Film released their debut CD Filmland in Jan. '99. The CD was immediately featured on Virgin.net as one of the weeks top releases alongside The Barenaked Ladies and Ani DiFranco.
The band toured in support of the release and played Atlanta's huge 3 day Music Midtown Festival in May with Hole, Kent, Kid Rock, as well as shows from Florida to New York.
MTV licensed all ten tracks from the disc and used two for it's Road Rules' show season premier episode last June.
The band released two new songs in August '99 one of which 'Be with me now' was Mp3.com's featured pop/rock song of the week and was downloaded over 1500 times in four days.
Film were nominated for the Peoples Choice Awards at the Atlanta Local Music Award's and were voted best [heavy] rock band by the readers of Creative Loafing.
The band went back in to the studio Jan '00 and recorded 'Lead Machine'. The band then opened for Fuel, during Atlanta's Super Bowl Festivities. The track 'Be with me now' was included on a compilation CD sent out with the June issue of Spin Magazine.
In May, Film played Music Midtown for an unprecedented 2nd year in a row. Headliners that year included Oasis, Travis, Collective Soul and Creed.
The band were involved in two competitions last June - VH1 chose Film as one of the top ten unsigned bands in the country and Film competed for a slot to play live on VH1.
The band ranked #5 in garageband.com's $250,000 recording deal giveaway.
Film appeared in their first feature film called 'Losing Grace' last summer - footage of the band performing 'Lead Machine' and the trailer featuring their song 'Be With Me Now' can be seen at www.losinggrace.com The soundtrack will hopefully be released on Universal / Republic. Film released their last single 'Coming Down [can you feel it?] in August.
Film were recently chosen as one of the top 16 unsigned bands in the US by Mars Music Records and won the Atlanta round of Lucky Strike's Band to Band combat.
Film released 'Rolling' in January 2001. The band got some serious attention and was flown to NY by Atlantic and to LA by Maverick. Even though a deal was on the table, the band decided it wanted a new direction and parted ways with its lead singer. Auditions were held and long time friend Michael Meyer joined the band. The band has spent the year writing and recording and will release the follow up record to '..rolling..' in Januaary 2002
You can find more information about Film online at www.planetfilm.com
