Astronaut refers to a number of different bands, such as: - A band from Perth, West Australia. (#01) - A British electronica act from Bristol. (#02) - An American rock band from New York. (#03) - A slowcore band from Dénia, Spain / Un grupo de slowcore de Dénia, España. (#04) - An American electronic drone trio from Boston, MA & Brooklyn, NY. (#05) - An indie band from Latvia / Indie grupa no Latvijas. Named "Astro'n'out". (#06) - An American alternative (?) rock band from New Jersey. (#07) - A dutch indie band from the Netherlands / Een indieband uit Nederland. (#08) (#01) - Having originally spawned as a three piece purely electronic act in 2002, it's safe to say Astronaut have heavily evolved over the past 4 years. 2006 is a fresh start for the band who have transformed into one of Perth’s premier electro disco rock acts. 2005 saw the band take a full head of steam and play in just about every nook and cranny around WA. The bands popularity saw them take out best live electronic act in the 2006 WAMI (WA Music Industry) awards and release their debut single “Invisible Man” as well as support the likes of sonicanimation, Endorphin, The Panda Band, The Avenues and many more. Lineup-wise, the band has only one founding member Rhys Watson (B Movie Heroes) left and has been joined by some of the most talented artists around in WA, if not Australia. New Sleepy Jackson guitarist and former Spencer Tracy frontman Lee Jones heads up the 'naut on vocals, guitar and keys. With his flair for pop song writing and rockstar moves, Jones and Watson have forged a powerful combination spitting out electro, dirty disco and stauch rock songs reminiscent of bands like Electric Six, Datarock and Soulwax and then laying you down and serenading you with sugar-laden pop songs. Another new addition to the band in 2006 is Angus Diggs on drums. Well known for his animal like skin bashing with the likes of Mia Dyson, Jeff Lang and Mick Hart, “Diggsy” has won multiple awards as one of the best drummers currently going around in Oz. Rounding out the band is bassist Julian Rawlings (Eyespy) and rhythm guitarist and keys maestro Mick Stephens also of B Movie Heroes. The future is bright for Astronaut. With a new set of songs and an EP currently in the works expect to hear a lot more from these guys. Xpress Magazine Review: "....still ball-tearingly rockin'. It seems very much like their sound has changed a lot over the last six months, shifting from a more experimental electronic angle to one more guitar-driven. Given this, frontman Lee Jones has more room to shine in his chosen role. A natural performer, Jones was born for the stage. No spending the entire gig looking at his fretboard; no struggling to play, sing, and dance in unison; no signs of discomfort or being out of place; he is exactly what a performer should be... totally in charge of what he's doing. ....between Jones and Rhys 'Cowboy' Watson, the band has an amazing live dynamic. Musically there is nothing but fun on the table... ... their overall sound is extremely textured and interesting. Good band this one... and definitely capable of pushing themselves further and further." - Mike Wafer (#02) - Astronaut is a British electronica act from Bristol. Originally a duo comprised of Ross Burr & Daniel Goudie, Ross left the duo in 2016 and started Myro. The duo saw a lot of success across various releases, notably on Monstercat, with the singles Apollo, Champions, Rain, Feronia & War all reaching one million views. (#03) - Astronaut is an independent rock band from NYC. The band is currently comprised of Uri Djemal on guitar, Hari Ganglberger on drums, Shane Koss on keyboards and synth Bass and vocalist Matt Shapiro. The band started making noise in the NYC music scene in early 2003, where they released the album Evolve later that year. In late September the band's music was featured on XM Radio Unsigned. The band was listed among R>A>D>A>R's to 10 Future's section and the band's song Negative Re-Evaluate made R>A>D>A>R the top 20 Most Played songs list. Clay animator Robert "Knox" Benfer used some of their music in the movie "Klay World: Off The Table," giving the band some exposure to a new audience. (#04) - El grupo se forma en 1998 por unos amigos en Dénia (Alicante, Spain). En el año 2000 graban una larga demo de 13 canciones autoeditada, después participan en recopilatorios y fanzines. En 2003 graban un disco editado por el sello Pause Music, llamado Times New Romance. Tocan en sitios como Almería, Denia, Madrid, Valencia y en el festival primavera sound de barcelona, etc. (#05) - "These people don't make music, they craft drone-scapes of cyclopean beauty which spread in more dimensions than Euclid had time to dream of, engulfing you with the hypnotic power of SPACE so vast it cancels TIME, did you ever see that very lo-fi Super-8 recording of Zombi chasing the dragon past alpha centauri? Well, just listen and be there, 'where they are taking you you don't need eyes'." - 20 Jazz Funk Greats Members are currently playing in Oneohtrix Point Never and Andy & Zeus. (#06) - Astro'n'out ir populāra latviešu poproka grupa, kas dibināta 2003. gadā. Viņi kļuva populāri, kad 19 gadus vecā Māra Upmane-Holšteine no Rīgas uzrakstīja dziesmu “Daļa Rīgas” par apkaimi, kurā viņa uzaugusi un kuru vietējie iedzīvotāji dēvē par Maskačku. Tas ir noziedzīgākais Rīgas rajons. (#07) - Astronaut from South Orange, NJ, was an heavy alternative rock trio that existed from 1988 to 1991. Among their influences were 60s/70s psychedelic and hard rock, Funkadelic, and mid-80s independent rock such as Dinosaur Jr and Das Damen. They played a number of shows in the NYC/NJ area, but their only release was a cassette demo. (#08) - Astronaut is het muzikale project van songwriter, dagdromer en amateur filosoof Pelle Bast. De liedjes van Astronaut zijn compromisloos en zoeken naar naïviteit in haar beste vorm. Met humor en lichtheid worden grootse thema's als seks, liefde en de kosmos bezongen, bevraagd en bespot. De Nederlandstalige teksten getuigen van filosofische diepgang, gebracht met Achterhoekse nuchterheid.