Moonalice

{{Short description|American rock band}}

{{More citations needed|date=November 2017}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Moonalice

| image =Moonalice playing in Union Square, San Francisco, 2015.jpg

| caption =Moonalice playing in San Francisco, 2015

| image_size =

| background = group_or_band

| alias =

| origin =

| genre = Rock

| years_active = 2007–present

| label =

| associated_acts = Flying Other Brothers, Jefferson Starship, Phil Lesh & Friends, Hot Tuna, The Saturday Night Live Band, Rod Stewart, Jackson Browne, The Chambers Brothers, Doobie Decibel System, Rat Dog

| website = [http://www.moonalice.com Moonalice.com]

| current_members =

• Roger McNamee
• Pete Sears
• Barry Sless
• John Molo
• Jason Crosby
• Lester Chambers
• Dylan Chambers
• Erika Tietjen
• Chloe Tietjen
• Rachel Tietjen

| past_members =

• Ann McNamee
• Jimmy Sanchez
• G. E. Smith
• Jack Casady

}}

Moonalice is an American rock band, formed from previous members of the Flying Other Brothers.{{Cite web |title=Roger McNamee |url=https://catalog.jcls.org/Author/Home?author=%22McNamee,+Roger%22&basicSearchType=Author&filter%5B%5D=available_at_catalog:%22RCC+Riverside+Campus%22&sort=relevance&view=list |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=Main library |language=en}} The band has been touring since May 2007,{{cite web |url=http://www.moonaliceband.com/history/2007.shtml |title=Moonalice - History |accessdate=2008-12-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723193446/http://www.moonaliceband.com/history/2007.shtml |archivedate=2008-07-23 }} and has come to the attention of music critics.{{cite web|url=http://www.podtech.net/home/4018/roger-mcnamee-and-moonalice-rockin-at-union-square|title=This is PodTech.net|website=Podtech.net|accessdate=27 November 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20071127060639/http://www.podtech.net/home/4018/roger-mcnamee-and-moonalice-rockin-at-union-square|archivedate=27 November 2007}}{{cite web |url=http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/moonalice-gibson-custom/ |title=Moonalice Rocks Nashville, Visits Gibson Custom |accessdate=2008-12-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202122423/http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/moonalice-gibson-custom |archivedate=2008-12-02 }} The band is currently made up of ten musicians, and led by businessman Roger McNamee.{{cite web|url=http://www.fob.com/band/|title=Flying Other Brothers - Band|website=Fob.com|accessdate=27 November 2017}} Their eponymous debut album was recorded and released in 2009 and followed by a series of E.P.s named "Dave's Way," featuring mostly new material.{{Cite web |date=2011-01-14 |title=_Dave's Way_ for Moonalice |url=https://jambands.com/news/2011/01/14/dave-s-way-for-moonalice/ |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=Jambands |language=en-US}} In 2022, they joined Nettwerk Music Group{{Cite web |date=2021-11-19 |title=Nettwerk Records Signs Bay Area Psychedelic Collective Moonalice |url=https://jambands.com/news/2021/11/19/nettwerk-records-signs-bay-area-psychedelic-collective-moonalice/ |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=Jambands |language=en-US}} and on April 20 released a new EP Full Moonalice Vol. 1.[https://jambands.com/news/2022/04/20/moonalice-share-new-ep-in-celebration-of-4-20/ Moonalice Share New EP in Celebration of 4/20]. JamBands.com (April 20, 2022). Retrieved on 2022-04-20.

The band has been consistently touring the United States and Canada since 2007{{cite web |url=http://www.moonaliceband.com/history/2008.shtml |title=Moonalice - History |accessdate=2008-12-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20080907173423/http://www.moonaliceband.com/history/2008.shtml |archivedate=2008-09-07 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.moonaliceband.com/tour/|title=Tour - Moonalice|website=Moonaliceband.com|accessdate=27 November 2017}} with several tour dates in 2009 featuring Jack Casady. John Molo joined the band in early 2009{{Cite web |date=2009-05-20 |title=John Molo Joins Moonalice |url=https://jambands.com/news/2009/05/20/john-molo-joins-moonalice/ |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=Jambands |language=en-US}} and guitarist G. E. Smith left the band after playing his last show with them on December 31, 2009.{{Cite web |title=GE Smith No Longer in Moonalice Band |url=https://www.tdpri.com/threads/ge-smith-no-longer-in-moonalice-band.188790/ |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=Telecaster Guitar Forum |date=7 December 2009 |language=en-US}}

In 2021, the band expanded its lineup to ten, adding new vocalists Lester Chambers and his son Dylan Chambers, plus T Sisters Erika, Chloe and Rachel Tietjen. Their music currently is focused on the "Psychedelic Soul" sound innovated by Lester in the 1960s with his band The Chambers Brothers.{{cite web |url=https://www.kalw.org/arts-culture/2022-05-25/lester-chambers-continues-psychedelic-soul-legacy-with-son-dylan-and-band-moonalice |title=Lester Chambers Continues Psychedelic Soul Legacy with son Dylan and band Moonalice |last=Darden |first=Jeneé |publisher=kalw.org|date=May 25, 2022|access-date=June 11, 2022}}

On August 28, 2012, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced that the digital logs for the Moonalice song "It’s 4:20 Somewhere",{{cite web|url=http://www.moonalice.com/song/its-420-somewhere|title=Moonalice: It's 4:20 Somewhere|website=Moonalice.com|accessdate=27 November 2017}} had been acquired for the Library and Archives.{{cite web|url=http://rockhall.com/pressroom/announcements/moonalice-library-archives/|title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Announces Acquisition of Digital Logs of Moonalice's 'It's 4:20 Somewhere' for the Library and Archives – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum|website=Rockhall.com|accessdate=27 November 2017}} "Libraries and archives collect, preserve and provide access to the materials that best capture important moments and movements in history, regardless of format, and the Moonalice logs help tell the story of music’s digital revolution; specifically the rise of direct-from-artist (DFA) distribution. Moonalice is the first band without a label to achieve one million downloads of a song from its own servers, direct-from-artist. “It’s 4:20 Somewhere” has been downloaded over two million times."