* En anglais uniquement
An American rock outfit based out of Houston, Texas,
Galactic Cowboys combine hard rock, thrash, progressive metal, and pop into their own idiosyncratic heavy metal stew. Bassist
Monty Colvin and drummer
Alan Doss first played together in Houston in a band called the Awful Truth. When it split up,
Colvin and
Doss recruited vocalist
Ben Huggins and guitarist
Dane Sonnier to form
Galactic Cowboys. Signed soon after by DGC, the combo released a self-titled debut in 1991 and
Space in Your Face two years later. Following the release of
Space in Your Face, the group was dropped by DGC and
Wally Farkas replaced
Sonnier (who formed the Sonnier Brothers Band). By the end of 1995,
Galactic Cowboys signed with Metal Blade, releasing their first album for their new label,
Machine Fish, in January 1996. Several months later, the band released the
Feel the Rage EP, followed in 1997 by
The Horse That Bud Bought.
At the End of the Day appeared in 1998, and two years later
Galactic Cowboys returned with
Let It Go, but it would be 17 years before the band would return to the studio. All of the members continued to be active musically, even getting together occasionally for a one-off show. In 2016
Galactic Cowboys announced that they had inked a deal with Dutch progressive label Mascot, and the following year saw the release of their long-awaited seventh studio long-player,
Long Way Back to the Moon. ~ John Bush