Joey Cape

Joey Cape
Joey Cape performing solo in 2010.
Background information
Birth name	Randal Joseph Cape
Born	(1966-11-16) November 16, 1966 (age 50)
Genres	Punk rock, skate punk, alternative rock, indie rock, folk punk, alternative country
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, musician, producer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, piano, synthesizer, percussion
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Fat Wreck Chords, Suburban Home, One Week Records
Associated acts	Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, Joey Cape's Bad Loud, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Afterburner, The Playing Favorites, Tony Sly, Jon Snodgrass, Scorpios, Bodyjar

Randal Joseph "Joey" Cape (born November 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter and producer. Active since 1989, Cape is best known as the frontman of the California punk rock band Lagwagon.

Cape released his first solo album, Bridge, on October 21, 2008 on Suburban Home Records. His second album Doesn't Play Well with Others, was released on February 2011, after he released each song on the album each month of 2010, collecting them all on CD and vinyl in the end of 2010.

In addition to his work with Lagwagon, he was the lead vocalist for the experimental band Bad Astronaut until they disbanded due to death of drummer Derrick Plourde and is also a guitarist in the cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Moreover, Joey Cape released two split albums with Tony Sly of No Use for a Name, featuring acoustic versions of Lagwagon and No Use For a Name songs. Both Cape and Sly also contributed one unreleased/new song to the split. Cape's was titled, 'Violet', a song written for his daughter of the same name. He has also contributed a song called 'Minus' for the album Protect: A Benefit for the National Association to Protect Children.

In 1996, Cape created a record label called My Records that released its debut album, Nerf Herder's self-titled album. My Records is no longer in operation.

From 1999 to 2000, Cape spent the hiatus of Lagwagon working on two side projects: Bad Astronaut and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. This slowed down Cape's work on Lagwagon until 2002. Cape, with Lagwagon, later released Blaze in 2003 and Resolve in 2005, the latter being a tribute to Lagwagon / Bad Astronaut drummer Derrick Plourde, who took his own life in 2005. They recently released an EP, I Think My Older Brother Used to Listen to Lagwagon, on August 19, 2008 on Fat Wreck Chords. In October 2014, they released Hang.