We Could Be Astronauts

We Could Be Astronauts
Paul Heaney, Dave Hartley, Robert Hughes, Stuart Fletcher (musician), Simon Himsworth
Background information
Origin	York, North Yorkshire, England
Genres	Rock
Years active	2009 - Present
Labels	Unsigned
Associated acts	The Seahorses, Hijak Oscar
Website	www.wecouldbeastronauts.com, WCBA Facebook, WCBA MySpace, WCBA Twitter
Members	Robert Hughes Dave Hartley Simon Himsworth Paul Heaney Stuart Fletcher (musician)
Past members	Mark Meilack Alex Smith

We Could Be Astronauts are a British Rock band that formed in York in 2009. The band consists of Robert Hughes (vocals, guitar), Simon Himsworth (guitar, backing vocals), Stuart Fletcher (musician) (bass), Paul Heaney (guitar) and Dave Hartley (drums, backing vocals).

In mid-2009 Dave Hartley (ex Hijak Oscar) and Mark Meilack (ex Hijak Oscar) were approached by Robert Hughes with a demo CD of 4 tracks.

Ex Idle Jack drummer Simon Himsworth and York-based guitarist Paul Heaney joined shortly after.

Mark left the band to move to Brighton to form a new band in October 2011. This opened a door for Stuart Fletcher (musician) who in the past played for The Seahorses, The Yards featuring fellow ex-Seahorse Chris Helme, and Rick Witter's current band, Rick Witter & The Dukes to join. He has also done session work for Happy Mondays,Saint Etienne, The Calling.

In December 2011 the band supported Shed Seven at the O2 Academy Sheffield.

They were backed by York MP Hugh Bayley in the 2012 Rock The House competition.

The band played T In The Park festival on the BBC Introducing stage - Saturday 7 July at 18:30

They also played Stage 2 at Cambridge Rock Festival 2012

We Could Be Astronauts made it through to the International Finals of Surface Festival 2012 and played IndigO2#indigO2 in The O2 Arena (London) on 29 September 2012

They supported Benny Marchant at the Sheffield O2

Played the Hard Rock Cafe in Oslo

The band are currently booking a tour of the UK and writing their second album.