Bad Astronaut

Infobox musical artist
Name = Bad Astronaut


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Background = group_or_band
Genre = Indie Punk rock
Occupation =
Years_active = 2000-2006
Label = Honest Don's Fat Wreck Chords
URL = [http://www.badastronaut.com/ Official Website]
Past_members = Joey Cape Marko DeSantis Derrick Plourde Angus Cooke Thom Flowers Jonathan Cox Todd Capps

Bad Astronaut was an 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 follow-up to the 2002 album, "" entitled "Twelve Small Steps, One Giant Disappointment" was released on November 14, 2006 on Fat Wreck Chords. On the band's MySpace page [http://www.myspace.com/badastronaut] , Joey Cape announced that this will be the final album of Bad Astronaut, "because without Derrick, there is no Bad Astronaut." (Drummer Derrick Plourde committed suicide in March 2005.)

Line-Up

* Joey Cape (Lagwagon, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes) - Lead Vocals, Guitar
* Marko DeSantis (Currently Sugarcult, formerly Nerf Herder, Swinging Utters, The Ataris, etc.) - Bass
* Derrick Plourde (early Lagwagon) - Drums (died March 2005)
* Angus Cooke (The Ataris) - Cello, Percussion, Vocals
* Thom Flowers - Guitar, Vocals
* Jonathan Cox - Keyboard
* Todd Capps - Keyboard, Vocals

Links

* [http://www.badastronaut.com Bad Astronaut] Official website
* [http://users.pandora.be/sadastronaut/wwwroot/ Sad Astronaut] Unofficial website