2. To paraphrase the title of Team Rockit’s fifth independently released CD, it doesn’t take a Rockit scientist to figure out why the band’s Chicago styled gutter punk n’ roll has been noticed not only in their hometown of the Windy City, but throughout the Midwest, East Coast and across the Pond in progressive rock friendly countries like Germany and Switzerland.
Taking their high energy vibe to the next creative and commercial level, Team Rockit—guitarist/vocalist Joe Sanzeri, drummer/vocalist Matt Friscia and bassist/vocalist Steve Killian—worked on Rockit Science with producer Mark Blewett, renowned for engineering and producing bands like the platinum selling The Used and Story of The Year. The band’s website www.teamrockit.com that will feature a six minute webisode about the making the album which includes previews of a documentary DVD they will soon be releasing that chronicles their exciting recording process, marking, and touring adventures.
Launched at the beginning of the decade by Sanzeri and Friscia as a natural progression from their popular previous band Charlie’s Pipe Dream, Team Rockit played at well-known Chicago haunts The Double Door and The Note, and soon expanded its grass roots following with shows in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Detroit, Cleveland, Boston, Philly, New York and Washington, DC. Team Rockit’s series of shows in Germany in April 2008 will mark their fifth tour of the country, and they’re also performing for the first time in Poland. Friscia’s work as a tour manager and his job as a product manager for BMG in Munich led him to realize the vast market there for Team Rockit’s style of edgy rock, which they whimsically describe as “The Hives meets Foo Fighters meets The Figgs meets AC/DC.” The band quickly established a powerful presence among German rock fans.
While working with a series of different bass players, Sanzeri and Friscia self-produced four critically acclaimed independent recordings: an EP called The Mirror (2001), full-length albums Hell On Wheels (2002), Duck Duck Goose E.P. (2004), and full-length The Lowest Point…In Rock & Roll History (2006). Tracks from Duck Duck Goose hit the airwaves in 72 markets across the U.S. and Canada, and Team Rockit has shot a number of videos that have appeared on the enhanced CD versions of the last two albums. These include: “She Wants Us To Stay,” “Car Bombs,” “Know What I Mean,” and a live performance/Brady Bunch like video for “Something I Said” from The Lowest Point. A promotional code embedded in one of the videos linked to a special website where fans could enter to win one of Sanzeri’s Telecaster guitars.
Recorded at Rax Trax in Chicago, Rockit Science is Team Rockit’s most focused pure rock collection to date, deviating from the band’s previous all-over-the map sensibilities that drew equally from rock, punk, and indie sensibilities. “Our mindset was always to keep putting ourselves out there, making the records we wanted to make,” says Friscia, “but we’re finally honing in on our true identity as an indie rock punk band with this much more streamlined but no less fun and intense project. We were willing to put more money into the recording this time to produce an album the way it should be done. We met Mark Blewett when he was a judge at the Bodog Battle of the Bands and we knew he was the right guy to help us take things up a notch. He pushed us hard, brought us up, tore us down, told us which songs worked and which ones to trash, and was a tyrant when it came to tempos. The result is that we’re putting across a more concise message as to who Team Rockit is and where we’re headed.”
Team Rockit’s goal with their “raw Chicago rawk” has never been to be overtly commercial, but “All Over Town,” Sanzeri’s percussive, bobbing head song about creatures of habit and a woman that’s selling herself out for drugs, has heavy duty pop/rock single potential. The hard charging, frenetic, filtered vocal driven “There’s No 'You' In Team” gets in the face of folks who act like they want to work with you but who ultimately are only out to serve their own interests. The similarly fiery and propulsive “Devil’s Tattoo” reflects on an old saying concerning mental illness and how it was originally thought to be the doing of demonic forces. The sexually charged “Rough Rider” is classic tongue in cheek Team Rockit songwriting and performing all the way.
“It’s exciting for us to see how opportunities keep opening up for us as our grass roots following grows even further with the help of the internet,” says Friscia. “But the core of the Team Rockit experience is our live show and the energy Joe puts out. He’s not smashing guitars but he loves jumping off my bass drum and flying through the air! I like to say there are two kinds of bands: groups like Radiohead which are cool to experience listening at home and others like The Jesus Lizard where they’d wack themselves with the mic until they bleed. We’re sort of in the middle, giving fans everywhere a completely dynamic but blood-free presentation of our best songs every time we play.”
Era
Team Rockit Lyrics
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Ni finns inte med
Vi byggde den
Tårar rinner från min kind
En skiva lime
Du får en drink
Jag hör en röst
Visa dom ikaros
Ta tag i mig vi åker bort
Ny dag horisont
Vi sörjer vår tid vi brinner innuti
Jag håller din hand
Vi ska sätta själen fri
Tappat konceptet helt
Ja än sen
Bitch jag är gud
I vår religion tappar vi tron
Posterboys för framtiden
Ah
Era
Era
Vänta på din tur
Sitta på lur
Känna hur den
Sköraste av trådar brister itu
Vet inte hur nästa
Sju månader ser ut
Vem ska paya ut
Vem ska skänka tillbaka
Den värdighet
Som tagit slut
Utan testamente
Skriver vi vår historia
Och skänker en gloria
Till oss själva
In memoriam
Vinden över anderna
Hör den i mitt andetag
Läcker genom tänderna
Vår generations blod
Loop sen johannes
Första fucking dop
Häller upp cup
Intention fuck
Och jag är fucked
Nu men mina systrar och
Bröder vet hur
Vi gör det nu
Sörj inte oss
När vi har gått bort
För det kommer
Växa blommor
Ifrån vår kropp
Det jag vet
Vet jag
Det jag känner
Känner jag
Men det känns
Som att jag
Känner mig själv
Bara typ varannan dag
Har ingen aning
Om jag ska skratta
Eller gråta
Shawty
Den känslan
Har vi copyright på
Vit tanke svart natt
Seppuku och 7-up
Nästa gång du ser mig
Är jag hälften så svag
Japp
Min natur dör varje dag
Och varje morgondags
Bakfylla
Kommer som en ny
Era
The lyrics of Team Rockit's song "era" explore themes of self-discovery, identity, and the transient nature of time. The song begins with the lines, "Jag har sett sanningen, Ni finns inte med, Vi byggde den," which can be translated to "I have seen the truth, You are not here, We built it." These lines suggest that the singer has come to a realization about the truth of their existence, feeling disconnected from others and relying on their own creation.
The chorus, "Vi sörjer vår tid vi brinner innuti, Jag håller din hand, Vi ska sätta själen fri," translates to "We mourn our time, we burn inside, I hold your hand, we will set the soul free." The singer and their companion find solace in each other's presence, seeking to liberate their souls and navigate their own journey.
The lyrics also touch upon themes of uncertainty and loss. Lines like "Vänta på din tur, Sitta på lur, Känna hur den, Sköraste av trådar brister itu," meaning "Wait for your turn, sit and wait, feel how the frailest of threads break apart," depict the fragility of life's circumstances and the fear of what the future may hold.
Overall, "era" dives into a personal exploration of the self, the search for meaning, and the acknowledgment of the passage of time.
Line by Line Meaning
Jag har sett sanningen
I have seen the truth
Ni finns inte med
You are not included
Vi byggde den
We built it
Tårar rinner från min kind
Tears flow from my cheek
En skiva lime
A slice of lime
Du får en drink
You get a drink
Jag hör en röst
I hear a voice
Den kallar mig
It calls me
Visa dom ikaros
Show them Icarus
Ta tag i mig vi åker bort
Grab me, we're going away
Ny dag horisont
New day's horizon
Vi sörjer vår tid vi brinner innuti
We mourn our time, we burn inside
Jag håller din hand
I hold your hand
Vi ska sätta själen fri
We will set the soul free
Tappat konceptet helt
Completely lost the concept
Ja än sen
Yes, so what
Bitch jag är gud
Bitch, I am god
I vår religion tappar vi tron
In our religion, we lose faith
Posterboys för framtiden
Poster boys for the future
Ah
Ah
Era
Era
Vänta på din tur
Wait for your turn
Sitta på lur
Sit on the lookout
Känna hur den
Feel how it
Sköraste av trådar brister itu
The most delicate of threads break apart
Vet inte hur nästa
Don't know how the next
Sju månader ser ut
Seven months will look like
Vem ska paya ut
Who will pay out
Vem ska skänka tillbaka
Who will give back
Den värdighet
That dignity
Som tagit slut
Which has run out
Utan testamente
Without a will
Skriver vi vår historia
We write our history
Och skänker en gloria
And donate a glory
Till oss själva
To ourselves
In memoriam
In memory
Vinden över anderna
The wind over the spirits
Hör den i mitt andetag
Hear it in my breath
Läcker genom tänderna
Leaking through the teeth
Vår generations blod
Our generation's blood
Loop sen johannes
Loop then Johannes
Första fucking dop
First fucking baptism
Häller upp cup
Pouring up a cup
Intention fuck
Intention fuck
Och jag är fucked
And I am fucked
Nu men mina systrar och
Now, but my sisters and
Bröder vet hur
Brothers know how
Vi gör det nu
We do it now
Sörj inte oss
Don't mourn us
När vi har gått bort
When we have passed away
För det kommer
Because there will
Växa blommor
Flowers will grow
Ifrån vår kropp
From our bodies
Det jag vet
What I know
Vet jag
I know
Det jag känner
What I feel
Känner jag
I feel
Men det känns
But it feels
Som att jag
Like I
Känner mig själv
Know myself
Bara typ varannan dag
Just like every other day
Har ingen aning
Have no idea
Om jag ska skratta
If I should laugh
Eller gråta
Or cry
Shawty
Shawty
Den känslan
That feeling
Har vi copyright på
We have the copyright on
Vit tanke svart natt
White thought black night
Seppuku och 7-up
Seppuku and 7-up
Nästa gång du ser mig
Next time you see me
Är jag hälften så svag
I am half as weak
Japp
Yep
Min natur dör varje dag
My nature dies every day
Och varje morgondags
And every tomorrow
Bakfylla
Hangover
Kommer som en ny
Comes like a new
Era
Era
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Isaac Scopes
this is fire.. love the editing and the clips can’t wait to hopefully one day be apart of this family and organization 🔥💜💜🙏🏼🙏🏼
lyth
So happy to be apart of this team
TheRealSwayzz
Love this team check man
Saw Kira
omg this is fire 🔥
BadPlayerJonesy
this is lit <3
SSurge
Fucking Fire!!
GRAYFPS
So dopeeeeee man
sami
Incomplete team without me...
86Pete
These boys are cracked
YUNGNK
how much rsmb?
Editor: yes