Punks on Mars is the "glitterpunk" project of Ryan Howe, who has also performed with similarly minded lo-fi pop bands like Greatest Hits, his cyborg-surf project Luke Perry, and the experimental electronic duo dANA. A shiny, catchy fusion of '60s British Invasion, '70s punk and glam, '80s power pop, and '90s lo-fi elements -- with a heavy dose of campy sci-fi for good measure -- Punks on Mars first emerged in May 2011 with the Madame Tussaud Overdrive 7", which featured a cover of "Shout Your Lungs Out," a song by the Beets, the band from the '90s Nickelodeon cartoon Doug. That July, Punks on Mars' self-titled debut album arrived on Howe's Ratgum label, and spent equal time with interstellar mood pieces and fizzy pop songs. Early in 2012, Howe returned with the sharply written Hey! Tiffany single; that July, the People Talk single became Punks on Mars' most polished-sounding work yet, a trend that continued on Bad Expectations, which arrived that October. ~ Heather Phares, Rovi