The Rocket Summer

:: for the Ray Bradbury short story see The Martian Chronicles.

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Ray Bradbury - The Martian Chronicles

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The Rocket Summer is an alternative rock band from Grapevine, Texas, comprising one man: Bryce Avary.

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Alternative rock - Grapevine, Texas

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Starting with local shows as a teenager in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Avary's local fan base grew and he released his first album, in limited release, in 2000. Beginning by distributing his EP personally under the name The Rocket Summer to local stores to be sold on consignment, his music appeared on The Adventure Club segment of the KDGE radio station, and became the most requested local band on the program that year.

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Dallas - Fort Worth - 2000 - The Adventure Club - KDGE

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With writeups featured in local, national, and international magazines, and copies of his newly re-released EP selling in 5 continents, Avary recorded his new album Calendar Days with a $15,000 budget in Kansas, under The Militia Group label, which was released in 2003. Generally considered an uplifting album, Calendar Days, with a track including a grade 6 girls' choir from Colleyville, Texas, sold extremely well in the United States and Japan. The Rocket Summer is currently on extended tour in the United States.

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Kansas - The Militia Group - 2003 - Colleyville, Texas - United States - Japan

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