. This summer it's back — but with a local band and a 21st-century touch.

"The technology is video projection, but like video projection on steroids," said David Rabkin, director of the Museum of Science planetarium.

To be exact, it isn't actually a laser show.

"It's all digital video, there's no lasers involved," he explained. "The range of colors and the detail and the motion that we can do now, there's just no comparison. It's a completely different media."

Using the same 3-D digital animation software that engineers at Pixar use, the Museum of Science staff have animated an album's worth of '70s-style rock music by the band Ghosts of Jupiter.

The result is a trippy movement through space, the human body and whirling geometric shapes. At times it can even induce a little vertigo.

The show is purely entertainment, Rabkin said, in keeping with the previous, popular laser shows.

"It was sort of this cultural icon, and I think sort of a rite of passage is a good way to think about it. Sort of a touchpoint in Boston," he said.

Rabkin called this the most technologically advanced digital theater in New England, thanks to a $9 million renovation that was completed last year and funded through the Charles Hayden Foundation and private donations.

And he was eager to point out that the museum isn't just for children. The new animation and other planetarium shows are attracting lots of adults, including Ghosts of Jupiter guitarist Johnny Trama.

"When I first came to town I think I was here every weekend. That's why this is like really cool," Trama said. "Back then it was just a couple of squiggly lines in the dark. Now it's — I mean, you're literally flying through space. It's pretty cool."


"The Ghosts of Jupiter: Music Experience" opens June 22 at the Museum of Science. - WGBH Boston


"Seacoast Online Reviews Ghosts of Jupiter"

By Christopher Hislop
November 03, 2011 2:00 AM
One certainty that can be counted on for as long as this planet exists is the truth of time, and the fact that time never stands still. With time comes change and seeded within change are new beginnings.

In the span of a lifetime, change is inevitable. You can't fight it, it just is.

WHAT Ghosts of Jupiter CD Release Party with Special Guests Banana Phonetic

WHERE Fury's Publick House, 1 Washington St., Dover
WHEN Friday, Nov. 4, 9 p.m.
CONTACT 617-3633, www.furyspublickhouse.com
Several years ago the Nate Wilson Group dropped its debut record, "Unbound," on the world and it was clear the band members were positioning themselves to take over the globe, one fan at a time, in a sea of swirling psych-rock madness. 'Twas a fine, fine record.

Fast forward to present day — many seasons have since come and gone — and amongst the fleeting leaves of another New England fall comes the announcement that the Nate Wilson Group has since passed into the ether and in its wake enters a new life under the moniker, Ghosts of Jupiter. Though NWG may be gone, its spirit lives loud and true within the marked span of the Ghosts. One change that is in place is the addition of renowned regional rock stalwart Johnny Trama. What this means for the group is that it now boasts a very serious dual guitar attack channeled through the stacks of Trama, and Adam Terrell. Rock fans everywhere should be prepared to full bask in all the six-string glory (if they haven't already).

Ghosts of Jupiter's self-titled debut will be celebrated with a record release party on Friday, Nov. 4, at Fury's Publick House in Dover.

Conveniently, the subject matter surrounding "Ghosts of Jupiter," deals a lot with "seasons," personal change, and growth.

On the title cut, Wilson sings:

"Can you see the force

that turns the seeds to green

grinding stone to earth

the hands are felt but never seen

do the ghosts that gather in the breeze

ever give you cause to fly

away"

The release takes you back to a time when music mattered, and was a very conscious part of the given time-period's cultural makeup. The band, and its front man, Nate Wilson, seem to be posing the idea that music —— specifically in the vein of psychedelic hard-swinging rock — still very much matters. There's a lot to be said about the makeup of the 10 tunes on this record. The fuzz and fire of the guitars really drop the whole vehicle into gear — a focused frenzy of gut-wrenching romp, and mind shattering awe. There are mellower whimsical moments as well, which add an interesting all-encompassing "seasons inspired" element to the record as well.

The twin towers of Tom (Lada, and Arey), lay down thundering rhythmic percolations on bass and drums, while Wilson continues to contribute on keys, though the focus there seems to be more accentual and has fallen behind the guitars in most instances within this incarnation of the band.

What's important to remember here is this: Enough has been said about retro rock of the '60s and '70s. It's relevant, and is an influence, yes. But what you have here is contemporary psych-rock revelry. It's not about nostalgia and being a product of the past. It's about the present and capturing the spirit and fire of what exists in today's musical climate. Ghosts of Jupiter are a band at the forefront of one of the more interesting movements in the rock scene today. Get your ears in shape; you're in for a workout.

- Seacoast Online


"Seacoast Online Reviews Ghosts of Jupiter"

By Christopher Hislop
November 03, 2011 2:00 AM
One certainty that can be counted on for as long as this planet exists is the truth of time, and the fact that time never stands still. With time comes change and seeded within change are new beginnings.

In the span of a lifetime, change is inevitable. You can't fight it, it just is.

WHAT Ghosts of Jupiter CD Release Party with Special Guests Banana Phonetic

WHERE Fury's Publick House, 1 Washington St., Dover
WHEN Friday, Nov. 4, 9 p.m.
CONTACT 617-3633, www.furyspublickhouse.com
Several years ago the Nate Wilson Group dropped its debut record, "Unbound," on the world and it was clear the band members were positioning themselves to take over the globe, one fan at a time, in a sea of swirling psych-rock madness. 'Twas a fine, fine record.

Fast forward to present day — many seasons have since come and gone — and amongst the fleeting leaves of another New England fall comes the announcement that the Nate Wilson Group has since passed into the ether and in its wake enters a new life under the moniker, Ghosts of Jupiter. Though NWG may be gone, its spirit lives loud and true within the marked span of the Ghosts. One change that is in place is the addition of renowned regional rock stalwart Johnny Trama. What this means for the group is that it now boasts a very serious dual guitar attack channeled through the stacks of Trama, and Adam Terrell. Rock fans everywhere should be prepared to full bask in all the six-string glory (if they haven't already).

Ghosts of Jupiter's self-titled debut will be celebrated with a record release party on Friday, Nov. 4, at Fury's Publick House in Dover.

Conveniently, the subject matter surrounding "Ghosts of Jupiter," deals a lot with "seasons," personal change, and growth.

On the title cut, Wilson sings:

"Can you see the force

that turns the seeds to green

grinding stone to earth

the hands are felt but never seen

do the ghosts that gather in the breeze

ever give you cause to fly

away"

The release takes you back to a time when music mattered, and was a very conscious part of the given time-period's cultural makeup. The band, and its front man, Nate Wilson, seem to be posing the idea that music —— specifically in the vein of psychedelic hard-swinging rock — still very much matters. There's a lot to be said about the makeup of the 10 tunes on this record. The fuzz and fire of the guitars really drop the whole vehicle into gear — a focused frenzy of gut-wrenching romp, and mind shattering awe. There are mellower whimsical moments as well, which add an interesting all-encompassing "seasons inspired" element to the record as well.

The twin towers of Tom (Lada, and Arey), lay down thundering rhythmic percolations on bass and drums, while Wilson continues to contribute on keys, though the focus there seems to be more accentual and has fallen behind the guitars in most instances within this incarnation of the band.

What's important to remember here is this: Enough has been said about retro rock of the '60s and '70s. It's relevant, and is an influence, yes. But what you have here is contemporary psych-rock revelry. It's not about nostalgia and being a product of the past. It's about the present and capturing the spirit and fire of what exists in today's musical climate. Ghosts of Jupiter are a band at the forefront of one of the more interesting movements in the rock scene today. Get your ears in shape; you're in for a workout.

- Seacoast Online


"In Your Speakers Reviews Ghosts of Jupiter"

Ghosts of Jupiter brings a fresh take on psychedelic rock with their new self-titled debut album released earlier this month. Their music ranges from the Black Keys-esque, “Thieves” to the trippy Zep tinged “Paper Roses” or the Cream-edged, “Trample on Daisies,” and “Shelter.”

Ghosts of Jupiter (named after the planetary nebula) struck me as a fitting name for this psych/rock quint that’s as much in tune to the 60’s/70’s vibe of Led Zepplin or Cream as they are to the The Black Keys, or Raconteurs. Nate Wilson (vocals/keys), Adam Terrell (guitar), Johnny Trama (guitar), Tommy Lada (bass), and Thomas Arey (drums) combine outstanding musicianship with an edginess that could carry these Ghosts into the limelight.

These Boston guys are off to a great start – with their first album in the can after only a few months of playing together, I’m sure we’ll be hearing a lot more about GOJ. Check out their first single, “Thieves” above, and let us know what you think! - In Your Speakers


"In Your Speakers Reviews Ghosts of Jupiter"

Ghosts of Jupiter brings a fresh take on psychedelic rock with their new self-titled debut album released earlier this month. Their music ranges from the Black Keys-esque, “Thieves” to the trippy Zep tinged “Paper Roses” or the Cream-edged, “Trample on Daisies,” and “Shelter.”

Ghosts of Jupiter (named after the planetary nebula) struck me as a fitting name for this psych/rock quint that’s as much in tune to the 60’s/70’s vibe of Led Zepplin or Cream as they are to the The Black Keys, or Raconteurs. Nate Wilson (vocals/keys), Adam Terrell (guitar), Johnny Trama (guitar), Tommy Lada (bass), and Thomas Arey (drums) combine outstanding musicianship with an edginess that could carry these Ghosts into the limelight.

These Boston guys are off to a great start – with their first album in the can after only a few months of playing together, I’m sure we’ll be hearing a lot more about GOJ. Check out their first single, “Thieves” above, and let us know what you think! - In Your Speakers


"Dirty Impound Reviews Ghosts of Jupiter and interviews GOJ's Nate Wilson"

Ghosts of Jupiter
We set the timer and snuggle in with our favorite new bands in the Impound’s version of speed dating with a killer-diller soundtrack.


Ghosts of Jupiter by Michael D. Spencer
“I consider the circumstance/ and mold it into sound/ and whatever the trappings are/ I’m bound to shout it down.”

These tough, knotted lines open the roaring good self-titled debut album from Boston-based Ghosts of Jupiter, which seizes and holds one firm, a bold, musky sound that recalls the halcyon days of double gatefold vinyl and perfectly weathered denim and suede. That said, these Ghosts are cut a little leaner, forgoing 70s bloat for taut, meaty musicianship grounded in marvelously melodic frameworks. Heck, a lot of this set is radio ready if radio weren’t such a seething sinkhole of suck these days – we’d all be WAY better off if Ghosts of Jupiter were the yardstick for rock airwaves instead of Nickelback.

The album, released November 8, builds seamlessly, growing more interesting and throwing off expectations as it moves towards its final stand in softly burning fields where blackbirds fly overhead and the shoreline wind catches us with a snap – evocative stuff to say the least. And yet, it never feels cerebral, giving into animal instincts musically in a way that makes one wonder if Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott left some pale boy children around Beantown before he took his bow. Nate Wilson (lead vocals, keyboards), Johnny Trama (guitar), Adam Terrell (guitar), Tommy Lada (bass), and Thomas Arey (drums) are part of real rock’s new phalanx, shoulder to shoulder with The Black Keys, Rival Sons and The Raconteurs beating back the teen-focused twaddle that passes for rock in the mainstream.

We grabbed Nate Wilson to discuss Jupiter’s orbit.



Debut Album
Why do you think you’re a musician?

I think people who are in it for the long haul just know they have to. I knew as early as 13 or 14 that I was going to be a musician the rest of my life, though not for any financial gain – I’ve proven that over and over [laughs]. It’s not a choice at this point. I have to do it, and I really don’t know how to do anything else [laughs].

Was it always keyboards for you?

I started playing piano at four. My mom is a pianist, so I started taking lessons really young. I’ve always had music in my life and been tied to the piano, one way or another.

The piano, perhaps more than any other keyboard, gives you an orchestra at your fingertips.

You can [do that], but it can be very daunting. I don’t actually wind up playing a lot of piano in [Ghosts of Jupiter], where I play a lot more Hammond organ and other keyboards. I write the majority of the songs on guitar now, too. I don’t know if the songs would come out the same way if I only wrote on piano. The whole catalyst for this band was I got into a rut writing on piano and I picked up a guitar one day, not knowing anything about it, and forced myself to write a song. And I immediately began writing really differently, which is a big part of this band’s sound. I don’t play [guitar] live or the studio, but the ideas come from that instrument.


Ghosts of Jupiter by Michael D. Spencer
You have two major shredders in this band, so I understand the hesitation to play next to them.

Yeah, why would I want to get in between them? Adam can also be very understated. He’s a musician’s musician. He’s got huge ears and always plays what’s appropriate, perhaps at the price of dominating in a more traditional way.

He’s not a showboat guy and that makes it hard to get on the cover of Guitar Player…

[Laughs] …unless you hire a really good publicist!

The name Ghosts of Jupiter doesn’t refer to anything on Earth, so it immediately frees up the imagination.

I’m pretty fond of the name, and part of the reason we stuck with the old name [Nate Wilson Group] for a little bit wasn’t because we didn’t want a band name or I wanted my name up front. We sat and thought about it a lot, came up with lists of hundreds of names, and it was one of the hardest things. You don’t want to pick one of those shitty band names that everyone makes fun of.


Ghosts of Jupiter's Avian Mascot
A name like Ghosts of Jupiter harks back to another era, a golden one in fact. I could see this band on the bill at the Fillmore East with Spirit and the Climax Blues Band.

I’d be happy to be on that bill!

You guys have a love for that sort of classically rooted rock, which isn’t to say you’re not a modern band but Zeppelin comes to mind immediately with this group.

We hear that a lot and I’m not going to shy away from the comparison. Zeppelin is more like a commonality for all of us. Everybody in the band is experienced musicians and has played a lot of different kinds of music, but the one thing we all have in common is growing up on rock from the seventies. Not that any of us was around in the seventies, but we listened to classic rock radio and our parent’s record collections - Dirty Impound


"Dirty Impound Reviews Ghosts of Jupiter and interviews GOJ's Nate Wilson"

Ghosts of Jupiter
We set the timer and snuggle in with our favorite new bands in the Impound’s version of speed dating with a killer-diller soundtrack.


Ghosts of Jupiter by Michael D. Spencer
“I consider the circumstance/ and mold it into sound/ and whatever the trappings are/ I’m bound to shout it down.”

These tough, knotted lines open the roaring good self-titled debut album from Boston-based Ghosts of Jupiter, which seizes and holds one firm, a bold, musky sound that recalls the halcyon days of double gatefold vinyl and perfectly weathered denim and suede. That said, these Ghosts are cut a little leaner, forgoing 70s bloat for taut, meaty musicianship grounded in marvelously melodic frameworks. Heck, a lot of this set is radio ready if radio weren’t such a seething sinkhole of suck these days – we’d all be WAY better off if Ghosts of Jupiter were the yardstick for rock airwaves instead of Nickelback.

The album, released November 8, builds seamlessly, growing more interesting and throwing off expectations as it moves towards its final stand in softly burning fields where blackbirds fly overhead and the shoreline wind catches us with a snap – evocative stuff to say the least. And yet, it never feels cerebral, giving into animal instincts musically in a way that makes one wonder if Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott left some pale boy children around Beantown before he took his bow. Nate Wilson (lead vocals, keyboards), Johnny Trama (guitar), Adam Terrell (guitar), Tommy Lada (bass), and Thomas Arey (drums) are part of real rock’s new phalanx, shoulder to shoulder with The Black Keys, Rival Sons and The Raconteurs beating back the teen-focused twaddle that passes for rock in the mainstream.

We grabbed Nate Wilson to discuss Jupiter’s orbit.



Debut Album
Why do you think you’re a musician?

I think people who are in it for the long haul just know they have to. I knew as early as 13 or 14 that I was going to be a musician the rest of my life, though not for any financial gain – I’ve proven that over and over [laughs]. It’s not a choice at this point. I have to do it, and I really don’t know how to do anything else [laughs].

Was it always keyboards for you?

I started playing piano at four. My mom is a pianist, so I started taking lessons really young. I’ve always had music in my life and been tied to the piano, one way or another.

The piano, perhaps more than any other keyboard, gives you an orchestra at your fingertips.

You can [do that], but it can be very daunting. I don’t actually wind up playing a lot of piano in [Ghosts of Jupiter], where I play a lot more Hammond organ and other keyboards. I write the majority of the songs on guitar now, too. I don’t know if the songs would come out the same way if I only wrote on piano. The whole catalyst for this band was I got into a rut writing on piano and I picked up a guitar one day, not knowing anything about it, and forced myself to write a song. And I immediately began writing really differently, which is a big part of this band’s sound. I don’t play [guitar] live or the studio, but the ideas come from that instrument.


Ghosts of Jupiter by Michael D. Spencer
You have two major shredders in this band, so I understand the hesitation to play next to them.

Yeah, why would I want to get in between them? Adam can also be very understated. He’s a musician’s musician. He’s got huge ears and always plays what’s appropriate, perhaps at the price of dominating in a more traditional way.

He’s not a showboat guy and that makes it hard to get on the cover of Guitar Player…

[Laughs] …unless you hire a really good publicist!

The name Ghosts of Jupiter doesn’t refer to anything on Earth, so it immediately frees up the imagination.

I’m pretty fond of the name, and part of the reason we stuck with the old name [Nate Wilson Group] for a little bit wasn’t because we didn’t want a band name or I wanted my name up front. We sat and thought about it a lot, came up with lists of hundreds of names, and it was one of the hardest things. You don’t want to pick one of those shitty band names that everyone makes fun of.


Ghosts of Jupiter's Avian Mascot
A name like Ghosts of Jupiter harks back to another era, a golden one in fact. I could see this band on the bill at the Fillmore East with Spirit and the Climax Blues Band.

I’d be happy to be on that bill!

You guys have a love for that sort of classically rooted rock, which isn’t to say you’re not a modern band but Zeppelin comes to mind immediately with this group.

We hear that a lot and I’m not going to shy away from the comparison. Zeppelin is more like a commonality for all of us. Everybody in the band is experienced musicians and has played a lot of different kinds of music, but the one thing we all have in common is growing up on rock from the seventies. Not that any of us was around in the seventies, but we listened to classic rock radio and our parent’s record collections - Dirty Impound


Discography

Ghosts of Jupiter. Full Length Debut Album. Released November 2011.

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Bio

While their name suggests specters from light years away, Ghosts of Jupiter are actually cosmically switched-on earthlings with a gift for rock with wide-reaching implications. There’s heft to this Boston-based quintet, who draw inspiration from the muscular, freewheeling hard rock of the 60s/70s and meld it to the serious crush of contemporaries like The Raconteurs, The Black Keys, and Rival Sons. While many have used Cream, Hendrix and their gifted peers as a springboard, Ghosts of Jupiter create music that’s alive in a way that echoes the vibrancy of their ancestors. Put on their self-titled debut to hear a band who believes in rock’s power to explore and rejuvenate; a colorful, tough and tight ride into the outer reaches of the mind.
Ghosts of Jupiter know how to stretch into the possibilities of a song but their overall approach bears a closer resemblance to Zeppelin — powerful, gripping and capable of surprises at every turn. Nate Wilson (lead vocals, keyboards), Johnny Trama (guitar), Adam Terrell (guitar), Tommy Lada (bass), and Thomas Arey (drums) combine grit and high-end musicianship that makes them a contemporary and healthy competitor to Wolfmother, Kings of Leon and others at the forefront of today’s real rock movement.

Ghosts of Jupiter have already shared the stage with Buffalo Killers and Dead Meadow, and will be ramping up their live appearances in the wake of their debut release.