Rooks Discography of CDs

Rooks albums A WISHING WELL REVISITED - Finally, the band's classic and highly acclaimed album A WISHING WELL is back!!! This limited run contains a different cover and includes 7 never-before released bonus tracks. An alternate version of Do You Have God?, a drastically sparse and intense early mix of Meditation and a no-drums offering of I'm Not A Joker are three ...

Rooks music CDs THE ROOKS (debut album) A limited time offer! We've come across a SMALL QUANTITY of this long out-of-print CD. Here is the album that placed The Rooks on the map. All discs are from the original first run and as an added bonus, every copy is autographed by founding member Michael Mazzarella. A GREAT collectors item. $15. 00 ***BUYERS TAKE NOTE***: ...

Rooks discography Released in late 2000, Encore Echoes is a reissue of the Rooks legendary and long out-of-print eponymous debut, with the Double Dose of Pop and Chimes EPs added, plus one more bonus track entitled "Christmas." Essentially, Not Lame records packaged all available material not available on A Wishing Well into one easy-to-find release. Listening to the music here, it's not ...

Rooks songs Outtakes/Alternate Versions Power Pop From '90 To '96 Recording information: Levelhead Studio, New York, NY; Soundscape. Personnel: Michael Mazzarella (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, hand claps, background vocals); Kristin Pinell (vocals, guitar, flute, background vocals); Elliot Easton (acoustic 12-string guitar); Gary Wade (sitar, organ, shaker, tambourine, background vocals); Bruce Baum (harmonica); Mark Perchanok (oboe); Larry Di Bello (French horn); Richard X. ...

Rooks CD discography Split CD By Power Pop Bands From The East And West Coasts.

Rooks CD discography Power pop is arguably party music -- generally, the music tries to distill a good-time vibe into concise, smooth, three-minute nuggets of sunshine. And if power pop is party music, then the Rooks would be the music for every classy wine and cheese party in the world. Considered by many to be one of the finest power pop bands of ...

Rooks albums An early release on the Colorado-based Not Lame label, which would go on to become one of the dominant forces of the American power pop underground in the '90s, this unusual split CD marries tracks from two different bands, New York's Rooks and Los Angeles' Twenty Cent Crush. The Rooks steal the disc; although Twenty Cent Crush's harmony-heavy guitar pop is perfectly fine, their spirited performances are hampered by a tinny production and a lack of really memorable songs. All the tropes of power pop are present and accounted for, and the results are entirely listenable (particularly the Kinks-y "She's Soooo Cool"), but nothing quite grabs hold of the listener. The same is not true of the Rooks' songs, which are among the best the band ever did. The core duo of singer/guitarists Michael Mazzarella and Kristin Pinnell, joined here by temporary bassist Nancy Leigh (wife of cult hero Richard X. Heyman) and drummer Patrick Yourell, make sure their songs -- which are as derivative as those of Twenty Cent Crush ...