Acme Rocket Quartet formed in 1993 following the expiration of guitarist Roger Kunkel's previous band Thin White Rope. Steve Edberg played drums and provided a living room for "rehearsal". Dave Thompson played bass. Improvised jams became themes/songs that usually were loosely refered to during gigs. The music was instrumental and "wacky" drawing from diverse sources inluding Raymond Scott, 60s film soundtracks, Django Reinhardt, Miles Davis, Hiest movies and Lounge music. During the recording of their self titled debut (1995/6) John Killebrew began regular duties on trumpet. Later he would purchase a Rhodes and play that too. After recording basic tracks on Ultra-High-Frequency (1998) Steve de-acme-vated himself. Rusi Gustafson became drummer for the less frequently playing quartet from 1999 through the final recording, Sound Camera (2004).
Dave is the myspace janitor and Roger drops in when the moon is waxing gibbous to read secret messages from secret places.
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