The Rise & Fall Of A Rocket To The Moon

[@ColtMagyar]

if I had a nickel for every time a 00's neon pop punk band made a pop country album in the 2010's I'd have 2 nickels

[@benxgoh]

God that Boys Like Girls album sucked

[@yankeexdev]

It was strange both bands went in that direction. Was not a huge fan of the sound.

[@akane1928]

​@@yankeexdev i love the sound,, i think because my taste is more towards folk and less punk.

[@charliedriver1717]

@@akane1928I think wild and free is amazing. Makes me sad :(

[@Grasssssssss]

Babe wake up new scene lore just dropped

[@HellsFurby]

The song Dakota has no business still living in my head rent free in 2024 at the most random times.

[@kotztotz3530]

Same here! My name is Dakota so I end up singing about myself hahaha

[@weightlessfilms5651]

This is so crazy. I literally just rediscovered On Your Side a few days ago and thought to myself, "Man, this would be a great band for The Cozy Representative to cover!" And here we are. I'll get my popcorn.

[@landonduncan7128]

"Annabelle" may be one of the strongest songs to come out of the neon pop-punk scene. Unbelievably good.

[@Sennacherib-e9g]

its interesitng how this "scene"/era (and i mean the more neon/power pop side of scene music) is pretty much not codified or spoken on outside of your channel but will inevitably have some big comeback in 10 years when the next generation finds out about it

[@iSant89]

I think, it will be a good idea to create a playlist to accompany the history of the band!

[@TheAlanSims]

"I Do" from Wild & Free was my wife and I's wedding song haha love this band. Thanks for the vid Cozy

[@jamerjessica]

Fear of flying will al again be a comfort song for me :)

[@yankeexdev]

Have a soft spot for this band. I still listen to them today.

[@Maximus_W]

Baby, we’re invincible by Rocket to the Moon will always be a banger

[@juliaanne2482]

I was at The Maine’s Boston show this past December and I had no idea Nick Santino was from A Rocket to the Moon! I would have been so much more excited when he walked on stage if I knew!

[@SoMuchAnna]

I really appreciate your service to my 00’s neon pop punk nostalgia that I refuse to let go of 🫡

[@maitecornelissen8022]

I recently discovered your channel and I’m so glad I did. I’m happy I have a place where I can learn about all the emo lore that I missed :D

[@SanktaLo]

“Not a Second to Waste” is still one of my top 10 songs of all time 😭😭😭

[@austins.2495]

God I loved their very first album, the old MySpace stuff.

[@prestonsteger]

Great video. I still think ARTTM holds up in 2024! And I love Nick’s band Beach Weather. You should do the history behind The Secret Handshake next.

[@elhippieboricua]

From Hellogoodbye to t-pain hahahaha now that's range

[@aidenyobear]

Plz do kill paradise so curious about their story :) awesome video as always

[@karamoorepenney6068]

You're videos always feel like a treat!

[@alonzoramon1083]

Please do one on Owl City or Plugin Stereo! I love your videos!

[@jbanne001]

I loved their earlier solo electro pop stuff! I still have their stuff on my phone.

[@mattyfox_]

DUDE YES I've been waiting forever for a video on RTTM I freaking love you dude thank you 🎉

[@joelembcke8879]

Wild and free was an amazing album. Fight me.

[@lolmee2696]

i fear the day you run out of bands to talk about. i love these videos so much man.

[@westonsm]

Dang this is a throwback. I loved these guys and go back to their music from time to time.

[@TomRenti]

Watching your videos is always a pleasure, I could not know or care much about these bands but as long as it's you telling them I'm all ears!!

[@SanktaLo]

The Maine is one of the few bands that did the “country-adjacent” thing right. Black & White’s country beats weren’t jarring. It all blended together really well. I haven’t heard anything new since American Candy though so I’m not sure if they kept that vibe, but John’s voice is really suited for it

[@dominicsavankham0709]

Their newest self titled is more dance like. John doesn't really have a country vibe or voice in any of their recent work. Everything from American Candy onwards is gold!

[@peacehcakepool1]

These videos always give me life. I went down a rabbit hole of my early 2000s jams and they were one of my top artists along with Flyleaf and I always wondered what happened to them?!?

[@Space-Holiday]

Can’t think of a band from this time that went through so many different musical style changes but did each style really well! Baby we’re invincible is still a classic from the MySpace days!

[@ReanuKeaves1]

Holy shit, is your avatar pic Farewell?

[@Space-Holiday]

@@ReanuKeaves1yes! Finally someone notices haha. Had it like this for years now!

[@samanthapowerx]

I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAAAAY

[@Epherneralps1]

Cozi your videos make my day. Thank you.

[@taylorjrenwick]

Very glad to catch this one so early, your documentaries are some of my favorite on youtube these days. Even when I don't know the bands super well. Keep em coming.

[@mushroommann100]

U are looking cozier then ever 😍

[@erutne]

love u cozy! hope u make post hardcore content at some point again, i looked forward to it every month tbh

[@mirachan9217]

You should do The Summer Set. I was obsessed with their song Chelsea.

[@sshelbyshoee]

OMG the nostalgia! I used to talk to Nick's gf at the time, around 2008, on MySpace while they toured. Ended up doing street team stuff and making fan art for them. They had it up on their website. I miss this era of music, was such a fun time. Great video, Cozy!

[@celesteped]

Oh man, I loved a rocket to the moon! My high school boyfriend was named Dakota and I was obsesssssed with that song. So nostalgic.

[@standoughope]

You _BETTER_ be the cool uncle by now!

[@willowweeper]

oh how i miss them

[@Ashley-xj2tn]

a rocket to the moon truly shaped my middle school years.. what a time :’)

[@kotztotz3530]

I absolutely love Wild & Free. Yes it was cheesy, but the whole album was super catchy! I do still think that Greetings From... is their best work. That EP slaps.

[@leticasi]

Gosh I love this channel

[@alexahearn4016]

Great band to cover! Remember they were pretty big in Mass. Matt Squire also did Northstar’s masterpiece Pollyanna & TBS New Again just to name a couple of my favorites he worked on

[@PengoLu]

Saw the maine a couple of months ago and I have a priceless video of the guys vibing to Like We Used To after the concert, love that they’re all friends still, love that A Rocket to the moon’s music still lives

[@OneFlewCuckoo]

Fit is hard today dawg

[@Baddcompany999]

My first concert was A Rocket to the Moon, Secondhand Serenade, Automatic Loveletter, and Cute is What We Aim For. Those were the days!

[@JulieVeganEats]

Mr Right still slaps

[@xtheyan]

OOOooHHhhh DAAkkkOOtttAAA 🎸🎙🎶

[@DataGirlMakes]

My very first concert ever was the Kids in the Streets tour by AAR and ARTTM was the opener, so this weird little band will always have a place in my heart as the first band I ever saw

your channel is an actual gem, its gotta be cherished foreve! forever repping the cozy rep!

[@vanessagrace6127]

It would be cool to see a video on The Ready Set

[@joshuawalkerauthor]

I agree with literally EVERYTHING you said about this band. I loved everything they did in the early days, even nick’s solo stuff. But wild and free just made me switch off.

[@rotaficionado666]

Greetings From is such a perfect little EP, and for a band's first official release at that.

[@Frankensteinboy]

MISSED U!!

[@bethd2410]

Eric comes out once every two years as Ted Lavender to DJ for 8123 fest 😂

[@miarussell6953]

I love your videos!! Don’t even know this band at all but was happy to see an upload from you. Enjoyed as always

[@Tee-yi9ew]

In 2010, I was 18 and a freshman in college in Kentucky. I was obsessed with the “On Your Side” album! I remember playing it all the time from my iPod touch while roaming around EKUs campus. Oh, to be young again 🥲

[@andyandy1230]

a rocket to the moon is one of my favorite bands of all time, and i’m planning on using their song “somebody out there” for my wedding (another incredible song of the wild and free album)

[@jessw2230]

I was supposed to see Rocket perform with The All-American Rejects back in 2011 at my college at the time..I was so bummed when they ended up not coming. But it makes sense now with all of their touring/record label issues. Thanks Cozy for bringing me some closure to this 😅

[@jazminc.2646]

on your side and greetings from are still everyday staples for me, they’ve aged well! ❤

[@dev_with_me]

I honestly preferred the early electro A Rocket to the moon stuff

[@alexahearn4016]

Also the neon pop punk to failed country album pipeline really needs to be talked about more lol

[@zeroseblooms]

The only reason I know this band is because they have a song with my name called Annabelle. It is now my anthem due to being really good despite it actually being really rude.

[@zeroseblooms]

HOLD ON A MINUTE- THEY COME FROM MY STATE TOO? THIS IS TOO IRONIC NOW!

[@tobyduncan8487]

I always loved the rainy day sessions EP they did with Larkin Poe in 2010 which I guess was like part of their descent into country after on your side came out. The songs they picked really leant themselves well to that like slow, harmony-focused kind of style though and Larkin Poe have always been brilliant, I wonder if maybe that partly inspired the vision of the next album but who knows! I'd be interested to know how that record came about anyway

[@LivGallagher]

Fear of flying is my fave

[@TyranAmiros]

Summer '07 EP is still slept on IMO; "Baby We're Invincible" and "Are You Catching My Drift Yet?" live rent free in my head to this day. Still remember downloading it off PureVolume. I don't think the pop-country pivot was *that* strange, looking at what started blowing up in the early 2010s, with the rise of "Indie" bands like Mumford and Sons that drew on the hipster-meets-Nashville aesthetic. Boys Like Girls and Quietdrive tried the roots/folky stuff on their last couple albums in the 2012/2014 era, and Every Avenue was headed down the same path (if the lead singer hadn't gone to prison). Heck, how many emo/scene kids grew into the hipsters of the 2010s? I do think a lot of the bands that took that path were chasing trends to some degree and that's never a good sign. It seems like Beach Weather is embracing the lo-fi, heavily produced/distorted vocals vibe of early ARRTM and maybe that's where Nick Santino always wanted to be.

[@paow10]

After reading your comment, I'm checking Nick's new band. I recently rediscovered Your Best Idea and remembered why I was obsessed with that album. I always preferred ARTTM when it was a solo project.

[@totallycarl]

Please do a video on emo rap at some point.

[@ellohihi]

I saw this after listening to some of Beach Weathers music, I still love playing Baby blue eyes on guitar haha

[@sentisuba9492]

Still listen to them

[@304Dolo]

Time to get cozy

[@untilyourbreathingstopsforever]

great video as always julian, i would love to see a video on Zebrahead someday if u know about them. They are so fun live & they've been around for a WHILE at this point

[@ButtersDClown]

I know youre branching out to new stuff recently but id love a story on death cab for cutie and the postal service some time 💙

[@shannonfilialunae1359]

oh one I didn’t know about. I’m ready to learn! I saw you post Scotty Vanity on IG… are we getting that video 😅

[@MountainsBreath]

Please! We need a Shai Hulud doc!!! I will post this on all of your videos until you relent!!

[@deepvoicedude4749]

You should do one of these retrospective videos about Secondhand Serenade.

[@JulesQ94]

I definitely had a poster of them on my wall and saw them several times but they were so mid lol. BUT, I have a friend named Dakota so that song persists in my life.. I must have completely stopped paying attention because I have no memory of this country era. Breaking up 6 weeks after a release is wild.

[@304Dolo]

You should do a video on the rise and fall of 3oh!3

[@maitecornelissen8022]

Could you talk about the band get scared?

[@CrystalSnow23]

Tell me what happened to Artist vs Poet 🙏🏻

[@tbhsandra]

wild & free really ruined them ugh 😟

[@PM-vv3uc]

never heard of them before. I hope you will do new videos about more popular bands and their rise & fall.

[@MellowGhetto]

Great lyrics, great musicianship, terrible lead vocalist. Awful range, Terrible technique and a lot of flat notes. They didn't make it for a reason.

[@punkgoescrunk]

I love ur videos sm I was wondering if you could maybe cover fear before the march of flames cuz I just found them n would love to kno more. Also did u know that ur vid is sampled in a Dallas cowboys song “if I were that quirky id kms” at least I’m pretty sure