SeeYouSpaceCowboy
{{short description|American hardcore punk band}}
{{redirect|See You Space Cowboy|the anime|Cowboy Bebop}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = SeeYouSpaceCowboy
| image = SeeYouSpaceCowboy.jpg
| caption = SeeYouSpaceCowboy performing live in 2022
| landscape = yes
| origin = San Diego, California, U.S.
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Sasscore
- mathcore
- metalcore
- hardcore punk
- post-hardcore{{cite web|url=https://purenoise.net/artists/seeyouspacecowboy/|title=SeeYouSpaceCowboy - Pure Noise Artist Page|website=purenoise.net|accessdate=May 25, 2025}}
- {{nowrap|art punk}}
}}
| label = Pure Noise
| website = {{URL|syscband.com}}
| current_members =
| past_members =
- Ethan Sgarbossa
- Taylor Allen
- Timmy Moreno
- AJ Tartol
- Dominick Larocca
- Cameron Phipps
- Andrew Milam
- Liam Coombe
- Bryan Prosser
- Jesse Price
- Sal Argento
- Connie Sgarbossa
}}
SeeYouSpaceCowboy (formerly stylized as SeeYouSpaceCowboy...) was an American hardcore punk band formed in San Diego, California, in 2016, by Connie Sgarbossa, Ethan Sgarbossa and Taylor Allen. Their name is taken from a phrase shown on many of the end title cards of the 1998 anime Cowboy Bebop.
History
=2016–2018: Formation and early releases=
Before the formation of SeeYouSpaceCowboy, vocalist Connie Sgarbossa and her younger brother{{Cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/seeyouspacecowboy-meet-sasscore-band-rallying-marginalized-people-bite-back|title = SeeYouSpaceCowboy: Meet "Sasscore" Band Rallying Marginalized People to "Bite Back"|date = 14 August 2018}} Ethan Sgarbossa both played in the bands Flowers Taped to Pens and René Descartes. Ethan originally played guitar for both groups before switching to drums for SeeYouSpaceCowboy. Taylor Allen and Jesse Price played together in a hardcore band called Recluse before the formation of their next project, Letters to Catalonia, which features Jesse on vocals and guitar, and fellow former SeeYouSpaceCowboy member, Dominic Larocca, on bass. SeeYouSpaceCowboy formed in 2016, before Connie relocated to Oakland.
The original lineup, and that which appears on the demo, consisted of only four members; Price playing bass and Allen playing guitar. Timmy Moreno was soon added as a bassist, and Price went on to be a guitarist.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
=2018–2020: ''Songs for the Firing Squad'' and ''The Correlation Between Entrance and Exit Wounds''=
In a 2018 interview with Revolver the band revealed that they had plans to release a debut full-length album sometime in 2019, the group were in the writing stage as of when the interview was taken place in August. Connie Sgarbossa hinted of what is to come: "There's going to be sassing, there's going to be breakdowns ... there's going to be weird, screechy shit."
As of January 25, 2019 it was revealed the band had signed to Pure Noise Records, speaking about their new partnership with Pure Noise Records, the band said: “We are beyond happy to be part of the Pure Noise family. After a summer of searching, we decided to go with Pure Noise because of the diverse and innovative roster, a showcase for some of the most exciting bands in the scene. We are very eager to show the world the next chapter of this band, with this great team behind us.“ Alongside the announcement the band digitally released the compilation Songs for the Firing Squad, which the band describes as "a collection of the first two years as a band, along with two new tracks that foreshadow the new direction we are headed." The band also released an accompanying music video for the song “Self Help Specialist Ends Own Life”.
On July 30, 2019 they released a brand new track, "Armed with Their Teeth" and announced the title for their debut full-length record, The Correlation Between Entrance and Exit Wounds. On August 27, 2019 they released another single, "Put On a Show, Don't Let Them See You Fall". The record was released on September 27, 2019 and met with immediately favorable reviews.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} Loudwire named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019.{{cite web |title=The 50 Best Metal Albums of 2019 |url=https://loudwire.com/best-metal-albums-2019/ |website=Loudwire |publisher=Townsquare Media |access-date=March 7, 2021 |date=December 3, 2019}}
=2021–2022: ''The Romance of Affliction''=
On November 5, 2021 the band dropped their second studio album, The Romance of Affliction. It was elected by Loudwire as the 36th best rock/metal album of 2021.{{cite web |title=The 45 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2021 |url=https://loudwire.com/best-rock-metal-albums-2021/ |website=Loudwire |publisher=Townsquare Media |access-date=January 3, 2022 |date=December 10, 2021}}
On July 19, 2022, the band released a music video for their cover of the Saosin song "Seven Years". The song is featured on the Pure Noise compilation Dead Formats: Volume 1.{{cite web |website=Brooklyn Vegan |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/seeyouspacecowboy-release-cover-of-saosins-seven-years-watch-the-video/ |title=SeeYouSpaceCowboy release cover of Saosin's "Seven Years" |date=July 19, 2022 |access-date=February 18, 2023}}
=2023–present: ''Coup de Grâce''=
The band released the single "Chewing the Scenery" on August 24, 2023.{{cite web |website=Stereogum |last=Breihan |first=Tom |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2234147/seeyouspacecowboy-chewing-the-scenery/music/ |title=SeeYouSpaceCowboy Release New Single "Chewing The Scenery" |date=August 24, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2023}} The band would release another single, "Rhythm and Rapture", featuring vocals from Nothing,Nowhere, on September 5.{{cite web |website=Rock Sound |last=Coward |first=Teddy |url=https://rocksound.tv/news/seeyouspacecowboy-team-up-with-nothingnowhere-for-new-rhythm-and-rapture-single |title=SeeYouSpaceCowboy Team Up With nothing,nowhere. For New 'Rhythm And Rapture' Single |date=September 5, 2023 |access-date=January 18, 2025}} On March 5, 2024, SeeYouSpaceCowboy announced its third studio album, Coup de Grâce, set for a April 19 release. The band toured in support of the album with openers The Callous Daoboys and Omerta; Roman Candle was also set to appear on the tour but was dropped following fan backlash due to domestic abuse allegations against former bassist Nico Borgia and the victim claiming Roman Candle knew of the abuse before the allegations became public.{{cite web |publisher=Lambgoat |url=https://lambgoat.com/news/42509/seeyouspacecowboy-remove-roman-candle-from-upcoming-tour-following-online-backlash/ |title=SeeYouSpaceCowboy remove Roman Candle from upcoming tour following online backlash |date=April 27, 2024 |access-date=January 18, 2025}}{{cite web |publisher=Metal Sucks |last=Huntress |first=Haela |url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2025/01/15/connie-sgarbossa-threatens-to-exit-seeyouspacecowboy-amid-tour-controversy/ |title=Connie Sgarbossa Threatens to Exit SeeYouSpaceCowboy Amid Tour Controversy |date=January 15, 2025 |access-date=January 18, 2025}}
On January 14, 2025, SeeYouSpaceCowboy was announced as a supporting act for Dance Gavin Dance's "Return of the Robot" tour.{{cite web |publisher=Lambgoat |url=https://lambgoat.com/news/45587/dance-gavin-dance-announce-spring-us-tour-with-the-home-team-seeyouspacecowboy-and-dwellings/ |title=Dance Gavin Dance announces spring US tour with The Home Team, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, and Dwellings |date=January 14, 2025 |access-date=January 18, 2025}} The tour announcement was met with controversy and backlash from fans of SeeYouSpaceCowboy due to Dance Gavin Dance's handling of former vocalist Tilian Pearson, who was accused of sexual misconduct.{{cite web |publisher=Lambgoat |url=https://lambgoat.com/news/45607/seeyouspacecowboy-under-fire-for-dance-gavin-dance-tour-support-slot/ |title=SeeYouSpaceCowboy under fire for Dance Gavin Dance tour support slot |date=January 14, 2025 |access-date=January 18, 2025}} Following the tour announcement and subsequent backlash, vocalist Connie Sgarbossa released a series of vague and cryptic posts on social media hinting at her dissatisfaction with the tour and her place in SeeYouSpaceCowboy, and that she may be exiting the band.{{cite web |publisher=Lambgoat |url=https://lambgoat.com/news/45610/seeyouspacecowboy-vocalist-connie-sgarbossa-claims-she-may-exit-the-band/ |title=SeeYouSpaceCowboy vocalist Connie Sgarbossa claims she may exit the band |date=January 14, 2025 |access-date=January 18, 2025}} This was later confirmed three days later as Sgarbossa shared a series of Instagram stories with the first story reading: "I appreciate everyone reaching out. SYSC meant the world to me too. I haven't fully processed what's going on but I am alive as of now."{{cite web |publisher=Lambgoat |url=https://lambgoat.com/news/45690/seeyouspacecowboys-connie-sgarbossa-appears-to-confirm-departure-from-the-band/ |title=SeeYouSpaceCowboy's Connie Sgarbossa appears to confirm departure from the band |date=January 18, 2025 |access-date=January 18, 2025}}{{Cite web |last=Childers |first=Chad |date=January 20, 2025 |title=SeeYouSpaceCowboy Vocalist Makes First Posts Since Tour Drama |url=https://loudwire.com/seeyouspacecowboy-connie-sgarbossa-first-post-since-tour-drama/ |access-date=January 22, 2025 |website=Loudwire |language=en}}
On January 24, 2025, it was announced that the band would not be touring with Dance Gavin Dance, with no further announcement of the status of the band.{{Cite web |last=Keenan |first=Hesher |date=2025-01-24 |title=SeeYouSpaceCowboy Back Off of Controversial Tour |url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2025/01/24/seeyouspacecowboy-back-off-of-controversial-tour/ |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=MetalSucks |language=en}}
Politics
SeeYouSpaceCowboy looks to create a dialogue with fans regarding LGBTQ representation. Their personal politics also include vegan, anti-racist and anti-capitalist messages. Sgarbossa notes that the quintet hope to bring a zine library on future tours to help spread awareness of their intersectional beliefs.
Musical style
SeeYouSpaceCowboy's musical style has been characterized as sasscore, metalcore, mathcore, hardcore punk and art punk.
The band chooses to self-describe as sasscore and often disagrees with the label "screamo"; lead singer Connie Sgarbossa states, "Everybody in this band came from the screamo scene, and we'd been doing it for a minute, but with this band we really wanted to make the distinction that this isn't a screamo band." Songs for the Firing Squad features a song titled "Stop Calling Us Screamo", which Connie Sgarbossa later clarified as "our tongue-in-cheek jab at the people that want to throw us into that scene."
Band members
Final lineup
- Ethan Sgarbossa – drums (2016–2019); guitar, vocals (2019–)
- Taylor Allen – guitar (2016–2017); bass, clean vocals (2020–)
- Timmy Moreno – bass (2016–2018); guitar (2021–){{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8vbwlpd5NI/|title=See You Space Cowboy- Late December (Live @ De La Cruz Skatepark 08/20/2021)|website=youtube.com|date=23 August 2021 |access-date=September 20, 2021}}
- AJ Tartol - drums, backing vocals (2021–)
Past members
- Connie Sgarbossa – lead vocals (2016–2025)
- Jesse Price – bass (2016, 2019){{Cite web|url=https://seeyouspacecowboyca.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2|title=Demo, by SeeYouSpaceCowboy...|website=bandcamp.com|access-date=November 9, 2019}} guitar, backing vocals (2016–2020); drums (2019)
- Cameron Phipps – bass (2019–2020)
- Dominick Larocca – guitar (2017–2018)
- Liam Coombe – guitar (2018–2019); bass (2018)
- Andrew Milam – bass (2018–2019){{Cite web |date=February 13, 2019 |title=SeeYouSpaceCowboy Bassist Exits Band Amid Rape Allegations |url=https://lambgoat.com/news/31159/SeeYouSpaceCowboy-bassist-exits-band-amid-rape-allegations |access-date=September 3, 2019 |website=lambgoat.com}}
- Tim Austin - guitar (2020){{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B-j-4-6gP_Q/|title=Tim austin on Instagram: "I got the honor of spending a month playing guitar for @sysc.band"|website=instagram.com|access-date=December 22, 2022}}
- Bryan Prosser – drums (2019)
- Sal Argento - drums (2019–2021)
Timeline
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Discography
=Studio albums=
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!Title !Album details |
| The Correlation Between Entrance and Exit Wounds
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| The Romance of Affliction
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| Coup de Grâce
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=Compilation albums=
| class="wikitable"
!Title !Album details |
| Songs for the Firing Squad
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=Extended plays=
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!Title !Album details !Comments |
| Demo
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| |
| Fashion Statements of the Socially Aware
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| |
| SYSC//SGKF Split (with secondgradeknifefight)
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|Split EP |
| A Sure Disaster (with If I Die First){{Cite web|url=https://www.deadpress.co.uk/news-seeyouspacecowboy-if-i-die-first-announce-split-ep/|title=NEWS: SeeYouSpaceCowboy & if I die First announce split EP!|work=DEAD PRESS! | It's more than "just music" to us |date=30 March 2021}}
|
|Split EP |
=Singles=
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Director |
| rowspan="3" | 2019
|"Self Help Specialist Ends Own Life" | rowspan="7" | Cameron Nunez |
| "Armed with Their Teeth" |
| "Late December" |
| rowspan="3" | 2021
|"Bloodstainedeyes" |
| "Misinterpreting Constellations " |
| "The End to a Brief Moment of Lasting Intimacy" |
| 2022
|"Seven Years" |
References
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https://web.archive.org/web/20190127094050/http://purenoise.net/news/seeyouspacecowboy-signs-to-pure-noise-and-releases-new-music-video
}}
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