July 16,  2008

     Los Angeles, CA - Acclaimed American progressive rock legends Rocket Scientists with special guest symphonic rock diva Lana Lane return to the Northeast in August for two concerts. The first show will be headlined by Rocket Scientists at the prestigious Tralf Music Hall, 622 Main Street, Buffalo, NY on Friday, August 22nd beginning at 7:30PM. Also performing: Navigator and Tiles. Doors: 6:30PM. Tickets: $20 presale, $25 day of the show. Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster locations. More info is available at http://www.tralfmusichall.com.

     Rocket Scientists' second concert, also with special guest Lana Lane, will be at the 3 Rivers Prog Festival in Pittsburgh, PA on Sunday, August 24th. The band takes the stage at 3:15PM for a matinee performance. For more info, please visit http://www.3rprogfest.com.

     Rocket Scientists' core members Erik Norlander, Mark McCrite and Don Schiff will appear in concert along with select guest musicians including symphonic rock diva Lana Lane and guitarist Jim Williams. This concert follows on the heels of several very successful shows in Mexico, Cleveland, San Francisco, and New York; and the recent release of Rocket Scientists' ambitious 5-disc multimedia box set "Looking Backward" through Think Tank Media and ProgRock Records. 

     Rocket Scientists was formed in the late 1980s by keyboardist Erik Norlander and vocalist / guitarist Mark McCrite. The two released their first CD, "Earthbound", in 1993 joined by then - session bassist Don Schiff. Schiff quickly became a part of the band for their second release in 1995, "Brutal Architecture", and the three toured in the US and Europe in 1997 culminating in the live CD, "Earth Below and Sky Above: Live in Europe and America". In 1999, Rocket Scientists released "Oblivion Days", raising the bar on already high expectations. At the turn of the century, Norlander, Schiff and McCrite all worked on solo projects in addition to backing symphonic rock vocal icon Lana Lane on several tours around the world. After an eight year hiatus, Rocket Scientists released its fourth studio album "Revolution Road" in 2006 to high accolades from the press and fans worldwide.

     In January, 2008, Rocket Scientists released their first box set entitled "Looking Backward", a 5-disc collection containing remastered versions of their first three studio albums, "Earthbound", "Brutal Architecture" and "Oblivion Days", along with a 4th audio CD of new recordings of classic Rocket Scientists songs reinterpreted by the band in 2007. The 5th disc is a DVD-9 containing video of the 2007 sessions along with extensive interviews and historical archive footage from sessions going back to 1993. The band has posted videos from "Looking Backward" on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/rocketscientists.

     For more information about Rocket Scientists, please visit http://www.thetank.com or http://www.myspace.com/rocketscientistsband