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{{short description|American alternative rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name              = Phantom Planet
| image             = Phantom planet.jpg
| landscape         = yes
| caption           = Phantom Planet performing in August 2008
| background        = group_or_band
| alias             = 
| origin            = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Alternative rock]]
* [[garage rock]]
* [[pop rock]]
* [[power pop]]
}}
| years_active      = {{flatlist|
* 1994–2008
* 2012
* 2019–present
}}
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[Fueled by Ramen]]
* [[Daylight Records|Daylight]]
* [[Epic Records|Epic]]
* [[MCA Records|MCA]]
* [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
* [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
}}
| website           = {{URL|phantompla.net}}
| current_members   = [[Alex Greenwald]] <br />[[Sam Farrar]] <br />Darren Robinson<br />Jeff Conrad<br />Andrew Parker
| past_members      = [[Jason Schwartzman]] <br />[[Jacques Brautbar]]
}}

'''Phantom Planet''' is an American [[Rock music|rock]] band from Los Angeles, formed in 1994. The band consists of [[Alex Greenwald]] (vocals, rhythm guitar), Darren Robinson (lead guitar), [[Sam Farrar]] (bass guitar) and [[Jeff Conrad]] (drums). The band is best known for its track "[[California (Phantom Planet song)|California]]", which became the theme song for the [[Television program|TV series]] ''[[The O.C.]]''. The band featured actor [[Jason Schwartzman]] on drums until 2003.

On November 25, 2008, the band announced in a blog entry on their website that they are going on "hiatus, and will not be playing any more live shows or making any new records, indefinitely."<ref name="The Full Break Up Story">{{Cite news
| url = http://moviemiguel.blogspot.com/2008/11/phantom-planet-break-up.html|website=Moviemiguel.blogspot.com
| title = Phantom Planet No More? | date = 2008-11-25
}}</ref> They played their last pre-hiatus show on December 12, 2008, in Los Angeles.

The band reunited in 2019, announcing that their hiatus was over.