Rocket 3
Rocket 3
ROCKET 3 is the latest combo in the continuum of classic rockin' sounds from the Pacific Northwest. Like the best and the brightest of these—from the Wailers and Sonics to The Fastbacks and Nirvana and beyond—Rocket 3 have The Similar Right Stuff: Righteous aggression coming from their hearts and guts to yours, along with melodies you'll sing yourself hoarse on the way home.
ROCKET 3 is a trio of Midwesterners transplanted to Portland, Oregon: Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Ramune Nagisetty is from Ohio by way of the former USSR and India; She played her very first band gig ever at a GRRRLZ ROCK show in December 2011, and now, three years later, is releasing a debut disc with drummer Drew Anymouse, from Michigan, and bassist Tony Guzman from Indiana.
Their debut disc BURN, coming out on Nov 4, is a multi-faceted wonder of crunchy chords, gorgeously pensive singing, surging melodies, supple and sinuous bass, and cracking drums, garnished/glazed by alternately dreamy and feverish washes of feedback (evoking My Bloody Valentine at their most harmonious). "Fate" tears out of your sound-system interlacing the explosive melodicism and dynamics of The Who and Cheap Trick in their respective primes and the winsome bittersweet angst of early Blondie and '90s college-rock faves Blake Babies. "Never Again" has guitar that shimmers like a summer sunset and drums that crack like thunderclaps. "Begin Again" is rich with the melodramatic grandeur of 1960s girl-group icons The Shangri-Las, the more recent grandeur of The Shins, and the shining-like-chrome power chords of The Fastbacks.
"We Believe" has some of the wiriness of The Pixies and the genial sass of Aimee Mann. "Catch Me" ambitiously melds the winsome girl-group and jangling folk-rock sounds of the '60s with the hammer-of- the-gods wallop of Led Zeppelin, with a brief hint of reggae rhythm. Unlike some combos, the roots of Rocket 3 go back further than four to seven years—note their brilliantly inspired version of The Velvet Underground's "All Tomorrow's Parties," given a thorny post-punk reworking (evoking Magazine) that maintains the original's chilly melancholy while Rocket 3 make it their own with a loping, sinewy bass-line you'll find hard to get out of your head. The world should keep their eyes out for this new band- Rocket 3 is ready for take-off.
Rocket 3 Website
ROCKET 3 is a trio of Midwesterners transplanted to Portland, Oregon: Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Ramune Nagisetty is from Ohio by way of the former USSR and India; She played her very first band gig ever at a GRRRLZ ROCK show in December 2011, and now, three years later, is releasing a debut disc with drummer Drew Anymouse, from Michigan, and bassist Tony Guzman from Indiana.
Their debut disc BURN, coming out on Nov 4, is a multi-faceted wonder of crunchy chords, gorgeously pensive singing, surging melodies, supple and sinuous bass, and cracking drums, garnished/glazed by alternately dreamy and feverish washes of feedback (evoking My Bloody Valentine at their most harmonious). "Fate" tears out of your sound-system interlacing the explosive melodicism and dynamics of The Who and Cheap Trick in their respective primes and the winsome bittersweet angst of early Blondie and '90s college-rock faves Blake Babies. "Never Again" has guitar that shimmers like a summer sunset and drums that crack like thunderclaps. "Begin Again" is rich with the melodramatic grandeur of 1960s girl-group icons The Shangri-Las, the more recent grandeur of The Shins, and the shining-like-chrome power chords of The Fastbacks.
"We Believe" has some of the wiriness of The Pixies and the genial sass of Aimee Mann. "Catch Me" ambitiously melds the winsome girl-group and jangling folk-rock sounds of the '60s with the hammer-of- the-gods wallop of Led Zeppelin, with a brief hint of reggae rhythm. Unlike some combos, the roots of Rocket 3 go back further than four to seven years—note their brilliantly inspired version of The Velvet Underground's "All Tomorrow's Parties," given a thorny post-punk reworking (evoking Magazine) that maintains the original's chilly melancholy while Rocket 3 make it their own with a loping, sinewy bass-line you'll find hard to get out of your head. The world should keep their eyes out for this new band- Rocket 3 is ready for take-off.
Rocket 3 Website