Rocket Park

The first Rocket Park song, and to this day we've played very few shows without it.

"96 Tears" with 96 overdubs. The legendary Fred Friction says it's his favorite Rocket Park song, and who are we to contradict him?

Rarely (if ever) performed live, but an interesting experiment in vaguely folky melodies and harmonized lead guitars nonetheless.

The heavier side of Rocket Park. Written during the making of the album and added to the track listing to offset all those damn ballads!

I don't know if we're the first band to combine a Beastie Boys drum loop with slide guitar, but I'm going to guess this is probably the most sincere and heartfelt song to do so!

Myk has called this "a good arrangement of a mediocre song", and he may be on to something. We never play this one live, mostly because there's no way we could recreate those shimmering multiple layers of guitar on stage.

The first song to be recorded for the album, it still makes an occasional appearance in our live set. The melody was unconsciously stolen from a song so obscure that it's best if we just shut up about it right now!

A dark and forboding waltz (featuring my custom 8-string tenor guitar with the bad paint job). Originally titled "Our Beloved Mascot" back in the days when I thought titles shouldn't appear in the lyrics.

Pop paranoia. We'd call it "quirky" if it wasn't for the fact that we HATE the word "quirky".

Social commentary as a flimsy excuse for wild improvisation. I always wanted to write something with a Bo Diddley beat.

It's only rock 'n' roll, but I like it. I've always enjoyed playing around with chord progressions that mimic the ever-popular "12 bar blues" pattern but boast some atypical twists and turns.

Pure pomp for pretentious people. This is actually the oldest original song performed by Rocket Park, having been written in 1988.