Flickerstick

As the winner of the breakthrough Emmy nominated VH1 reality series, Bands on the Run (2001), Flickerstick converted national viewers seemingly overnight to its style of emotional rock music.Following the series, with a video for the song Smile airing, sold-out shows, and a major label bidding war, the band eventually signed with Sony/Epic. Welcoming Home the Astronauts, the bands debut album, was released in November of 2001. Recorded at Todd and Toby Pipes (Deep Blue Something) studio, Bass Propulsion Laboratories, WHTA was co-produced by YouTube megastar Rick Beato and mixed by Tom Lord-Alge (Weezer, Blink-l82, Marilyn Manson). The album debuted in the Billboard top 200 and reached #2 on Billboards Heat Seekers. The first single, Beautiful, reached #26 on modern rock radio. Astronauts received 3.5/5 stars in Rolling Stone and, in their review of the album, Spin Magazine proclaimed, Tough guitar scrimmages, soaring supergroup moments that last a lifetime, boner-like intensity, roto-t