Bad Astronaut

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Bad Astronaut

Background information
Genre(s)	Indie Punk Rock
Years active	2000-2006
Label(s)	Honest Dons Fat Wreck Chords
Website	Official Website
Former members
Joey Cape Marko 72 Derrick Plourde Angus Cooke Thom Flowers Jonathan Cox Todd Capps

Bad Astronaut is 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, Houston: We Have A Drinking Problem entitled 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 will be the final album of Bad Astronaut, "because without Derrick, there is no Bad Astronaut." (Drummer Derrick Plourde committed suicide in March 2005.)

[edit] Line-Up

Joey Cape (Lagwagon, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes) - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Marko 72 (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