Bad Astronaut is an American indie/alternative rock band founded in 2000 by Joey Cape, singer from Lagwagon. In Bad Astronaut, Joey Cape explores a style of alternative rock, with lyrics often about deep and intricate personal matters.
The band released its debut album, "Acrophobe" in 2001, followed by Houston: We Have a Drinking Problem in 2002 on "Honest Don's Records." The band released its third and final album, Twelve Small Steps, One Giant Disappointment on November 14, 2006 on Fat Wreck Chords. Upon the album's release, Joey Cape announced, "without Derrick, there is no Bad Astronaut" on the band's MySpace page , deciding the resulting record would be the last for 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.
You never wanted to be able;
You never wanted to be labeled;
You always wanted something stable.
Damn them and their eyes;
I can be pride,
whenever they want.
Blake's broken leg
An unlucky stunt,
Just like Paul says,
Left of the dial,
They stare at the sun
And quickly lose sight;
I never wanted to be aimless;
I never wanted to be shameless,
And always I was acrophobic to
Wuthering heights,
But from the first frame,
It can be spliced,
The sound that you make,
The day that you break,
Perfect from now on.
(Anyone can see narrow
Bandwidth and low fidelity but
I know it always short lived success).
I never liked it to begin with,
I never wanted to be in it,
I never wanted to be in it.
Here's to everytime
I can be pride, whenever you want.
The failure to be
The dead industry
Nowhere to rise,
Nowhere to fall;
I don't wanna be
Some unlucky stuntman.
(I don't wanna be so unlucky).
I always wanted to be off the list; I
always wanted to be off it.