After he is in position, his ‘crew’ deposits a coin in the slot and he begins to revolve in the dryer.”[1] The etymology of laundronaut comes from the two roots: laundry + nautes.

Using the invented prefix, laundro-, taken from the word laundromat, the Laundronauts have coined several neologisms: laundrock, laundrotainment, and Laundromeda, their mythical home planet.

Prior to the formation of the Laundronauts, bassist Wynne and guitarist Horak played in the seven-piece sixties garage-rock band, Captain Cook and the Nootka Sound, which broke up in 1998 and who performed at Fuzz Fest ’98 and toured with El Vez.

They were selected as "Band of the Month" by commercial modern rock radio station, The Zone 91.3 FM,[4][5] receiving regular airplay.

Horak's guitar solo for the song Stain[6] was featured in a Vancouver Island Brewery beer commercial starting in November 2009.

[11] Gareth left the Laundronauts in February 2011, though work continues on the band's second album In Filth, set for release in late 2012.

[needs update] The idea of using laundry as a metaphor become a creative writing project for Horak and Wynne, influencing the band's style and musical direction.

The lyrics appear on the surface to be concerned with laundry, however, “The songs are heavy on double entendres [and] each song is couched in reality: Come Clean is about love while Lint Trap is about lying.”[12] Other critics agreed, “With some bands of this ilk, things get gimmicky, but listening to the album, it’s just easy to enjoy the rock ’n’ roll and have the occasional chuckle at the lyrics.”[13] Branding itself as laundrock, a combination of garage-rock, mod, beat, psych, punk, and doo-wop, the Laundronauts sought to create a new sound from what they considered were the best elements of various genres.

After releasing a three-song 45 RPM EP in May 2008,[14] recorded locally, the band decided to look for a studio that would better realize the sound that Horak and Wynne had in mind for the full-length album.

Live shows are bathed in blinding white light, smoke, bubbles, strobe effects, and a pneumatic laundry cannon that fires socks, undergarments, and the occasional Laundronauts T-shirt into the audience.

A critic from a Vancouver monthly music magazine says, "Really, they’re a giant washing machine of kick-assery whomping and rattling around the stage, and one wouldn’t hesitate to witness their fury live.

His musical credits include drumming for Los Barreiro (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and touring as the drummer for the L.A. rockabilly band 3 Bad Jacks.

He created the band's pedal-operated laundroscope (capable of filling a venue with bubbles in seconds) and pneumatic laundry cannon featured in the live shows.

"Outta My Head" According to Bryce Dunn from CITR 101.9 FM, the Laundronauts' Hard Water EP on white vinyl “brims with Sonics-style energy.”[14] Come Clean LP/CD, released 2009 1.

"Agent Detergent" The album is described as "garage-rock, full of fuzzy guitars, '50s style backup vocals and dirty bass," and "raucous but focused, especially on those instrumental surf-rock tracks that showcases the band's musical presence, making sure you know they can rock out even without their chosen lyrical theme.

"[17] Mike Devlin from CanWest News and the Times Colonist said, "only a dead fish could resist their rambunctious brand of garage punk and mod-infused rock and roll."

[23] The video was a collaboration between the Laundronauts and University of Victoria film students Alina Cerminara, Megan Russell, and Chantal De Brouwer.