Luna Halo

Luna Halo is a pop rock band formed in 1999 by Nathan Barlowe and Jonny MacIntosh.

In 2000 Luna Halo, fronted by former Reality Check front man Nathan Barlowe, released their debut CD Shimmer on Christian music label Sparrow Records. Although Shimmer was praised by critics, Luna Halo left Sparrow Records and the Christian music industry behind before recording their next album due to creative differences. It should be noted that the current grittier version of Luna Halo is an entire new band from the "Christian" version of Luna Halo and although several of the band members are Christian they want no association with the "ccm" market. Most fans and critics agree that the current version of Luna Halo is leaps ahead musically than the previous version of the band. Nate Barlowe is quoted as saying they only kept the name because he liked it so much.

Within two years, the band lineup had changed leaving Nathan Barlowe the only member remaining from the original band. Nathan's brother Cary Barlowe replaced guitarist Johnny MacIntosh, Aaron Jenkins replaced bassist Brad Minor, and drummer Chris Coleman replaced Jonathan Smith, completing the lineup for the new Luna Halo. In September of 2002, Luna Halo started over and released a self-titled EP and continued touring heavily pursuing a better record label.

Rumors of an imminent Major label deal began to surface in 2004, and a deal with Dreamworks, was announced, but later fell through during negotiations. The band released another EP, Wasting Away (originally recorded as a demo for Dreamworks) and toured with artists Velvet Revolver, Hoobastank, Collective Soul, Ours, Need to Breathe and Family Force 5.

In 2005, Luna Halo were signed to American Recordings and recorded their first full length studio album since Shimmer in 2000. Originally scheduled for a Summer 2006 release, the album has been plagued with delays. An announced release date of January 23rd passed without the album being released, and the album's release status was changed from "early 2007" to an unspecified time period in 2007. This delay was due to American Recordings owner Rick Rubin's departure from Warner Bros to Columbia Records. After months of waiting and speculation, Luna Halo announced on August 11th that Columbia Records have set a firm release date of October 30th 2007 for the album. This album is poised to be a breakout for the band that has been over 7 years in the making. Critics are hailing the album as the next big thing and the band gets many comparisons to British rock bands such as Muse. The album features contributions by former Jellyfish keyboardist Roger Manning Jr., Self's Matt Mahaffey and two songs co-written by former DC Talk singer Kevin Max.

A modified recording of the band's song "The Kings and Queens" was used in promos of The King of Queens during the final season. The line "the kings and queens" was changed to "the King of Queens" to reflect the title of the show.