Skyrocket at Sam's Burger Joint, Friday March 7
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SKYROCKET! is perhaps the most wickedly original party band to emerge
from any music scene, let alone a city like Austin where original music
rules. Two things make SKYROCKET! stand out: 1) The players. All of them
are recording artists in their own right. Maybe you've seen them
before, on tour, on TV, or performing around Austin. 2) The songs. It
all started when this handful of the city's most successful and
well-loved songwriters discovered a common passion for '70s "solid-gold"
music: Disco, glam rock, soft rock and soul one-hit wonders. One
forgotten hit led to another, then the '70s led to the '80s, and the
song list grew, cherry-picked for the ones most likely to get screams of
sudden recognition from the audience. Calling themselves The K-TEL Hit
Machine, They caught on quickly as one of the freshest, funnest dance
bands around. By the end of 2005, they had even charmed city's
impossible-to-charm music critics at the Austin Chronicle's holiday
bash, and the band's popularity SKYROCKETed from there, hence the name
change."
- Price: $12 ADV / $15 Door / $50 RSVD Booth
- Doors: 8:00 PM
- Show: 9:00 PM - All Ages Show
"SKYROCKET! is perhaps the most wickedly original party band to emerge
from any music scene, let alone a city like Austin where original music
rules. Two things make SKYROCKET! stand out: 1) The players. All of them
are recording artists in their own right. Maybe you've seen them
before, on tour, on TV, or performing around Austin. 2) The songs. It
all started when this handful of the city's most successful and
well-loved songwriters discovered a common passion for '70s "solid-gold"
music: Disco, glam rock, soft rock and soul one-hit wonders. One
forgotten hit led to another, then the '70s led to the '80s, and the
song list grew, cherry-picked for the ones most likely to get screams of
sudden recognition from the audience. Calling themselves The K-TEL Hit
Machine, They caught on quickly as one of the freshest, funnest dance
bands around. By the end of 2005, they had even charmed city's
impossible-to-charm music critics at the Austin Chronicle's holiday
bash, and the band's popularity SKYROCKETed from there, hence the name
change."