Soundtracked by the songs of Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash, Rocky had an unconventional upbringing on a horse ranch in Texas before his mother moved the family to Seattle. There he spent his high school years discovering the underground punk/indie scene. Inspired by bands like Fugazi, he and his brother Cody (founding member of hardcore/art combo The Blood Brothers) formed a punk band called Waxwing. Over the course of three increasingly accomplished solo albums, Rocky has matured into a truly phenomenal t...   [ read more ]

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Seattle, Washington own's Rocky Vololato is the vocalist from Waxwing. Here are fifteen beautifully crafted songs all done by himself and an acoustic guitar! This record is one in a million. Amazing and emotional tunes along the lines of Elliot Smith and Jen Wood, but Rocky adds his own flair and style.

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Following a pair of albums released in 2002 (his own Burning My Travels Clean and Waxwing's Nobody Can Take What Everybody Owns), Seattle's Rocky Votolato returned with his third full-length. It may be the efforts of producer/Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla, or the musicians heard on this recording (including Walla, Red Stars Theory's Seth Warren, and Seldom's Casey Foubert), but Suicide Medicine has a distinctive sound that sets it apart from Votolato's ear...   [ read more ]

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