Name: RFTC
Brand: Interscope (USA)
SKU: 534896
Availability: OutOfStock

Performer Notes

Rocket From The Crypt: Speedo (vocals); N.D. (guitar); Apollo Nine (saxophone, vibraslap, background vocals); JC 2000 (trumpet, percussion, organ, background vocals); Petey X (bass, background vocals); Atom (drums, timbales).
Additional personnel: Holly Golightly (vocals); King Django (trombone); Jim Dickinson (piano, Hammond organ); Derek Sherinan (piano, organ); Anton Fig (congas); Mike Ghent (background vocals).
Recorded at Avatar, New York, New York.
Personnel: Apollo 9 (vocals, saxophone, vibraslap); JC 2000 (vocals, trumpet, organ, percussion); Holly Golightly, Mike Gent (vocals); Petey X (bass voice); N.D. (guitar); King Django (trombone); Derek Sherinian, Jim Dickinson (piano, organ); Atom Willard (drums, timbales); Anton Fig (congas); Bill Liftin (computer).
Audio Mixer: Kevin Shirley.
Recording information: Avatar Studios, New York, NY.
Illustrator: Rick Froberg.
Photographers: Miki Vukovich; Michael Halsband.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Dustin Milsap; Bryan Dilworth; Brent Stickels; Max Bristol; Jon Adkins.
It's a bit of a mystery why it took Rocket from the Crypt a full three years to deliver RFTC, the followup to their major-label debut Scream, Dracula, Scream. After all, diversity isn't Rocket from the Crypt's bag -- they just love rock & roll, baby, and all of the sleaze, leather, booze, bikes and babes that come with it. Before, they kept raw by producing their own records, but here they hired an outside producer in Kevin Shirley, who previously worked with Journey. There's not a trace of Journey on RFTC, but Shirley has given the band a bigger, glossier sound that may distress longtime followers, who were into the whole MC5/Stooges/Stones biker vibe of the earlier albums. That said, RFTC rocks harder and with more attitude than almost any other record released under the alternative umbrella in the late '90s. The guys haven't lost it -- they've just found another way to say it. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Professional Reviews

Spin (8/98, p.144) - 7 (out of 10) - "...They do the jerky-jerk; they c'mon and shake it up; they know what God made cowbells for. The band's love of trash and flash...is straight out of the days when bands were expected to put on a show: You don't need to see a photo of Rocket to know they've got silver lame suits..."

Album: RFTC
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Eye on You
2)	Break It Up
3)	I Know
4)	Panic Scam
5)	Made for You
6)	Lipstick
7)	You Gotta Move
8)	Your Touch
9)	Let's Get Busy
10)	Dick on a Dog
11)	Back in the State
12)	When in Rome
13)	Run Kid Run

Album: RFTC
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Eye on You
2)	Break It Up
3)	I Know
4)	Panic Scam
5)	Made for You
6)	Lipstick
7)	You Gotta Move
8)	Your Touch
9)	Let's Get Busy
10)	Dick on a Dog
11)	Back in the State
12)	When in Rome
13)	Run Kid Run