Rocket Club

Rocket Club
Origin Minneapolis – Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Genres Country
Years active 2008-present
Labels Feather Moon/Rocket Club
Associated acts Mark Lacek, Matt Kirkwold
Members
Chris Hawkey
Luke Kramer
Brian Kroening
Joel Sayles
Don Smithmier
Billy Thommes

Rocket Club is an American country music band composed of Chris Hawkey (vocals), Luke Kramer (guitars), Brian Kroening (guitars), Joel Sayles (bass, vocals), Don Smithmier (vocals, keyboards), and Billy Thommes (drums).[1] Hawkey is also a radio personality on Minneapolis radio station KFAN.[2]

The band's first national single, "One More Day," was written by Joel Sayles, Don Smithmier, and Twin Cities native Mark Lacek after Lacek's daughter died in the womb. The song got viral exposure via Facebook and YouTube, as well as airplay on Minneapolis radio station KEEY-FM. It is also included on a multi-artist album entitled Hope Rocks Volume II, the benefits of which go to a nonprofit organization that Mark and his wife, Susan, founded.[3] "One More Day" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts dated for the week of November 21, 2009.[4]

The band's second single, "One Thing Beautiful," written by Joel Sayles and Don Smithmier, spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts beginning July 12, 2010.

Rocket Club's debut self-titled CD was released in 2008. Their second record, American Serenade, was released in October 2010.

In 2010, the band coined the term "North Country" to describe its more guitar oriented, decidedly non-Southern form of country music. They later turned the concept into a northern anthem with the release of their 3rd single, "North Country," which debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs on June 14, 2011.

Contents

Discography

Albums

Title Details
Rocket Club
  • Release date: October 21, 2008
  • Label: Feather Moon
American Serenade
  • Release date: October 1, 2010
  • Label: Feather Moon

Singles

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
2009 "One More Day" 49 American Serenade
2010 "One Thing Beautiful" 51
2011 "North Country" 52 TBD

References

  1. ^ "Biography". Rocket Club official website. http://www.rocketclub.info/bio. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 
  2. ^ Tim Campbell (2009-12-29). "Rocket Club: Minnesota's next music success story?". The Star-Tribune. http://www.startribune.com/blogs/80252972.html. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 
  3. ^ Molly Guthrey Millett (2009-10-09). "Father's ode to stillborn daughter now a song to comfort the grieving". TwinCities.com. http://www.twincities.com/music/ci_13416044?nclick_check=1. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 
  4. ^ Edward Morris (2009-11-14). "Carrie Underwood Has the Week's Top Album and Song". CMT. http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1626280/carrie-underwood-has-the-weeks-top-album-and-song.jhtml. Retrieved 2010-01-19.