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My Rockets Up - A Russian Band With A Non-Russian Sound
Last Saturday I went to DK club to hear a very good band "MOJ RAKETY VVERH”. I already went to one of their concerts in January, and liked it very much, but this time, it was really GREAT! So I decided to write about them in my blog – who knows, maybe someone will become their fan!)
The history of "MOJ RAKETY VVERH” band began very simply: at the end of the 90's, school friends Alexey Goncharov and Sergey Govorun decided to start a band named "DOGZ”. Soon they met Kostya Chalykh, who had already been playing in "7RASA” by that time and he joined the band to play the guitar. The band was presented at "Uchites’ Plavat’-4" collection, but soon ceased to exist. In 2001 the trio reincarnated in a new indie-formation – MOJ RAKETY VVERH. Not long after that, Denis Scopin (ex- "Team Ocean" and "Nebo zdes’") joined the band. In 2004 the quartet recorded its self-titled debut album at Dobrolet studios in Saint-Petersburg, under the professional guidance of Andrei Aliakrisnky and with the participation of Sergey Egorov ("Marsheider Kunst" band). The album was released by the independent label "Indie-Go!”.
Right after the release of the first album, Scopin left the band. The debut album did not go unnoticed. Songs "14'52" and "Believe” were picked up by independent FM and internet radio stations across Europe and in the USA. Tracks "Believe” and "Make it” were released on collections produced by magazines "PLAY" and "FUZZbox". Two songs - "Isla de Encanta” and "Autumn Square-Wear” were used in the soundtrack of the film "Manga" by Petr Khazizov. Having true artist blood running through their veins, the members of the band never stop developing and always aspire to new goals.
On September 1st 2005 MOJ RAKETY released a limited edition of their EP "Nightmaremars". Each of the 200 copies were designed individually and signed and numbered by hand. In the spring of 2005 the debut album of "MOJ RAKETY VVERH” was released in the Netherlands through "Inca Records”, followed by an Australian release through "Smashed Records”.
The band decided that it was time to change their name into "MOJ RAKETY”, which is more internationally pronounceable. With this name the band played at the Dutch "Zwarte Cross Festival”, followed by a performance with British band HOOD at "Avant Fest 2005” in Moscow and St. Petersburg and "Staryi Melnik Festival” in Kishinev. In February, 2006 MOJ RAKETY released their second album "Nuclear Weapon Mushroom Potato Chips” through "FeeLee Records”. Just like their
handmade EP's,
none of "MOJ RAKETY”'s shows are the same. For the album presentation they invited painter and designer Misha Artemov, to take care of the visuals by drawing pictures on a laptop and projecting them in real time on a big screen. To promote "Nuclear Weapon Mushroom Potato Chips” the band toured around Russia, Ukraine, Estonia and Holland. In 2007 they released their third album "Humanaut” and on the 30th of August, 2009 they celebrated their 8-th band’s birthday by the presentation of a new studio album "Listen to Me”.
I tend to agree with the majority of musical critics, who say that My Rockets Up (it’s their name for foreign gig-trips) have reached real European sound and quality! I advise you all to attend their concert at least once – u’ll love it!
P.S. If you want to listen to their music go to vkontakte.ru or any other source in the internet and find at first the song named "Dizzy” – it’s unbelievably cute!)
Thanks, such an interesting review of the band's history and their musical sucsess. Your story has persuaded me to spend some time listening to their tunes. Please, could you put a link in your post to any of their best songs in the Internet? It'll save my time to find their music. I really got interested in what they do.
always aspire to new goals. 
