I Wish I Was An Astronaut
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I Wish I Was An Astronaut is a Cinethrast 4 peice band based in South East London and first founded by Dann Marc and Mike Barrnet
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About
I Wish I Was An Astronaut started under the name of OpenSkydrive in late 2006 with Dann Marc on Lead Guitar, Marie on Keyboard and Michael Barrnet on drums, a month or so after Marie decided to leave because of disagreements leaving just Mike and Dann, after this they decided to look for more members to make it a full band but before they had found anyone Mike also decided to leave, that same night Dann went out and found a lead guitarist Chris Habayeb, Drummer John Hills and bassist Sam Thompson.
But after a couple of weeks Sam didn’t seem to be into the band so they went out looking for a new bassist, Dann decided to ask Mike Barrent to instead of playing drums, to play bass and he agreed, after a couple of jams Mike said he didn’t like playing bass and wished to play something else in the band, seeing as Mike was an amazing drummer they decided to let John go and let Mike drum again.
They were still looking for a bassist but on April 9th 07 at a band practise, even though there was a lot of songs made, they made a song as with everyone’s input called "On The Radio" and later that night after having a vote they changed there name to "I Wish I Was An Astronaut". soon after Dann asked a friend Callum who is in a band called "Fist Fights At Midnight" and was not sure if he should or not but he decided to join them.
After a couple of weeks they decided to try getting a singer and Dann asked a old friend of him and Mike ,Sam, After hearing a demo that they had made same jumped on board straight away and soon as he could but then later left to do his own thing.
Chris was going to leave after sept but because of miss communication Chris left early leaving an old friend of Dann's, Laurence and almost as soon as Laurence joined the band started to flurish
Soon after IWIWAA were featured in the Reading Fest NME Mag altho soon after there was a small fuad between the band and the NME staff but the fuad is unknown.
NME - Radar Ed ALEX MILLER 25/08/07 I Wish I Was An Astronaut wish they didn’t have to hang around scary alleys On a more ethereal tip, I Wish I Was An Astronaut make alt.rock dreamscapes like battered knights from some post-war hinterland where misery is everyday occurrence. This is a band who cram elegance and pomposity happily together. Ace. www.nme.com/newbands/i-wish-i-was-an-astronaut
Members
Current Members
Former Members
- Marie
- Chris Haybabe
- John
- Sam Thompson
- Sam Thomas
Music Style
IWIWAA's music style is a extention of the Cinethrast style that was
created in 2000 by At The Drive-In shortly before there split
Discography
IWIWAA are currently Recording There "Manual Transfer EP".
Out 2008
Manaual Transfer Track List
1. Manual Transfer
2. Cancer Home Opear Ration
3. Plantation Cargo
4. Ado Torn
5. Unkown
6. 12 hour (hidden track)
This may not be the song order
