Rocket from the Tombs

Rocket from the Tombs
Also known asRFTT
OriginCleveland, Ohio, United States
Genres
Years active1974–1975, 2003–2017
MembersDavid Thomas
Craig Willis Bell
Steve Mehlman
Gary Siperko
Buddy Akita
Past membersPeter Laughner
Chris Cuda
Glen "Thunderhand" Hach
Charlie Weiner
Tom Foolery
Johnny Blitz
Cheetah Chrome
Richard Lloyd

Rocket from the Tombs (or RFTT) is an American rock band originally active from mid-1974 to mid-1975 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The band featured David Thomas and was reconstituted several times with various line-ups starting in 2003.

Heralded as an important protopunk group, they were little known during the band's original lifetime, although various members later achieved renown in Pere Ubu and the Dead Boys. Billy Bob Hargus wrote, however, that "The sound of the Rockets is much more ferocious than Ubu or the Dead Boys."[2]

  1. ^ "Rocket from the Tombs - Biography & History - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Ain't It Fun: Rocket From The Tombs". Furious.com. Retrieved 2016-01-23.