Bad Astronaut

Bad Astronaut
Bad Astronaut playing at the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock, CA. July 10, 2010
Background information
Genres	Indie Punk rock
Years active	2000–2006 , 2010 -
Labels	Honest Don's Fat Wreck Chords
Past members	Joey Cape Marko DeSantis Derrick Plourde Angus Cooke Thom Flowers Jonathan Cox Todd Capps
Website	Official Website

Bad Astronaut is an American indie/punk rock band founded in 2000 by Joey Cape, singer from Lagwagon. In Bad Astronaut, Joey Cape explores a new style of pop, with lyrics often about deep and intricate personal matters.

The band released its album, Houston: We Have a Drinking Problem in 2002. The follow-up album, Twelve Small Steps, One Giant Disappointment was released on November 14, 2006 on Fat Wreck Chords. On the band's MySpace page [1], Joey Cape announced that this would be the final album of Bad Astronaut, "because without Derrick, there is no Bad Astronaut." (Drummer Derrick Plourde committed suicide in March 2005.) Joey Cape expressed plans on releasing a b-sides album sometime in the future. Bad Astronaut reformed to play their first ever live shows in July 2010. They played 4 shows in California, with Mike Hale of In the Red and Joey Cape doing a solo act as the openers.

Discography

• War of the Worlds (2001, Owned & Operated – split with Armchair Martian)
• Acrophobe (2001, Honest Don's Records)
• Houston: We Have a Drinking Problem (2002, Honest Don's Records)
• Twelve Small Steps, One Giant Disappointment (2006, Fat Wreck Chords)

Music Videos

• "The Passenger" (2002)

Band members

• Joey Cape – Lead Vocals, Guitar
• Marko DeSantis – Bass
• Derrick Plourde – Drums (deceased since 2005)
• Angus Cooke – Cello,Percussion, Vocals
• Thom Flowers – Guitar, Vocals
• Jonathan Cox – Keyboard
• Todd Capps – Keyboard, Vocals

External links

• Bad Astronaut official site