Rocket From the Crypt

Hot Snakes! And they're wonderful

The new Sultans album Shipwrecked has just been released (Sultans being another Reis three piece side project). It's more of a stripped Rocket sound than Ghost Ship and, so far, not as great as Ghost Ship, but I'm still letting Shipwrecked seap in.

The best RFTC record is The State of the Art is On Fire. I've got everything else they've put out but I have stayed away from X-Ray so far because it seems to have lost momentum from everything I've heard. The rocket seems to be petering out. Hot Snakes cast off a lot of weight that seemed to be holding Reis down, and I love that band more than Rocket. Jehu's another story. Jehu exists on a higher plane.

The Sultans are solid through and through. Very fun.

um, this happened at Mike's Movies & Music in State College, PA. For that whole leg of the tour they were doing lunch-time in-stores before shows (they played the one here the same day they played Pittsburgh at night).

Like any ILXor will ever see the same show I will.

I saw RFTC twice on the Group Sounds tour in the same day. As mentioned above, one in-store performance at the Soundgarden in Baltimore and then at Fletchers that night. They're a band that really knows how to play and put all of their energry into everything they do.

I've really got to go back and pick up some of their other records (I've got RFTC and Group Sounds seems to be lost...) and I'll certainly use this thread as a guide to what to go for next.

Drive Like Jehu (and RFTC) have been covered on a few other threads. Hot Snakes are good, but IMO you're really deceiving yourself if they (or RFTC) are anywhere near Jehu's caliber. Sorry!

gygax is OTM. It's weird to compare DLJ and RFTC..they are both so different, other than Jon Reis, they share nothing...but DLJ owns.

Paint as a Fragrance still sounds awesome to me. There was a chick in the band then. Where is she now?

And Drive Like Jehu > Rocket From the Crypt > Hot Snakes. Nothing about the Hot Snakes really grabs me, except for the occaisional song or two.

On Halloween night in San Diego, Rocket from the Crypt will be playing our farewell show. After 16 years of scars and ear damage all in the name of spreading goodwill and the Rock N Roll doctrine, we will take the stage for the last time on our favorite day of the year. We know that it is very difficult for those around the world to be with us for this celebration, but we invite all that have been a part of this awesome ride to come out one more time and give it up for the band. We will offer those that have supported and fueled us the first opportunity to purchase tickets. The show is taking place in a hotel ballroom and room packages will be offered with the tickets if you desire. There is a limited number of these discounted room/ticket packages available. There will be five ticket options. 1. Ticket only, 2. Room with 1 ticket, 3. Room with 2 tickets, 4. Room with 3 tickets, 5. Room with 4 tickets. The show is unfortunately 21 and up only as there will be rampant live!
r-defying consumption. The rest of the info is below.

Rocket From The Crypt's last show
Monday, October 31 2005
Westin Horton Plaza Grand Ballroom (910 Broadway Circle - San Diego, CA)
21 and up
Other bands TBA

Fan pre-sale: Friday, September 9, 2005 at 12:00 pm (PST)
at www.casbahmusic.com
This presale will only last until Sunday night (September 11) before they are open to everyone else!!

Ticket options and prices (We apologize for the cost, expenses are high):
$30.00 advance ticket only
$165.00 Room with one ticket (Hotel tax is not included in this price)
$25.00 each additional ticket with room. Up to four tickets may be purchased with room package.
This option is only available until October 1, 2005!

Rocket tattoos will be accommodated for the show admission only BUT we need to know if you are planning to attend.
If you are already a member of Speedo's Army please email
speedosarmy@hotmail.com and RSVP.
You must RSVP by October 1st.
Once you RSVP you must be admitted in the show by 8:30 or your spot will taken by someone else. We want to insure that we accommodate as many people as possible.

Thanks and I hope to see you there,

Speedo AKA Swami AKA John Anthony Reis, Jr. III

Not really, but he does look to be winding down, having disbanded Hot Snakes so recently. I guess he wants to spend more time on Swami.

Well, the live album that's out is awesome. Lots of old songs on it. Would like to see the dvd, so I guess i'll be ordering it.
I fell away from the band after Group Sounds. I need to pick that stuff up too.

be 19 drink 9 tecates then listen to this record in yuma arizona

http://i49.tinypic.com/2gwx0kg.jpg http://i47.tinypic.com/2v0l8d4.jpg

...if u wanna party

HUMAN SPINE btw being the song you want to listen to the end of if you want to hear drive like jehu and rftc being connected together. hot snakes not quite (love them a shitload too, one of the only band tshirts i own in fact)

jamming circa now!

the main riff to "Don't Darlene" is like very other foo fighters song ever

In my Not Just the Ticket series I'm going to get talking about the first KROQ Weenie Roast in 1993, which is when I first saw Rocket doing a Circa: Now set thanks to "Hippy Dippy Do" getting some airplay. I will forever remember Speedo on the Irvine Meadows stage, looking back at the huge screen that was then showing some video of hot dogs cooking, and saying in his inimitable rasp "I don't know about you but those things look pretty foul!"

haha awesome, love this band....took me way too long to investigate other albums than scream dracula scream

kinda weird you can barely hear the horns on this record until the very end of "glazed" the last song

hearing 2 Rocket From The Crypt songs on last night's episode of Rubicon really got me remembering how awesome this band is. i loved RFTC and Group Sounds when I'd borrow them from my brother (who posted on this thread, during a brief period when I succeeded in getting him interested in ilx!), always meant to check out the earlier albums.

scream dracula scream kinda falls down a bit in the final stretch but ned is right, though i'd amend it to include the opening half.

happy r-oct-ket from the crypt-ober yall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUXGT4GkUJw

Dammit. A bunch of upcoming release websites, including Metacritic, have been listing the upcoming Rocket from the Tombs as being from these guys. Was super excited for a minute.

They could've also turned the rocket on its side and made the fins form part of the 3, but whatever, I'll take a reunion either way.

http://i.imgur.com/rQ8AZ.jpg

i hope it means an actual reunion tour and not just a few summer festival appearances

If they play Honolulu I think we might have to trigger the ultimate FAP.

ned raggett otm

i hope it means an actual reunion tour and not just a few summer festival appearances

― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Friday, November 2, 2012 7:33 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah it's annoying how many of these bands play for the first time in ages and then you gotta go to NYC/LA or some 'destination' festival to see em

So it might not be a good idea to just rush out and get the tattoo.

lol

And here we go.

---

Doug Moody Presents………….

ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT (AGAIN)
JC2000, Apollo 9, The Notorious ND, Dr. Chud, Atom, Petey X and Speedo.
rock n roll is dead and reborn (again)

KLÜB SHOWS

Again In Berlin, Germany @ Festaal
April 2, 2013. A Tuesday. 25 O's €
http://greyzone.tickets.de/de/customer/events/presale/33062e3857911068

Again for the first time in Tampere, Finland @ Klubi
April 3, 2013. It's a Wednesday. 25 O's €
http://www.tiketti.fi/tarjous/rftcpresale

Again in gay, Paris celebrating Doudou's 30th Birthday @ La Trabendo
April 4, 2013. A Thursday, no less. 25 O's €
http://www.3emeacte.com/ospectacles/Seances.aspx?manif=00000000-0000-0000-0533-000000000077

Again on Lake Geneva, Switzerland @ L'Usine
April 5, 2013. I believe it's a Friday. 25 O's €
https://www.petzitickets.ch/event_description.php?event_id=24603

Again in Barcelona, Spain celebrating La Castanya 5 year Anniversary Party with Biscuit @ Razmatazz. After party TBA
April 6, 2013. I am not sure but I think this is a Saturday.
first 100 tix 20 O's €, then 25 O's € after
http://www.codetickets.com/la-castanya/ca/codetickets.com/16/

PS: We are not playing the Indio Date Festival

Q: Will there be other shows?
A: Maybe. We will see how it goes
Q: If I have a Rocket tattoo can I get in free?
A: Yes, but only those with the new "reborn again" logo. This new logo consists of a purple phallus relieving itself on 3 rolled tacos with guacamole.
Q: Can i shake Speedo's hand?
A: Of course, but please bring hand sanitizer and have your camera focused and ready so that others can have an opportunity as well.
Q: I have a band that wants to play with you guys. Is this possible?
A: Possibly. If you have 2 Marshall JCM 800 half stacks, a decent bass amp and you don't mind us making pee pee on your equipment and you playing for free yes, perhaps we can work something out.
Q: This isn't really a question….but that sounds like a bad deal
A: You obviously do not know the value of exposure.
Q: My friend Chris doesn't really like your band, but he is my ride. What should I do?
A: Fuck you, Chris
Q: I have final exams that week and I won't be able to attend.
A: Good for you
Q: Why are you playing again? Are you broke or something?
A: I just want to make people happy, if only for an hour or two
Q: Are there plans for a new RFTC record?
A: Yes, Dave Grohl from Nirvana is producing.
Q: Any last words?
A: Rock N Roll will never die. It can only live. Thank you and I look forward to seeing you all very soon.

Kinda of shitty to reneg on the free tattoo thing, but super excited by new album news!!!

The whole thing with the tattoo was always up to the venue as well, and the band had to make that clear plenty of times over the years, so it's not too surprising.

Ah, that does make more sense. Still, a pretty funny release.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03WJCe6jQE8

Q: Are there plans for a new RFTC record?
A: Yes, Dave Grohl from Nirvana is producing.

this sounds felicitous?

Yeah, I think that's actually a great choice for these guys.

I just reread the lineup there -- a seven-piece!

would it kill them to book one so-cal show?

That would make too much sense.

http://i.imgur.com/tVCv8zB.jpg

...yeah but WHERE

http://ink-n-iron.com/

that looks like hell

A San Diego report:

Other unscripted comments included a reference to why the band's first reunion tour will take place in the United Kingdom (the money is greater) and a five-minute diatribe during the bass-and-drums breakdown of "Come See, Come Saw" in which the singer riffed on a Danzig VHS video and how "the groove" had entered him, O'Beirne and O'Beirne's neighbor's dog.

anyone been to a show yet? i've got tickets for the 14th. stoked!!

looks like theyre having fun

http://i.imgur.com/zHaaleV.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/SulWKtH.jpg

I didn't go, cause I'm broke, but a group of people I know all chipped in for a party bus from North Park to Del Mar for the show at the racetrack last weekend. Apparently they all had a very nice time, which I saw on Facebook, cause I didn't go, cause I'm broke.

Anyway, they should do the honorable thing and record another album. I won't buy it, cause I'm broke, but I'll most certainly give it a listen on the Spotify!

Two vivid RFTC memories: Not being able to get into a sold-out show at the Casbah in the mid-'90s, but listening to them over the wall anyway; and them BLAZING at First Avenue circa Circa Now. One of the great live bands.

they were so great last nite-- it was like they never went away

speedo kept calling chicago "the windy city" but pronouncing it like "wind a clock", it was so fucking funny. he briefly mentioned the show they played with wesley willis too.

they closed with a long drawn out version of come see come saw during which he instructed the while audience to turn around and give the person standing behind them a shoulder rub, and most people did!

show was sold out, glad i went because the weather looks terrible today for an outdoor festival

my only complaint is they didn't play anything from state of the art or hot charity (my favorite period)

set list:

Dollar
Don't Darlene
Straight American Slave
Carne Voodoo
I'm Not Invisible
Get Down
Sturdy Wrist
When in Rome
Stuck in the Middle
Born in 69
On a Rope
Young Livers
Boychucker
Jumper K Balls
I Know
Panic Scam
Made For You
Glazed
Come See, Come Saw

Encore:
Ditch digger
Dick on a dog

I like.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.theskinny.co.uk/latest/news/306508-exclusive_hear_rocket_from_crypts_new_cover_baker_street

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

awesome

kinda like this cover too
http://mydickband.bandcamp.com/track/baker-dick

on a whim i dropped the much maligned 'live at camp x-ray' on the system.
despite the lack of love, it connects with my love of nu-era garage rock-n-roll.
so, i do the usual amazon search.
3 albums (on cd of course) : £7.50 (incl. postage).
f*ck a download.

the songs they did from camp x-ray when i saw them live 2 years ago were some of the best parts of a great set, i had forgotten about that album almost entirely, but its just as great as the rest of their catalog

also, haven't really listened to much of this yet, but it exists:

http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/sonny_vincent_rocket_from_crypt_unearth_vintage_piss

yeah, i saw that collection.
going to dig into the studio albums first ..
reckon those will suffice.