Artist: Max Q
Album: Max Q
Song: "Sometimes"
1989 Atlantic Records

Max Q were an Australian band formed in 1989. Playing electronic music, the band was a collaboration between Michael Hutchence of INXS and Ollie Olsen. While the project was named after Ollie Olsen's dog Max, "Max Q" is also an aerospace term referring to the point at which the dynamic pressure (Q) on a launch vehicle is greatest. Consequently, there is another band called Max Q which consists of astronauts assigned to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.





Max Q is a Houston, TX-based rock band whose members are all astronauts. It was formed in early 1987 by Robert L. Gibson, George Nelson and Brewster Shaw. Gibson named the band after "max Q," the engineering term for the maximum dynamic pressure from the atmosphere experienced by an ascending spacecraft. He joked that like the Space Shuttle, the band "makes lots of noise but no music."

The band's rotating line-up often changes due to flight crew assignments, training, and the occasional retirement.

Max Q performs at the Kemah Boardwalk in Kemah, TX. September 4, 2008:
Band: Max Q (Houston, Tx)
Song: "Listen To the Music" (cover)
2008