[2] The band has toured with prominent hard rock and metal acts such as Anthrax, Dream Theater, King's X and Overkill.

[3][6][7][8] Following a number of reunion shows in 2009 and 2013, Galactic Cowboys was reformed in 2016 with the original line-up, and released their first studio album in seventeen years, Long Way Back to the Moon, in 2017 through Mascot Records.

Galactic Cowboys was formed in 1989 in Houston, Texas by bassist Monty Colvin and drummer Alan Doss of the band The Awful Truth.

When The Awful Truth broke up, Colvin and Doss joined singer Ben Huggins and guitarist Dane Sonnier to form Galactic Cowboys.

[4] Despite receiving some favourable reviews, and getting circulation of the music video for "I'm Not Amused" on MTV, the band was ignored by DGC due to the surprise success of Nirvana's Nevermind, released a month afterwards.

[1] The album featured two minor hits for the band with "If I Were A Killer" and "I Do What I Do", both of which received regular airplay at MTV and the now-defunct radio station ZROCK.

[13] Two weeks after the breakup, Monty Colvin received a voicemail from Metal Blade Records with an offer to sign to the band.

[17] The band's original line-up reunited for a special, one-off performance at Acadia Bar and Grill in Houston, Texas on September 13, 2013.

176) that they had signed with a progressive record label and were working on a new album with the original lineup (Colvin, Huggins, Doss, Sonnier).

He has been replaced by Johnny Simmons, Doss' bandmate from Houston-area cover band The Rikkis, who also played drums on Atomic Opera's Gospel Cola album.

Bassist and backing vocalist for Galactic Cowboys from 1991 until 2000, Monty Colvin embarked on a solo career in 2000 with his band project Crunchy.

The first album, All Day Sucker, released in 2001, defined the Crunchy sound as fun, pop punk with a slight heavy guitar edge.

Band influences include the Wildhearts, Cheap Trick, Foo Fighters, and the Ramones, in addition to the aforementioned Galactic Cowboys.

[21][22] Colvin currently hosts an irregular hour-long Internet podcast called "Monty's Rockcast" on his personal web site.

Huggins' musical activities following the Galactic Cowboys breakup in 2000 included recording and playing with his band Gristle, in addition to guest appearances with artists such as The Phlegmatics.