Nathan Cheek - drums, songs
Casey Shafer - guitars		Tommy Hardy - bass, vocals,

Who are these guys?

A band that can "turnip the volume".  Pasta Rocket is Tucson, Arizona's freshest sonic attack.  Original tunesters in the Pop-Punk tradition of NOFX, Blink182, and MxPx.  DJ Danya from Tucson's KFMA says  - "Pasta Rocket is great! They happen to be one of my favorite local bands. I hope they make it huge."  PR was also featured artist on KFMA's "Postal Hour" with DJ Matt Spry.   Here's how it all began.  In the winter of '94 Casey, Nathan and Tommy stumbled into one another. Each searching for a way to wake up this sleepy cowtown. After months of video game hockey and Denny's coffee, they concluded that music was the best way to do it - each claiming intellectual rights to the idea. They went to work writing material for the music-starved, desert-dwelling, citizen-punkers.  And they got good.  Soon playing gigs at The Rock, The Cage, Double Zero, Skrappy's, the Rialto Theater and others.  This was fun.  They were hooked.     After auditioning several lead singers and a pair of  guitarists they finally realized they already had everything they needed. Nathan Cheek, local

drummer and songsmith, learned to crunch a double bass pedal despite being born without a larger calf muscle (no kidding). Pasta Rocket members Casey Shafer (guitar) and Tommy Hardy (vocals and bass) are military brats  with no less that 12" of vertical separation.  Casey hails from Louisianna while Tommy was born in San Antonio, raised near Baltimore and retired here in Tucson at the tender age of 16. All three have recently finished up a well rounded public education at Palo Verde High and are now working when their gas gauges read "E" and sleeping until they have to pee the rest of the time.     Casey provides the business sense as booking agent and recently started PimpStyle Records to add some legitimacy to their EP release. Pasta Rocket has been seen warming up the stage for NOFX, MxPx, Local H, The AquaBats, Buck "o" Nine, Homegrown, One Man Army, Stanford Prison Experiment, Phunk Junkeez, Impossibles and many other national acts.  In fact, Pasta Rocket is the opening act of choice for many bands that come through the Old Pueblo--they're are lining up to headline shows for this rambunctious threeway.  Tucson's cheapest clubs love to exploit them and have recently doubled their take

to water AND a bottle to carry it in.  PR flew out to the Big Apple in the spring of '99 as invited guests of  BMG Music for the New Music Showcase. They met with Black Rose productions discussed a publishing contract but decided it was too soon to be getting serious.  Better to develop the music and increase their fan base.   In any event, their music is now reaching hundreds of greasy ears at every show. The next logical step was to put this vibe down on tape.  And they did.  Pasta Rocket recorded a four song demo tape entitled "How to be a Rock Star" in 1997 and laid down four tracks on a self-titled CD the spring of '98.  These first tapes and CDs are sold out.  But don't despair!  Pasta Rocket recorded six new tracks (Go to listen and download a preview) and formed their own label called PimpStyle Records for their new CD release in November 1999. The EP "Guys who dig Pasta Rocket and the girls who love 'em" is avialable in Tucson record stores and at shows. Their immediate goals are to tour, increase their fan base, attract label attention and scam beernuts and chicks.

  For more info read the Palo Verde Post Interview

Arizona Wildcat Interview

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