| Rocket to Russia | ||||
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| Studio album by The Queers | ||||
| Released | 1994 October 22, 1998 2001 (reissue) |
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| Recorded | 1994 at Flat Iron - Chicago, IL | |||
| Genre | Pop punk, punk rock | |||
| Label | Selfless SFLS-28-1 Clearview Records CRVW-28 Liberation L-37838 |
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| Producer | Ben Weasel | |||
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Rocket to Russia is a Ramones cover album by pop punk band The Queers.[2] This one of a series of full-length Ramones cover albums (which also included Ramones by Screeching Weasel, Leave Home by The Vindictives, Road to Ruin by The Mr. T Experience) released by Selfless Records in the mid-1990s.[3]
Queers vocalist and guitarist, Joe King, has repeatedly stated that the Ramones are one of the biggest influences on the band.[3][4][5][6] He wanted the Queers to sound "in between the Ramones and the Beach Boys."[7] However, he was not thrilled about recording a Ramones album, stating that "they're usually perfect to begin with."[8] At the time, the band did not have anything released except Love Songs for the Retarded and making the album helped them get by financially.[9]
This album has been praised for faithfully reproducing the sound of the original Rocket to Russia. It was called "an impressive feat of mimicry" and "a nice tribute to the [Queers'] obvious heroes."[3] However, this quality is also the album's weak point because it is redundant.[3]
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