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Rocket, The

The Rocket was a free bi-weekly music newspaper serving the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, published in Seattle, Washington, from 1979 to 2000.

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The Dream Syndicate: Dream Syndicate: Cars, Guns & Booze — A Bitchin' New Sound

Interview by Ann Powers, The Rocket, July 1984

A man works hard in the day and he can do what he wants to at night. —Steve Wynn ...

U-Men: Are We Not U-Men ?

Interview by Gillian G. Gaar, The Rocket, August 1984

"UNTIL RECENTLY, we never played more than one show a month, and maybe not even one for three or four months," says Tom Price, guitarist ...

Upchuck: Charles "Upchuck" Garrish: One Man's Battle

Interview by Gillian G. Gaar, The Rocket, October 1988

AIDS AND THE MUSICIAN BY GILLIAN G . GAAR ...

Michelle Shocked: Short Sharp Shocked (Mercury Records)

Review by Gillian G. Gaar, The Rocket, October 1988

MICHELLE SHOCKED is the latest example of this year's primary trend (three or more of anything in the music business constitutes a trend): the female ...

Beat Happening, Steven Jesse Bernstein, Fastbacks, The Fluid, Green River, Terry Lee Hale, Mudhoney, The Nights And Days, Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, Tad, The Thrown Ups, The Walkabouts: Various Artists: Sub Pop 200 (Box set of 3 EPs; SubPop)

Review by Gillian G. Gaar, The Rocket, December 1988

DOCUMENT: State of the NW scene ...

Indigo Girls: Southern Fire: The Indigo Girls Keep Their Independence

Interview by Gillian G. Gaar, The Rocket, November 1989

THE INDIGO Girls' Seattle debut last February at the Moore came as more than a little surprise to their audience, mainly because there was no ...

David Bowie: Black Tie, White Noise

Review by Dave Thompson, The Rocket, May 1993

IN THE DECADE since his last truly successful album, Let's Dance, David Bowie has undergone any number of changes, each of them as dramatic as ...

Diamanda Galás: Apocalypse Now

Profile and Interview by Gillian G. Gaar, The Rocket, October 1993

THE WITCH has long symbolized the end result of female power left unchecked, a power that can grow into a rage capable of challenging, and ...

Black Sabbath: The Second Coming of Black Sabbath (According to Geezer Butler)

Interview by Dave Thompson, The Rocket, 1994

IT WASN'T ALWAYS this way, you know. There was a time when, if you mentioned that you liked Black Sabbath... if you mentioned that ...

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