Max Q (band)

Appearance by Max Q: singer Tracy "TC" Caldwell-Dyson , drummer Chris Ferguson and guitarist Drew Feustel (2011)

Max Q is a rock band from Houston , Texas, whose members all active astronauts of NASA are.

The band was formed in 1987 by Robert Gibson , George Nelson and Brewster Shaw . The name Max Q is a technical term from space travel that describes the point of maximum load on take-off. According to Gibson, like the Space Shuttle, the band makes “a lot of noise and little music”.

So far there have been no official releases of the band, which appears primarily at NASA center festivities and at NASA-related events such as smaller parties, weddings and charity events.

The line-up of the band changes constantly as it consists only of active astronauts.

Current members (selection):

Former members (selection):

Ricky Arnold - guitar Tracy "TC" Caldwell-Dyson - singer Drew Feustel - guitar

Carl Walz - singer Jim Wetherbee - drums Susan Helms - keyboard Robert "Hoot" Gibson - guitar Pierre Thuot - bass George "Pinky" Nelson Brewster Shaw Kevin Chilton - guitar Kevin Ford - drums Chris Ferguson - drums Chris Hadfield - bass guitar Greg "Box" Johnson - keyboard Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger - singer Stephen "Stevie Ray" Robinson - guitar Ken "Taco" Cockrell - keyboard Dan Burbank - guitar

Web links

• Moonlighting to the Max ( Memento from January 16, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ). In: GO magazine, April 2005. (English)
• Michael Cassutt: Max Q Live - Article in Air & Space Magazine (English)
• Max Q's First Gig , video recording of the first gig