Also known as Hairrocket Years active 2008–present Website Band website Record label Mountebank | Genres Indie rock Labels Mountebank Genre Indie rock Albums Novelty | |
Members Chris Blasucci
Todd Mason
Nowi Avila
Louis Sparre
Nowi Avila
Allison Lorenzen Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Similar Cheers Elephant, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Field Music, The Dead Milkmen | ||
Hair Rocket is an indie rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hair Rocket was formed in 2008 by former Aderbat musician Chris Blasucci and pumps out what it calls "enlightenment through cathartic art". Their slogan is “We cut, We light, and We release”.
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Origin
Hair Rocket began as a duo with Blasucci on drums and vocals and Dallas Vietty on keys and bass synthesizer but has evolved into a five-piece powerpop band. Following a sabbatical in Mexico City in early 2009 Vietty announced he was leaving the band to pursue a career as an accordionist.
Using Vietty's absence to transform the band, Blasucci rewrote all of Hair Rocket's songs and filmed a music video about a man that decides to elude formal structures and explore an idea. This video, about a man fusing the hair of his lovers to a rocket, became the manifesto of the band.
Ritual
At shows, Hair Rocket asks fans to donate their hair to make a giant rocket clad with a plethora of people's hair. The fans are then invited to meet via the web at an online museum to see their live rocket launched and documented chronologically as a bizarre hermetic experience.
Band members
Discography
In June 2009 Hair Rocket released their debut EP “Novelty” on Mountebank records. The band's single “Imagining” is currently featured on Y-Rock WXPN and was called, on air, the biggest surprise of 2009. The now defunct WOXY was one of the first to broadcast the band and was included in The Waiting Room's "Year in Review".
The home-made EP wall hanging comes in a clear plastic sleeve with an actual hair rocket inside, as well as an instructional comic on proper use. Hair Rocket is an evolving subversive enterprise, depicted through music, video and live performance. This caffeinated pop confessional EP is now available at Insound.
Novelty
“Don’t Leave A Light On”
“Imagining”
“Electrical”
“Come Here Be Near”
“Home”
Songs
Don't Leave a Light OnNovelty · 2009
ElectricalNovelty · 2009
Come Here Be NearNovelty · 2009