Rocket From The Tombs / The Day The Earth Met Rocket From The Tombs

Rocket From The Tombs
The Day The Earth Met Rocket From The Tombs
(Fire Records)
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If you can think of anything cooler than being a proto-punk please get in touch. Whether you're an original members of The Stooges, The MC5, Death, or Rocket From The Tombs, or even someone who just likes to go digging for their records at mid-West car boot sales sporting a battered leather jacket and a scraggly beard, you're in good company. For proto-punk can address the showmanship of conventional rocknroll, subvert the 'Girl Can't Help It' conservatism, and stick it to the man whilst it dabbles with stadium sized riffing and cock-rock braggadocio.

With this terminally 'en vogue' appeal in mind, bands such as Rocket From The Tombs have reached a level of respect extending beyond fads and movements. Kudos! ‘The Day The Earth Met Rocket From The Tombs’ points to this ongoing interest in both form and content; there's the fetishistic rough mastering, irreverent sonic meandering and beautiful synthesis. Released almost a decade ago this neat retrospective (re-issued) paints a picture of violent guitarists, drugged-out mayhem, unholy ambition and sonic transcendence.