- Bad Astronaut
Infobox musical artist
Name = Bad Astronaut
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Background = group_or_band
Genre = IndiePunk rock
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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 CappsBad Astronaut was an indie/
punk rock band founded in 2000 byJoey Cape , singer fromLagwagon . 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 onNovember 14 ,2006 onFat Wreck Chords . On the band'sMySpace 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." (DrummerDerrick Plourde committedsuicide in March 2005.)Line-Up
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Joey Cape (Lagwagon ,Me First and the Gimme Gimmes ) - Lead Vocals, Guitar
*Marko DeSantis (CurrentlySugarcult , formerlyNerf Herder ,Swinging Utters ,The Ataris , etc.) - Bass
*Derrick Plourde (earlyLagwagon ) - Drums (died March 2005)
*Angus Cooke (The Ataris ) - Cello, Percussion, Vocals
* Thom Flowers - Guitar, Vocals
* Jonathan Cox - Keyboard
* Todd Capps - Keyboard, VocalsLinks
* [http://www.badastronaut.com Bad Astronaut] Official website
* [http://users.pandora.be/sadastronaut/wwwroot/ Sad Astronaut] Unofficial website
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