http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12898374&rws=%2Frocket-from-the-tombs%2Fdiscography.rssActive, but largely unheard beyond their early '70s Cleveland scene, Rocket From the Tombs are viewed today as seminal in the emergence of punk rock in America. Members of the band went on to form Pere Ubu and the Dead Boys, with each of those projects covering songs written by RFTT. David Thomas, Peter Laughner and Gene O'Connor (who became Cheetah Chrome) played both belligerent, balls-out rock and roll ("Never Gonna Kill Myself Again"") and minimalist, previously uncategorized art rock ("Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"). Their most famous song "Ain't It Fun" is simply one of the bleakest punk or pre-punk or anything pieces you'll ever come across. Laughner died in 1977, at the age of 24, and thanks in part to a moving obituary written by Lester Bangs, became one of the first and most legendary casualties of the punk rock movement. - Mike McGuirkPunk Pioneersen720Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:32:54 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12898374&rws=%2Frocket-from-the-tombs%2Fdiscography.rss Active, but largely unheard beyond their early '70s Cleveland scene, Rocket From the Tombs are viewed today as seminal in the emergence of punk rock in America. Members of the band went on to form Pere Ubu and the Dead Boys, with each of those projects covering songs written by RFTT. David Thomas, Peter Laughner and Gene O'Connor (who became Cheetah Chrome) played both belligerent, balls-out rock and roll ("Never Gonna Kill Myself Again"") and minimalist, previously uncategorized art rock ("Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"). Their most famous song "Ain't It Fun" is simply one of the bleakest punk or pre-punk or anything pieces you'll ever come across. Laughner died in 1977, at the age of 24, and thanks in part to a moving obituary written by Lester Bangs, became one of the first and most legendary casualties of the punk rock movement. - Mike McGuirk http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.13502824&variant=play&rws=%2Frocket-from-the-tombs%2Fdiscography.rss Punk Pioneers Tue, 24 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0800 Rocket From The Tombs Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.13502824 alb.13502824 Rocket From The Tombs art.12898374 8.99 Rocket Redux alb.13502824 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/0/1/2/1502105_170x170.jpg 2004-02-24 00:00:00.0 2004-02-24 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.13502824&variant=play&rws=%2Frocket-from-the-tombs%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.13502824&variant=data&rws=%2Frocket-from-the-tombs%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.12898878&variant=play&rws=%2Frocket-from-the-tombs%2Fdiscography.rss Punk Pioneers Fri, 1 Feb 2002 00:00:00 -0800 Rocket From The Tombs Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.12898878 alb.12898878 Rocket From The Tombs art.12898374 8.99 The Day The Earth Met The Rocket From the Tombs alb.12898878 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/1/1/2/1502119_170x170.jpg 2002-02-01 00:00:00.0 2002-02-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.12898878&variant=play&rws=%2Frocket-from-the-tombs%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.12898878&variant=data&rws=%2Frocket-from-the-tombs%2Fdiscography.rss