The Rockets photograph

The Rockets

Use attributes for filter !
Artists Crazy Horse
Release date1968
Producers Barry Goldberg
LabelsWhite Whale Records
GenresFolk Rock
Psychedelic Rock
Blues Rock
The Rockets
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID2457475
Send edit request

About The Rockets


The Rockets is the sole release by The Rockets in 1968. Selling only about 5,000 copies, it was far from a success.

Supernova festival: How massacre unfolded from verified video and social media

Supernova festival: How massacre unfolded from verified video and social media
Oct 9,2023 4:31 pm

... They were everywhere It s unclear how many minutes passed between The Rockets starting and the gunmen arriving, but eyewitness accounts suggest it all happened very quickly...

How Hamas carried out its shock assault on Israel

How Hamas carried out its shock assault on Israel
Oct 8,2023 2:10 pm

... Rockets signal start of attackAt around 06:30 local time, The Rockets began to fly...

How an Israel music festival turned into a nightmare after Hamas attack

How an Israel music festival turned into a nightmare after Hamas attack
Oct 8,2023 10:11 am

... Eyewitnesses said The Rockets were quickly followed by gunshots...

Ukraine war: The lethal minefields holding up Kyiv's counter-offensive

Ukraine war: The lethal minefields holding up Kyiv's counter-offensive
Jul 3,2023 1:10 am

... We have [mine] injuries after every fight, " said Artyom, a trained sapper, explaining that The Rockets enable Russian forces to plant new mines in places that have already been liberated and cleared by Ukrainian forces...

Israeli air strike kills missile commander in Gaza

Israeli air strike kills missile commander in Gaza
May 10,2023 10:11 pm

... Several people were hurt in Israel rushing to shelters as The Rockets were fired from Gaza...

Ukraine war: Bakhmut defenders worry about losing support

Ukraine war: Bakhmut defenders worry about losing support
Apr 27,2023 1:20 am

... He complains The Rockets originating from Pakistan are " not of a good quality"...

One tourist killed and seven wounded in car ramming attack in Tel Aviv

One tourist killed and seven wounded in car ramming attack in Tel Aviv
Apr 7,2023 8:00 pm

... The Rockets fired from Lebanon formed the largest such barrage in 17 years...

Israel strikes Lebanon and Gaza after major rocket attack

Israel strikes Lebanon and Gaza after major rocket attack
Apr 6,2023 11:30 pm

... Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was in Lebanon when The Rockets were launched, said Palestinians would not " sit with their arms crossed" in the face of Israeli aggression...

Ukraine war: The lethal minefields holding up Kyiv's counter-offensive

Feb 19,2023 12:21 am

By Andrew HardingBBC News, in Predtechyne and Neskuchnoye, Donbas

A Ukrainian soldier drags himself through the long grass, one leg trailing limply behind him. Seconds later, a flash of bright orange and a cloud of white smoke mark The Spot , just a few metres away, where yet another land mine has been triggered.

As a second badly wounded soldier pulls himself up onto the relative safety of a nearby armoured personnel Carrier - Arms flailing like a swimmer trying to cling onto a Lifeboat - as a thick smudge of dark Red Blood marks his agonising progress.

All This Was captured, live, last week, by a Ukrainian army drone hovering overhead on the frontlines south of the Donbas city of Bakhmut. From Above , the cratered minefield looked like it was covered in a haphazard rash of dark brown crop circles.

" Mines are terrifying. They scare me More Than Anything Else , " said Artyom, a 36-year-old soldier from Ukraine's 108th Territorial Defence Brigade. Two Days earlier, two of his colleagues had stood on " petals" - Small , green, anti-personnel mines - That had recently been scattered across a field by Russian rockets.

" Our Guys were experienced. But it's hard to have Eyes Everywhere . Both have leg amputations. One leg each. We have [mine] injuries after every fight, " said Artyom, a trained sapper, explaining That The Rockets enable Russian forces to plant new mines in places That have already been liberated and cleared by Ukrainian forces.

As Ukraine's long-anticipated That some had hoped for - including - and a range of soldiers we've spoken to on different sections of The Frontline have blamed Russian minefields for at least part of That delay.

" Of course, it slows down The Movement of troops, " said The Commander of a nine-man sapper squad with The Call sign Dill . He'd just finished a de-mining mission on the nearby frontlines to The East of The Tiny , ruined village of Predtechyne, outside Bakhmut. He laid out an array of deactivated Russian mines on the ground beneath a tree, taking care to make sure he could not be spotted by Russian drones overhead.

" The Enemy has No Mercy for their own soldiers. They're used as Cannon Fodder . But we're trying to move forwards with the minimum of casualties, " said The Lieutenant Serhii Tyshenko from the 3rd Assault Brigade, speaking from The Shelter of a nearby bunker.

Some Three Hours ' drive further south, across a succession of lop-sided pontoon bridges, Ukrainian sappers crouched by the side of a cratered road, carefully deactivating a powerful anti-personnel Claymore mine That had been hidden near an electricity pole, poised to send shrapnel into infantry or vehicles.

" I hate this job, " said Artyom, a red-bearded former garage mechanic, moments after he'd finished making The Mine safe. There was a whistle, then a boom as a Russian artillery shell hit The Fields nearby.

Over the lip of a nearby hill, Ukrainian infantry were slowly advancing southwards beyond the newly captured village of Rivnopil. Artyom's anger was not just a response to the dangers of minefields, but to the " sly" mentality That he felt must lie behind The Act of laying mines and boobytraps, rather than fighting your enemy " Man To man".

Later, in their temporary base in a cottage several kilometres away, The Soldiers expressed frustration about a lack of mine-clearing equipment, and a shortage of sappers - four of whom had been injured in recent weeks.

But then Artyom showed us a large antenna and brought out a laptop to begin playing recordings of what He Said were recent radio intercepts of Russian soldiers. The expletive-ridden messages appeared to indicate a degree of chaos and low morale.

" Our kamikaze drone hit [Our Own ] car. We have one dead, another injured. Get the [expletive] out of there. "

" The [soldiers] are Running Away . Some of them are Stealing Cars … 50 people have fled. They [expletive] ran away…"

The radio intercept suggested That Russian soldiers were deserting their positions after a Ukrainian artillery bombardment.

" This happens from time to time. In groups of 10 or 20 - [Russian ] people disappear and leave without permission. The Russians realise we can eavesdrop on their communications but sometimes they forget, " said Artyom.

He described himself as a " realist" regarding Ukraine's counter-offensive, believing That too many people " in the media and In Society are in a hurry" and expecting sudden progress.

" I believe the worst option is always possible. The worst is slow [progress], " He Said .

Two Ukrainian fighter jets flew low overhead with a deafening roar, followed by a succession of booms from the frontlines further south. Soon afterwards, we could hear artillery and what sounded like a longer-range HIMARS rocket system pounding Russian positions.

Ukraine's counter-offensive may be slow, and relatively cautious at this stage. But one officer, speaking on background, suggested That this patient approach would soon pay off in dramatic fashion, as long-range strikes destroyed Russia's ability to rearm frontline units, and low Russian morale provided opportunities for strategic breakthroughs by Ukrainian forces.

" You will see this soon, " He Said .

As for the vast stretches of minefields still lying in front of Ukraine's counter-attack - Dill , the sapper squad commander near Bakhmut, was quietly confident.

" We Are learning to improvise and to invent ways to make quick, safe paths through the minefields. But We Are fighting a very vicious enemy, " He Said .

Related Topics

Source of news: bbc.com

Related Persons

Next Profile ❯