Rocket From The Tombs

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still loving redux. still need to pick up 'the day the earth met...'

Their version of Raw Power is one of the best tracks I ever heard.

just a muckrackah!
such a heartbreakah!

weird
Rocket From The Tombs
The new album, Barfly, is scheduled for release September 13 on Fire
Records and Smog Veil. The eleven new songs, produced by David Thomas
at Suma, are: I Sell Soul, Birth Day, Anna, Butcherhouse 4, Romeo &
Juliet, Sister Love Train, Love Train Express, Good Times Never Roll,
Six And Two, Maelstrom, and Pretty. The band remains: David Thomas,
Cheetah Chrome, Richard Lloyd, Craig Bell and Steve Mehlman.

weird, yeah.

I loved that Redux thing from a few years back.

yeah, that was good, though there was a WFMU performance that smoked it.

in related news, richard lloyd's facebook is crazy: http://www.facebook.com/richard.lloyd

They've played plenty of shows in this line-up in the past few years, with Richard Lloyd. So recording an album's no huge surprise, is it?

i think they've always said there was a new album in the works -- they played a new song or two when i saw them in 2003! but just weird in general that rocket from the tombs has a new album coming out.

http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs066/1102941868062/img/60.jpg
eesh

lol
that's just...funny. Terribly funny.

i don't even know how to use photoshop and i'm pretty sure i could come up with a better cover in about five minutes. oh well.

Is this the same band as Rocket From the Crypt?

no

though they did inspire RFTC's name

There's a long history of terrible Ubu covers
http://www.freecodesource.com/album-cover/51EfHEA8xDL/Pere-Ubu-Worlds-in-Collision.jpg
this one always struck me as god awful

and they are pretty rad xp

Has anyone heard this?

(to clarify for Chap)
Rocket from the Tombs formed in Cleveland in the mid 70s, they split up and one faction formed Pere Ubu, the other formed the Dead Boys.
Peter Laughner was the lead guitarist, blah blah blah

Have not heard it

i've heard the seven inch single (which is included on the album). it's ok.

Still wearing my red RFTT tshirt regularly after getting it sometime around '04. Been asked if it was advertising Mcdonalds though.

The Day the Earth met is a great cd, wish there was more.

Also wish there was Pere Ubu video before Urrgh a Music War. Or is there any?

there's another RFTT show from 1975 floating around, at the agora theater I think? Not as good as the stuff on the official Day The Earth disc.
Never seen any video of the band prior to Urrgh, which, yeah, is a shame.

huh, guess you can get this now!
http://www.hearpen.com/hr165.html

Extermination Night - Rocket From The Tombs

Total Running Time - 57:59
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Source: Live recording
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Purchase Options:
$10 for entire album
Download comes via one large zipped file.

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Catalog: Hearpen HR165
Raw Power 1:18
So Cold 5:08
Never Gonna Kill Myself Again 2:00
What Love Is 3:29
Rich Bitch 9:45
Ain't It Fun 6:09
Gasoline 3:44
New York Stars 4:17
30 Seconds Over Tokyo 9:50
Satisfaction 5:15
Down In Flames 3:57
Search & Destroy 3:07
Download file size: 140.7MB

Description: This is the debut of what's known as the "original" Rocket From The Tombs (actually v.3.1) recorded December 22 1974 at the Special Extermination Music Night at the Viking Saloon.

Craig Bell at this point had been a member of the band for about a month but was forbidden to play in RFTT by the leader of Mirrors.

Three of these songs, Rich Bitch, Gasoline and New York Stars, are unique to this recording.

Band:
David Thomas - vocals
Peter Laughner - guitar, vocals
Cheetah Chrome - guitar, organ
John Madansky - drums
Bob Bensick played alto sax on "Rich Bitch."

nice

I know its more then ten years ago now, but is this album still available somewhere?

good question, it's not even listed on Discogs!

YSI?

huh, not even on the ubu bandcamp page ... I've got the mp3s of the Extermination Night show ... hit me at tywilc @ gmail if you want 'em.