With the news that former blink-182 man Tom DeLonge is the executive producer of a forthcoming six-part docuseries on the History Channel about – what else? – UFOs, it seemed like as good a time as any to delve deep into the connection between rock music and extra-terrestrial. Because while the series, which is called Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO Investigation, will search far and wide for signs of extra-terrestrial life, there are already plenty of songs within the rock world that are about – or at least make reference to – the little green (or grey) men and their flying saucers. So pop your tinfoil hat on, pull out that old X-Files poster stashed in your closet and mutter quietly to yourself: “I want to believe.”
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