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.
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It was also covered by actress Charo in 1978 as well as a Spanish language version by Mexican TV host Chabelo , El Vez from the album Merry Mex-mas and by the rock band Guster in 2003 (on the Maybe This Christmas Too? holiday compilation album).
He was replaced by Bernard Yin, a veteran guitarist who has played with SoCal indie darlings El Vez, Medicine, Pansy Division and The Fuzztones (under a stage name) and others.