Colorado Rockers Help Make Space History
HOUSTON (CBS) - A Colorado rock band helped make space history this week.
Big Head Todd and the Monsters helped wake up the crew of space shuttle Discovery with a live performance of their song Blue Sky. They performed it at Houston's NASA Mission Control Center.
It was the first ever wake-up song played live to space.
The song was written as a tribute to the space program and Discovery's return to flight missions in 2005.
Discovery is scheduled to land for the last time Wednesday before being retired.
Two more shuttle launches are planned before the entire program comes to an end.
About Big Head Todd and the Monsters
For more than 20 years, Big Head Todd and the Monsters has been entertaining Colorado and all of the Rocky Mountain region. Todd Park Mohr, Brian Nevin and Rob Squires formed the band in 1986. They attended Columbine High School together and formed the band at the University of Colorado. Jeremy Lawton joined the band later. The band formed Big Records in 1989 and released their first album "Another Mayberry." In 1993 they signed with Giant Records and recorded "Sister Sweetly" with Prince. The album went platinum and three singles from it hit the rock charts. (Description from CBSDenver.com's Famous Coloradans photo gallery.)
