Rockets

So our own J3ff T. posted on FB about these guys -- what the:

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

i thought i posted a thread about them? maybe not. i know i've talked about them on here. i'm a fan. chuck's a fan.

i probably talked about them pre-youtube though. and probably had to make do with posting archaic "pictures" of them.

Hahah cool. So what was their deal? They sure seem like a band I would have seen on some random TV special around that time.

they were bigger in france and germany and stuff. their album On The Road Again was billed as *Tom n' Jerry's Rockets* here. the title track from that might have been their only u.s. presence. i like most of their stuff up to the galaxy album. don't know after that.

i need a copy of the first album. i never ever see it. don't think it got a u.s. release. on the road again was the first u.s. thing, i think. third album plasteroid came out here. they had a live album and i don't think that was released here either. and then galaxy which probably sold all of 5 copies in the states. i dunno why they didn't hit it big here. daft punk fans who've never heard rockets might feel a little ripped off if you play them a few tracks.

What I wrote about them in a "Space Rock Essentials" column in Spin a couple years back:

Rockets Plasteroid (Rockland 1979)

These silver-skinned French baldies rock your Spock off like a flying saucer linking Roxy Music to “Pop Muzik,” or Kraftwerk at a mud-boogie festival – and with songs entitled “Legion Of Aliens” and “Back To Your Planet” to boot. For their totally ruling youtube clips, search under “Les Rockets”; and check out Space’s likewise French but more celestial disco 1977 “Magic Fly” while you’re at it.

I can also vouch for their 1992 GCD Italy CD comp Galactica -- but yeah, Scott and I have definitely talked about them now and then on ILM before.

ya, these dudes rock. the whole On the road Again album is pretty amazing and their videos are awesome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YhcspYU_SY

and for more outerspace dressed up italo rock, don't forget about ganymed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M42x3TWJz2o

i vaguely remember that version of 'on the road again' on aussie tv.

Yeah, on my recent trip to Italy, I saw this two disc compilation in the bargain bin at a CD store, and I had to get it, site unheard. Fortunately, the gamble paid off. Love these guys. Everything I enjoy about space rock and synthpop rolled into one. Definitely see the seeds of Daft Punk, Blue Man Group, etc. here.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LFJs7yK7L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

didnt les rockets do a billy idol cover? i cant find it anywhere.

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