Rocket From The Tombs

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Ain't It Fun 06:20 Tools
30 Seconds Over Tokyo 07:18 Tools
So Cold 05:56 Tools
Never Gonna Kill Myself Again 02:13 Tools
What Love Is 03:38 Tools
Raw Power 01:53 Tools
Sonic Reducer 04:24 Tools
Life Stinks 02:40 Tools
Frustration 02:20 Tools
Amphetamine 05:26 Tools
Muckraker 04:05 Tools
Down In Flames 02:01 Tools
Transfusion 07:43 Tools
Search & Destroy 02:17 Tools
Final Solution 04:33 Tools
Read It & Weep 02:22 Tools
Foggy Notion 04:52 Tools
Seventeen 03:52 Tools
Ain't It Fun - Live 03:08 Tools
In Pursuit Of Your Happiness 02:10 Tools
Final Solution RFTT 05:40 Tools
Sonic Reducer RFTT 03:46 Tools
I Sell Soul 03:08 Tools
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Live 00:19 Tools
Birth Day 03:44 Tools
Romeo & Juliet 04:48 Tools
Anna 02:28 Tools
Butcherhouse 4 03:36 Tools
Strychnine 02:13 Tools
Sister Love Train 03:39 Tools
Pretty 03:01 Tools
Good Times Never Roll 02:37 Tools
Welcome to the New Dark Ages 02:37 Tools
Love Train Express 03:08 Tools
Six And Two 04:54 Tools
Maelstrom 02:14 Tools
Waiting for the Snow 02:14 Tools
I Keep a File on You 02:14 Tools
Raw Power - Live 06:41 Tools
Nugefinger 02:14 Tools
So Cold - Live 05:52 Tools
Spooky 02:14 Tools
Coopy (Schrödinger's Refrigerator) 02:14 Tools
Hawk Full of Soul 02:14 Tools
Never Gonna Kill MyselfAgain 02:14 Tools
Parking Lot at the Rainbow's End 02:14 Tools
What Love Is - Live 05:52 Tools
Transfusion - Live 07:35 Tools
Sonic Reducer - Live 01:01 Tools
Life Stinks - Live 07:35 Tools
Frustation 00:00 Tools
Satisfaction 00:19 Tools
Muckraker - Live 01:01 Tools
Never Gonna Kill Myself Again - Live 08:57 Tools
Final Solution RFTT - Live 03:38 Tools
Amphetamine - Live 04:17 Tools
Ain´T It Fun 00:00 Tools
Foggy Notion - Live 07:35 Tools
Search & Destroy - Live 06:07 Tools
30 Seconds Over Tokyo [edit] 06:11 Tools
Read It & Weep - Live 10:29 Tools
Down In Flames - Live 06:07 Tools
Seventeen - Live 04:47 Tools
Frustration - Live 04:17 Tools
Sonic Reducer (live) 03:44 Tools
AinґT It Fun 00:00 Tools
The Day the Earth Met Rocket from the Crypt 06:41 Tools
Raw Power (Live) 04:47 Tools
Coopy (Schrodinger's Refrigerator) 05:52 Tools
Ain't it Fun (Demo) 05:52 Tools
Ain't It Fun (Live) 05:51 Tools
What Love Is (Live) 07:35 Tools
So Cold (Live) 07:35 Tools
Coopy - Radio Edit 01:01 Tools
Intro 00:00 Tools
Ain`t It Fun 06:20 Tools
In Pursuit of Your Happiness - Rocket From The Tombs 02:12 Tools
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 07:35 Tools
Ain't it fun (Original) 02:18 Tools
Never Gonna Kill Myself Again (Live) 07:35 Tools
30 seconds over tokyo (live) 07:35 Tools
Ain't It Fun (Alternate Take) 05:41 Tools
Peter Laughner Commentary 01:01 Tools
Muckraker (Live) 07:35 Tools
rocket from the tombs - what love is 01:01 Tools
Final Solution [live] 01:01 Tools
Transfusion (Live) 02:18 Tools
Heroin 08:57 Tools
Cloud 149 01:33 Tools
Frustration/So Cold/What Love 11:15 Tools
Peter Laughner Outro 01:33 Tools
Heart of Darkness 11:15 Tools
Life Stinks (Live) 02:18 Tools
New York Stars 04:17 Tools
pushing too hard 11:15 Tools
Sentimental Journey 11:15 Tools
Rocket From The Tombs - Life Stinks 11:15 Tools
Foggy Notion (Live) 02:18 Tools
Read It & Weep (Live) 02:18 Tools
What is love 03:38 Tools
Transfusion [live] 07:35 Tools
30 Seconds Over Tokyo [live] 07:35 Tools
30 Seconds Over Tokyo [#] 03:38 Tools
Amphetamine (Live) 03:46 Tools
12Final Solution 07:35 Tools
14Amphetamine 07:35 Tools
Seventeen [live] 03:38 Tools
Muckraker [live] 03:38 Tools
Frustration (Live) 03:46 Tools
Search & Destroy (Live) 03:46 Tools
Seventeen (Live) 02:18 Tools
Sonic Reducer/Never Gonna Kill 06:07 Tools
17Frustration 06:07 Tools
Final Solution RFTT (Live) 03:46 Tools
Amphetamine/Down In Flames 10:29 Tools
Romeo Juliet 04:47 Tools
18Down In Flames 10:29 Tools
Frustration [live] 10:29 Tools
Amphetamine [#] 04:47 Tools
Down in Flames (Live) 03:46 Tools
Ain T It Fun 04:47 Tools
Rocket From The Tombs - Final Solution 04:47 Tools
30 Secs Over Tokyo 04:17 Tools
Rocket From The Tombs - 30 Seconds Over Tokyo 04:17 Tools
Down In Flames/Final Solution 04:17 Tools
Aint It Fun(b) 04:17 Tools
Sonic Reducer (1975) 03:46 Tools
Sonic Reducer [live] 07:35 Tools
Switch (Studio Brussel) 04:17 Tools
Read It Weep 02:18 Tools
Search And Destroy (Iggy And The Stooges cover) 02:18 Tools
Search Destroy 02:18 Tools
Rocket From The Tombs - Raw Power 07:35 Tools
Promo 07:35 Tools
seconds over tokyo 02:18 Tools
Rocket From The Tombs - Frustration 07:35 Tools
rocket from the tombs - ain't it fun 02:18 Tools
Coopy 02:18 Tools
Ain't It Fun? 02:18 Tools
03 Rocket From The Tombs - What Love Is 02:18 Tools
sonic reducer RFFT 02:18 Tools
Amphetamine [live] 02:18 Tools
Never Gonna Kill Mysellf Again 02:06 Tools
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Formed in the early 70's by the monstrous Crocus Behemoth (aka David Thomas), Rocket from the Tombs represented Cleveland's dying factories and urban wasteland just as the Detroit pre-punks had done in regards to their decaying city. After sometime, the group caught the eye of guitarist Peter Laughner. Laughner joined RFTT and along with bassist Craig Bell, drummer John Madansky, and guitarist Gene O'Connor, the lineup was solidified. From the beginning, tensions ran heavily through the band as Behemoth's vocals were unlike anything heard before (save Captain Beefheart) and could only be tolerated by Laughner. What's more, RFTT had a thoroughly artistic approach to their music and Laughner and Behemoth, strongly influenced by Lou Reed and later Television, had an even more artistic direction they wanted the band to head in. This clashed with the other members' loud/fast ethos that fell more in the vein of the Electric Eels and the Stooges. In late 1975 the group would split into two radically different beings. Laughner and Behemoth (now Thomas again) would form the highly artistic punk/experimental band Pere Ubu. Meanwhile, Gene O'Connor and John Madansky would change their names to Cheetah Chrome and Johnny Blitz respectively. They in turn recruited a young man named Stiv Bators (born Steve Bator) who had once auditioned for RFTT as lead singer. Along with bassist Jeff Magnum (born Jeff Halmagy) and second guitarist Jimmy Zero (born William Wilden), these five raucous, bratty kids from the streets of Cleveland would form a fast paced, Stooges-inflected band called Frankenstein, later renamed the Dead Boys. In 2003, The Day The Earth Met The Rocket From The Tombs, a combination of demos and radio recordings from 1975, was released. RFTT reunited in the new millenium and along with Richard Lloyd (Television) replacing the late Peter Laughner recorded a live album titled Rocket Redux. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.