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part rocket

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About Me

part rocket was originally born in Cardiff and is now residing in London.
the songs on this site are in low quality due to a lack of space, but our two previous releases and a couple of random tracks are available for free download from our website in much higher quality. "Kneel Before the Throne and Drink the Blood of Your Own" is also available for download for free from the Net Label Lost Children , along with a number of other excellent instrumental acts, and The Silent Ballet webzine’s compilation series.
our new record, "In Limine", is in the final mixing stages, and once it’s been mastered we’ll have it out there for your consumption. in the meantime check out this video for the track ’rocket party’ (with, it should be noted, the unmastered audio) as a little taster of what the record will offer...
we’re not playing live right now, as we’re undergoing some personnel changes, and then writing a whole bunch of new material. once we’re ready we’ll be back out there and playing live again.
current and ex members of part rocket are also in THE ROBOT BLUES , MAYORS OF MIYAZAKI , LIEUTENANT LOKI , IL BRUTTO and THE DOG HOUSE RILEY BAND
we are proud to be a part of a non-profit collective of gigging musicians and bands based in South London known as TOOTING BIZARRE
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Member Since: 4/21/2005
Band Website: partrocket.com
Band Members: part rocket is currently populated by these people:
gareth - drums, production, guitar, voice //
kris - bass, guitar, programming, voice //
mat - guitar, bass //
.....part rocket is also......
chris - guitar //
claire - guitar, bass //
john - omnichord, keys //
mary - violin //
nathan - guitar, voice //
paul - guitar //
toby - guitar //
Influences: broken equipment. beards. pedals. puns. black framed glasses. steven seagal's thunderbox. most definitely not the fucking chili peppers.

Sounds Like: we say:
friends; playing music together.
DecoyMusic.com says:
"England's Part Rocket follows in the footsteps of fellow political instrumentalists From Monument to Masses and 65 Days of Static in creating music that not only opens the ears, but also challenges the mind. Audio samples rest on top of blistering drum beats and ragged guitar lines to bring together a full emotional response that begs to liberate the mind from the conformist dogma. The band's recently released Kneel Before the Throne and Drink the Blood of Your Own boils Part Rocket down into two songs that are a bit lengthier than previously attempted, but pulls together the band's vision nicely. Adopting a quiet/loud approach, Part Rocket utilizes very patriotic sounding drummer boy style beats with anthem-like chords to string a cold juxtaposition to the haunting audio samples. "Cosby, Bills, and Cash" pushes this to the extreme end, combining aggressive post-rock and audio in the faux-impersonation of patriotism to combat the corruption underlying our society. When all is said and done Part Rocket stitches together a moving work of art that connects with the listener on multiple levels and engages it in ways that many acts care not to touch.
While the vision of Part Rocket is stellar, there is till room for maturity in the musical aspect of the band that could be extracted in order to achieve a more powerful emotional response from the music. As is, the band is exhibiting a solid line of progression in its music and showing all indicators that it is on its way to blossoming into a monumental the artistic force in the rock world."
Quench Magazine says:
"impressively diverse... combines industrial, emo and prog influences to great effect, creating something entirely of their own"
Record Label: none
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Time flattens a man.

Hello. Been a while hasn't it? Bet you missed us. Got a couple of little updates for you... Firstly, Part Rocket are featured on Volume 2 of the rather splendid 'Every Day You Live, Another ...
Posted by part rocket on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:14:00 PST

Recording update and Tooting Bizarre Charity Gig

Hello there! So, the recording of the latest Part Rocket mini-opus is nearly finished. Most of the parts have been laid down, and we're rapidly approaching the mixing stage. Once that's done...
Posted by part rocket on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:24:00 PST

What's going on?

  Hello one and all. If you read the last blog posted by Mat a few weeks ago then you will have heard about the extremely sad news regarding a close friend and bandmate of myself (Kris) and Mat's...
Posted by part rocket on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:14:00 PST

Pete Stevens 1981-2007

On Saturday we recieved the sad news that our friend Pete Stevens of the Robot Blues has passed away. The two of us formed the band in 2003 and after a few years in various formati...
Posted by part rocket on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:32:00 PST

"It's all gone a bit Dawson's creakling"

So... updates... First off thanks to everyone who came to the Tooting Bizarre gig on the 31st of March and made it such a success (extra special shout outs to the family Slack and all those peop...
Posted by part rocket on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:58:00 PST

Gigs on the weekend

A quick one for you this. So quick in fact, it's actually a pair of flyers with some vital information on. Get in.  ...
Posted by part rocket on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:23:00 PST

"That sounds exactly like Ibiza Chillout Anthems 1992!"

  Good day to you myspace friendlingers. Get stuff down your information hole: We've got two gigs coming up at the end of February, as you've probably seen by the beautiful flyers currently ...
Posted by part rocket on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:55:00 PST

Barfly, Yesterday

Firstly, thank you to all those people who made the journey to the Camden Barfly yesterday to watch us; we really appreciate your support. There were shaky moments, (an errant bass string running out ...
Posted by part rocket on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:11:00 PST