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[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: John Woloschuk, Terry Draper, Dee Long.]]

'''Klaatu''' were a Canadian ProgressiveRock band formed by John Woloschuk and Dee Long, with drummer Terry Draper later joining them. As their name indicates they named themselves after the alien Klaatu from ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951''. Their most famous track was the song "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft", which reached even more exposure thanks to being covered by The Music/{{Carpenters}}.

Their fame was also increased when they were mistaken for an anonymous reunion of Music/TheBeatles. This was due to a lack of credits on their debut album, coincidences that were construed as Paul Is Dead-like clues (such as the cover of Music/RingoStarr's ''Goodnight Vienna'' also using ''Day the Earth Stood Still'' imagery), and certain aspects of their music. In particular, Woloschuk sounded remarkably like Music/PaulMcCartney, and some of the songs he sang lead on (most notably "Calling Occupants..." and "Sub Rosa Subway"), with their light-hearted whimsy, recalled both the Fab Four's PsychedelicRock era and [=McCartney=] solo works such as "[[Music/{{Ram}} Uncle Albert--Admiral Halsey]]". It didn't help that Klaatu was signed to Creator/CapitolRecords (making them Beatle labelmates) outside Canada; while the band themselves never encouraged the rumors, their label's coy press releases didn't do much to clarify things.

!!Discography:

* ''3:47 EST'' (retitled ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Klaatu]]'' in the US) (1976)
* ''Hope'' (1977)
* ''Sir Army Suit'' (1978)
* ''Endangered Species'' (1980)
* ''Magentalane'' (1981)

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!!Tropes found within the band's history:

* AnonymousBand: At first, but the band eventually credited themselves after being mistaken for a Beatles reunion.
* BasedOnATrueStory: "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" was inspired by World Contact Day, an event staged on March 15, 1953 by a group called the International Flying Saucer Bureau. Everyone was encouraged to join in sending a telepathic message into space that began "Calling occupants of interplanetary craft" and ended with the phrase "We are your friends."
* BoleroEffect: The "to [[Music/JohannesBrahms Brahms]]ian tunes" coda of "Sub-Rosa Subway".
* {{Brainwashed}}: The fate of any citizens who challenged claims of national superiority in "Long Live Politzania".
* CaliforniaCollapse: The subject of "California Jam".
* ConceptAlbum: ''Hope''.
* HistoricalBiographySong: "Sub-Rosa Subway", about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Ely_Beach Alfred Ely Beach]] and his failed attempt to build a subway in [[BigApplesauce New York]] in 1870, 34 years before the city formally built and opened its subway system.
* InnocentAliens: "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" is about the hope that they will visit Earth and fix all our problems.
* KlaatuBaradaNikto: Quite obviously.
* LastOfHisKind: The Lighthouse Keeper from ''Hope'', who watched his race destroy itself in war.
* MarketBasedTitle: Capitol retitled their first album to the band's name in the US because they thought the reference was too obscure (3:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time being the time Klaatu's saucer landed in Washington in ''[[Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'').
* SelfTitledAlbum: Subverted, as stated on MarketBasedTitle.
* TheWorldIsNotReady: "Sub-Rosa Subway" asserts that this is what happened with Alfred Beach and his railroad.
-->As for America's first subway\\
The public scoffed "it's far too rude"
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