Pocket Rocket
| Pocket Rocket | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | St. Pölten ( Austria ) |
| Genre (s) | Pop-punk , pop-rock |
| founding | 2003 |
| Website | www.pocketrocket.at |
| Current occupation | |
| Richard Schoergmayer | |
| Kurt Schenk | |
| Simon Höllerschmid | |
| Christoph Mayer since 2012 | |
| Stefan Swoboda since 2012 | |
| former members | |
| Daniel Rötzer (2009–2012) | |
| Lukas Rausch (2010–2012) | |
| Christoph Schleifer (2007-2010) | |
| Clemens Helm (2003-2007) | |
Pocket Rocket is a five-piece pop-rock - band from St. Pölten , which was founded of 2003.
history
In 2003 Kurt Schenk, Simon Höllerschmid, Clemens Helm and Richard Schoergmayer founded the band Pocket Rocket. Two years later she recorded her first album Behave in the Fast Forward Studios Vienna. The producers were Marcus Smaller and Gerhard Velusig . The second album Desaster Spreads So Much Faster was released by Pate Records in 2008 and was very well received by the growing fan base. Tours in Austria, Italy, Germany and Holland followed.
In 2009, a six-week US tour was on the program. After over 30 shows in nine states, they went back to the studio to produce the next album. This album, entitled A No Win Situation , was mixed in 2010 by the two star producers Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount in Atlanta and was released in 2011 on the specially founded label Stellar Records. The whole thing was celebrated with a big Austria tour with shows at Nova Rock and the Danube Island Festival on the VIVA - ATV stage.
In 2012 bassist Daniel Rötzer and drummer Lukas Rausch left the band. Nevertheless, the band's fourth album entitled Goodbye Suburbia , which was released in 2013 by Pate Records, was recorded in around ten months .
style
Pocket Rocket's musical style is influenced by bands like All Time Low , Yellowcard and Every Avenue .
Discography
EPs
- 2004: Still So many things to see
Albums
- 2005: Behave (Record Pool)
- 2008: Desaster spreads so much faster (Pate Records)
- 2011: A no win situation (Stellar Records)
- 2013: Goodbye Suburbia (Pate Records)