2009, Loyal Label
This record is the result of a gang of New York City musician friends getting together on a sunny sunday in May 2006 at Peter Karl's Recording studio in Brooklyn with the intent of recording a few spontaneous renditions of their favorite Black Sabbath tunes and to have a ball.
Rocket Engine consists of some of NYC's most adventurous young musicians from the free improvisation, indie rock and jazz scenes. Rocket Engine's members come from such other bands as Dynamite Club, Antibalas, Opsvik and Jennings, The Monkees, Fat Mama, Beyondo and The UP.
In a way this band represents the missing link between early heavy metal and free jazz. What Rocket Engine connect with in Black Sabbath's early music is the fact that it's very honest and direct music, something it has in common with early free jazz/impro before it got weighed down by "rules" and pretense. (Albert Ayler and Ozzy Osbourne - kindred spirits?). So the result is free spirited and spontaneous versions of these beloved classics.
Rocket Engine consists of some of NYC's most adventurous young musicians from the free improvisation, indie rock and jazz scenes. Rocket Engine's members come from such other bands as Dynamite Club, Antibalas, Opsvik and Jennings, The Monkees, Fat Mama, Beyondo and The UP.
In a way this band represents the missing link between early heavy metal and free jazz. What Rocket Engine connect with in Black Sabbath's early music is the fact that it's very honest and direct music, something it has in common with early free jazz/impro before it got weighed down by "rules" and pretense. (Albert Ayler and Ozzy Osbourne - kindred spirits?). So the result is free spirited and spontaneous versions of these beloved classics.
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