Mike - percussion, samples
Corbie - guitar, big blue
Crobis - mascot (Crobis is a teddy bear)
Influences
Dune by Frank Herbert Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke Siddhartha by Herman Hesse Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
"The sturdy undulations of the Battle Rockets' instrumentals often become delicate before assuming a more bruising volume. With an Escher-like angularity, Battle Rockets favors a straightforward mid-tempo thrum with sketched-in beams and supports."
-Chris Parker, Indy Weekly
"...chock full of rolling tension, exploding epochs, and gutteral screams. Music that washes over you, pinning you under the waves. As you struggle to survive you realize the power is too great and upon accepting the inevitable all the sudden you're thrown out of the sonic pool. Death wasn't the intention. Your senses are heightened. Your appreciation on the little things is tenfold. Battle Rockets have completed another mission."
-J. Blinder
"It’s always fun to watch that level of energy coming from a two-piece."
-WKNC blog, Local Beat recap.
"Battle Rockets, a two-piece hailing from Raleigh and Pittsboro, uses the guitar for density in its metal-tinged post-rock." - Brian Howe, Indy Weekly
"While most of the indie rock world discarded new hope for the quiet-loud-quiet-explode instrumental post-rock template some years ago, a handful of regional outfits—including the wonderful Gray Young and, to an extent, the messianic Caltrop—haven't. Three of those acts convoke in Chapel Hill tonight for an evening of wordless progress: Raleigh's Goodbye, Titan uses Mogwai's Young Team as its lift, while Battle Rockets infuses the drift of an Ennio Morricone score into a heavier Slint-style arch. Most intriguing here, though, is Irata, a Greensboro trio that seems equally fueled by the more Baroque trips of Kraut rock and the more confrontational blends of instrumental metal."
-Grayson Currin, Indy Weekly
"First to fire were Chapel Hill instrumental radicals, Battle Rockets. Maneuvering within experimental dream sequences and luring refrains, Battle Rockets positioned the audience off guard before rising to deliver their gut punching draconian choruses which immersed the room with a wall of sound so colored with tone that it deserved a frame. Like all good instrumentalist groups, with the pretense of a story told through vocals removed from the equation, their arrangements become more complex and their complexity becomes more intriguing."
-from Secret Carrboro Ninja Patrol's Duo Fest III review
"4. INSTRUMENTAL ROCK
Inexplicably, 2008 saw a slow groundswell of instrumental rock in and around the Triangle, and most of it makes interesting departures from the trite Slint/ Mogwai/ Explosions in the Sky model. Raleigh's Gray Young (who, for the record, use vocals, but in a largely textural way) makes its anthems say a lot in very little time, and such careful editing and composition amps the intensity. Look for the band's fantastic debut, Firmament, early in 2009. Similarly, Greensboro's IRATA builds metal spires around Krautrock beds, and Caltrop, a two-guitar blüz metal band from Carrboro, is one of the latest, greatest champions of Southern rock heroics. Look for these relatively new bands (plus The Bronzed Chorus and Battle Rockets) to up their presence in 2009."
-Grayson Currin, Indy Weekly (from "10 Reasons to Listen in 2009")
"Using twinkling guitars to brighten bleak landscapes and distended builds to offer escape and entry, three relatively new Raleigh bands come to roost above their brooding post-rock in Durham...Battle Rockets is the darkest and most outbound act here, eschewing the non-linear development their stage-mates seem to hold so close." -Grayson Currin, Indy Weekly
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Your Battle Rockets ep is an essential in my collection. And now that I know the imagery you had in mind with The Glaciers Recede, that piece explodes with even more interest! [I think "Snake Charmer" would be a fitting title if you were to switch images.]
Thanks for the ADD! New music from my cd OPERATIION: BATTLEFRONT is up now! Please listen & drop me a comment if you like these songs, Help spread the word! Thanks, Doc
Hey whats up? It's NERDCORE'S best, TREEPHORT! Just wanted to let you know about our own fest called PHORT FEST! Its in Marietta, GA on Aug. 22nd! I hope you will come out if you are in the area!
For thoes who cant make it and still want a piece of the TREEPHORT madness, you can go to the link below and get the new cd "Pink Tie - Straight Guy"! http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/treephort
We were thinking of some guerilla shows at that old walmart off of Roxboro, but we may upset the crazy burlington shoppers, interested? But first, we need a generator... unless you know of a good outlet somewhere downtown we can "use" ...
hey
so we're back again with new members and completely new songs. It would be cool if you could check out our page and let us know what you think, even if you don't think anything of it. We have all the info on what's been happening in our new blog. We are playing shows again so come see one and come talk to us.
-and again sorry for commenting like this.
thanks
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Heyyy, Corbie and Mike! I had you on my schedule with Goodbye, Titan for tonight at Reservoir. Not happening? [chokes back a tear] Hope all's well. If not, let me know. Otherwise, I'll look forward to maybe the end of July at Local 506 if not sooner.
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