The Southwestern trio Earthlings? consists of Fred Drake (who has helped out acts like Daniel Lanois, Vic Chesnutt, and House of Love in the studio), Dave Catching (Tex and the Horseheads, Queens of the Stone Age), and vocalist Pete Stahl (Scream, Wool). The group's sound fell somewhere in between the desert-fried rock & roll of bands like the Meat Puppets and spacy excursions into Krautrock-influenced sci-fi fantasies. Following a release on Man's Ruin entitled Desert Sessions, the group issued its proper, self-titled debut in 1999 through EFA, followed by Disco Marching Kraft in 2002. ~ Steve Huey